Hung Tran has been named a Simons Fellow. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary …
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Qin Li joins in Coronavirus Fight
Qin Li has been working with other researchers here at the UW to combat coronavirus. She is part of a group of researchers, led by UW Geography Professor Song Gao, using cell phone tracking data …
2017 Talent Search Winner Named Goldwater Scholar
Mostafa Hassan, of Greenfield, Wisconsin, has been named 1 of 4 Goldwater Scholars for the UW this year. He will graduate in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer engineering. He is a …
Thomas Kurtz named as a 2020 Fellow of AMS
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Thomas Kurtz, who has been named as a member of the 2020 Class of AMS Fellows! He is specifically mentioned for “For research in probability and its applications, especially for contributions …
Jordan Ellenberg Elected A.D. White Professor at Large at Cornell
Jordan Ellenberg joins a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, another bestselling author and a leader in global sustainable agriculture are among six newly elected Andrew Dickson White Professors-at-Large at Cornell. The professors-at-large program at Cornell sponsors up …
Math alumnus named University of Denver Chancellor
The University of Denver has chosen Jeremy Haefner as its 19th chancellor. Haefner, who earned a master’s degree and PhD in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983 and 1986, respectively, joined the University of …
Tonghai Yang named as an 2019 Fellow of the AMS
Congratulations to Tonghai Yang, the newest member of our department to be named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2019. He was named For contributions to the theory of Shimura varieties, L-functions, …
Melanie Matchett Wood Named Minerva Distinguished Visitor at Princeton
Melanie Matchett Wood has been named the Minerva Distinguished Visitor at Princeton University. She will be in residence at Princeton during the Fall semester of 2018. It is a great honor to be chosen for …
Melanie Wood named one of Top 50 in STEM
Melanie Matchett Wood has been named as one of the Top 50 Women in STEM, as published by TheBestSchools.org. https://thebestschools.org/features/50-top-women-in-stem/ Congratulations, Melanie!
Autumn Kent named Vilas Associate
Autumn Kent was appointed a Vilas Associate through the university’s prestigious Vilas Associates competition. The Vilas Associate appointment is awarded to a faculty with new, ongoing, significant and high-quality research. The Divisional Research Committees of …