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Parvarthi Kooloth awarded AWM dissertation prize

Posted on November 29, 2023

Our recently-graduated PhD student Parvathi Kooloth has won one of the two AWM Dissertation Prizes, which will be presented at the JMM.  Parvathi did her PhD under Leslie Smith’s supervision. Congratulations, Parvathi! *** The Association …

Posted in accolades, Awards, Former, Graduate Students

Former Van Vleck Professor wins a major grant in Korea

Posted on March 20, 2023

Our former Van Vleck postdoc Donghyun Lee (currently, an associate professor in Postech) won a Hanwoomul Phagi Basic Research grant from the Korean Ministry of Science (the total amount of his award is about two …

Posted in Awards, Former

Former Van Vleck receives distinguished professorship from POSTECH

Posted on February 6, 2023

Former Van Vleck Assistant Professor Donghyun Lee (2015-2018) is appointed as a named distinguished professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), a private research university in Pohang, South Korea.

Posted in Former, Postdoc

Former faculty Melanie Matchett Wood wins Macarthur Fellowship

Posted on October 12, 2022

Melanie Matchett Wood, who was a faculty member here from 2011-2019, has won a Macarthur Fellowship.  These awards are unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits …

Posted in Awards, Faculty, Former, mediamention

Mark Shusterman, former Van Vleck Prof, awarded Levitzki Prize

Posted on August 17, 2022

Mark Shusterman, Van Vleck Professor from 2018-2020, has won the prestigious Levitzki Prize.  The prize is awarded every two years to a young Israeli mathematician for research in Algebra or related areas.  The Levitzki prize …

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Former Prof Alejandro Adem to be next Chief Editor of the Bulletin of the AMS

Posted on January 6, 2022

Alejandro Adem, a professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, and former professor at the UW-Madison Math Department, has been named the next Chief Editor of Bulletin of the American …

Posted in Former, mediamention

Former Van Vleck Professor Awarded Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research

Posted on October 26, 2020

Amanda L. Folsom, a Van Vleck at the UW from 2007-2010, will receive the 2021 Mary P. Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research from the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Folsom is a Professor of Mathematics …

Posted in Awards, Faculty, Former, Postdoc

Former Van Vleck Professor Chosen to Head Banff Research Station

Posted on May 26, 2020

Former Van Vleck Assistant Professor Malabika Pramanik has been appointed as Director of the Banff International Research Station as of July 1, 2020. She was in Madison between 2001 and 2004.  She joined the University …

Posted in Faculty, Former, mediamention, Postdoc

Former Professor Wins AMS Bergman Prize

Posted on February 17, 2020

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 …

Posted in Awards, Faculty, Former

Alumna teaches math through knitting

Posted on January 28, 2020

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel features Sara Jensen, a UW–Madison alumna and professor at Carthage College (Ph.D., 2014, Isaacs), who teaches students math through knitting. And we’re not just talking potholders. Someone actually knitted a working Rubik’s …

Posted in Alumni, Former, mediamention, Students
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