Our new colleague Rajula Srivastava (coming this Fall) has won one of the 2025 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes! Rajula is also a graduate of our department, having received her PhD in 2022 with Andreas …
In Memoriam: Jacob (Jaap) Korevaar
Jacob (Jaap) Korevaar has died, aged 102, in the Netherlands. He was a faculty member in our department from 1953 to 1964. He served as Chairman of the Program in Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics …
Rachel Hanger and Peiyi Chen chosen for Campuswide TA Awards
Rachel Hanger was chosen for the Early Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding performance by TAs with fewer than four semesters of teaching experience. Peiyi “Penny” Chen was chosen as one of the three recipients for the Chinese Graduate …
Charlotte Moser wins Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Our PhD student Charlotte Moser has received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geophysical Union: https://go.wisc.edu/agpuospa for her presentation at the Fall 2024 meeting, which had about 25,000 attendees! Congratulations, Charlotte!
In Memoriam: Marty Isaacs
Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus I. Martin Isaacs On Monday, February 17, 2025, the UW math department lost an outstanding researcher and an award-winning …
Joshua Mundinger awarded NSF postdoctoral fellowship
Joshua Mundinger, one of our Van Vleck postdocs, was awarded a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. For more information about NSF postdoc fellowships: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/postdocs
Mihaela Ifrim and Hao Shen named Vilas Associates
Mihaela Ifrim and Hao Shen received the prestigious Vilas Associates award. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional Research Committees …
Maurice Fabien awarded MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship
Maurice Fabien was awarded the MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship. These awards are given to accomplished early career professionals who were chosen based on their achievements; active support of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their communities; and …
Mihaela Ifrim awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Through her work with the NSF, Mihaela Ifrim has been awarded a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional …
In Memoriam: Gen Novara, former Department Administrator
Gen Novara, former Department Administrator of the Math Department (1977 to 2004), died recently. She is remembered as a kind and valued member of the department by many faculty, staff and students over the years. …