Qin Li was named as one of 24 faculty members to receive a Vilas Associate Award. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty …
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Nan Chen granted “Reimaging Next Phase Research” award
Nan Chen recently received one of the new “Reimagining Next Phase Research” awards. Growing from a need to diversify our research funding sources, the UW Foundation developed this new award to help smooth over interruptions …
MXM featured on UW Foundation article about Expanding the Borders of the Badger Experience
The Madison Experimental Math (MXM) program was featured as part of an article published to the UW Foundation’s website on the Badger experience and how donations help fund extraordinary programs for students. MXM was founded …
Gurevich with Howe, and Kritz, to participate in IAS workshop
Gurevich with Howe, and Kritz, to participate in IAS (Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton) workshop devoted to the discovery of the notion of size of symmetry. Lecture 1: Special Joint IAS/PU Group Theory Afternoon A …
Aaron Naber (IAS) to give distinguished lecture and seminar
Aaron Naber, Professor of Mathematics from the Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton, is set to give a distinguished lecture and a seminar the week of October 20-24, 2025. The lecture will be on October 22, …
Betsy Stovall awarded AWM Service Award
Betsy Stovall, University of Wisconsin Professor of Mathematics, Letters and Science Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor, and AMS Associate Secretary for the Central Section, who is being recognized for spearheading the local organizing efforts to create …
Caglar Uyanik awarded NSF-CAREER award
Caglar Uyanik was awarded an NSF-CAREER award, entitled “Group actions, rigidity, and dynamics in low dimensions.” The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious …
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!
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 …
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 …