Former UW Math Professor Franc Forstnerič (1990-2001) has been awarded one of the 2019 Stefan Bergman prizes of the American Mathematical Society. Franc Forstnerič is awarded the Bergman Prize for his many contributions to several complex …
Awards
Andrei Caldararu receives Vilas Associate Award
Andrei Caldararu has been selected for an appointment as a Vilas Associate. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the Divisional Research …
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 …
Support plus drive equals success
A supportive environment helped a group of female graduate students in mathematics reach lofty goals. Already a leader in the number of women hired as faculty members, the department hopes to continue improving the experience …
Four faculty honored with Van Vleck Prizes
Every four years the UW-Madison Mathematics Department awards Van Vleck Prizes to faculty members on the basis of excellence in research and promise of significant future achievement. The prizes are funded by the Van Vleck …
Math Academic Staff Honored for Career Achievement
Soledad Benguria-Andrews and Sara Nagreen were honored for career achievement and excellence by the College of Letters and Science on May 8, 2019. Soledad won a 2019 Early Career award for her work with redefining …
Qin Li Awarded Vilas Early Investigator Award
Assistant Professor Qin Li has been awarded an Vilas Early Investigator Award. The award is meant to recognize research and teaching excellence in faculty who are relatively early in their careers. These awards not only provide very …
Ifrim and Tran chosen for NSF Early Career Awards
Two Assistant Professors in the Math department, Mihaela Ifrim and Hung Tran, have won National Science Foundation Early Career Awards. A hallmark achievement for young researchers, the CAREER award is described by the NSF as …
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student awarded Department of Energy fellowship
Jason Turner, a doctoral candidate in Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF). Turner, from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is in Samuel Stechmann’s group. Only …