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Math News and Events
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News
Stovall, Denisov and Ellenberg selected as 2025 Simons Fellows
Congratulations are in order for Betsy Stovall, Sergey Denisov, and Jordan Ellenberg for being selected as 2025 Simons Fellows: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-fellows-in-mathematics/?tab=awardees Congratulations to all three!
May 5, 2025
Hao Shen wins Rollo Davidson Prize
I’m happy to report that Hao has won the Rollo Davidson Prize for his deep contributions to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations and the furthering of our understanding of the stochastic Yang-Mills dynamics. This …
May 1, 2025
In Memoriam: Tom Kurtz
Thomas G. Kurtz passed away on Saturday, April 19, 2025. He will be deeply missed by the probability and statistics community and all who knew him. Tom was born on July 14, 1941, in Kansas …
April 21, 2025
Affiliate Prof. Steve Wright to be plenary speaker at ICM 2026
Steve Wright, a Math affiliate and Chair of the Computer Sciences Department, will give a plenary talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia in July 2026. Steve works in the area of optimization …
April 21, 2025New graduate students arriving next fall with prestigious fellowships
Timothy Cheek, who is currently studying at the University of Michigan receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s concurrently, has been awarded a prestigious NSF graduate fellowship. Timothy is broadly interested in number theory and algebraic geometry, with his previous research …
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