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 …
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Mark Shusterman, former Van Vleck Prof, awarded Levitzki Prize
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 …
Former Prof Alejandro Adem to be next Chief Editor of the Bulletin of the AMS
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 …
Former Van Vleck Professor Awarded Dolciani Prize for Excellence in Research
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 …
Former Van Vleck Professor Chosen to Head Banff Research Station
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 …
Former Professor Wins AMS Bergman Prize
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 …
Alumna teaches math through knitting
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 …
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 …
Jiuya Wang wins AWM Dissertation prize
Jiuya Wang (Melanie Wood, Advisor, 2018) has won the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Dissertation Prize. This prize is awarded to three outstanding Ph.D. dissertations presented by female mathematical scientists a year. Jiuya Wang …
Ex-Prof Milewski Quoted on Quantum Experiment Developments
Oil droplets guided by “pilot waves” have failed to reproduce the results of the quantum double-slit experiment, crushing a century-old dream that there exists a single, concrete reality. Paul Milewski (1995-2011 at UW) was recently …