Professor Christopher Rycroft was part of an team that analyzed how cricket embryos developed. The researchers were stumped by the nucleus behavior until Chris Rycroft looked at it and detemined that the behavior seemed geometric …
In Memoriam: Donald Crowe
Donald Warren Crowe, 94, passed away on July 4, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was born October 28, 1927 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Lawrence and Vera (Pereau) Crowe. Donald was a distinguished professor of mathematics …
Andrei Caldararu receives FRG from NSF
Andrei Caldararu has received an FRG (Focused Research Group) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), joint with Benjamin Antieau (Northwestern), Max Lieblich (University of Washington), Akhil Mathew (University of Chicago) and Martin Olsson (Berkeley). …
UW-Madison mourns an important mathematician and beloved mentor
Georgia Benkart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at UW-Madison, died unexpectedly on April 29 in Madison, Wisconsin, leaving behind a worldwide network of colleagues and former students who considered her not only a gifted mathematician, but …
Tonghai Yang part of team to win Alexanderson Award
Tonghai Yang together with a team of four other mathematicians have won the fourth Alexanderson Award for their paper “Modularity of generating series of divisors on unitary Shimura varieties” (Asterisque 421 (2020), pages 7-125). You …
Hung Tran awarded Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award
Congratulations to Hung Tran for winning a Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Award! Through the generosity of the Vilas Trust, the Vilas Faculty Early & Mid-Career Investigator Awards recognize research and teaching excellence in early and …
Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award awarded to Daniel Erman
Daniel Erman has won the Alliant Energy James R. Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, which is a UW system level award given to only 4 instructors system wide. Congratulations Daniel!
Sebastien Roch named Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Sebastien Roch has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). IMS is the main scientific society for probability and the mathematical end of statistics. Among its various activities, IMS publishes the Annals series of flagship journals of probability. Link: https://imstat.org/2022/04/22/2022-ims-fellows-announced/
Jordan Ellenberg discusses Columbia’s college ranking controversy:
In this Washington Post op-ed, Jordan Ellenberg discusses the alleged methods which Columbia used to game the U.S.News and World Report’s #2 College Ranking. He notes “To the extent that universities chase rankings — whether …
UW-Madison does well in Putnam Competition
UW-Madison did very well during the annual MAA Putnam Competition. Our university ranked #25 nationwide, including Canada, out of 427 other institutions. Our student Ivan Hu received honorable mention. Joseph Cai and Nitit Jongsawatsataporn ranked …