Timothy Cheek, who is currently studying at the University of Michigan receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s concurrently, has been awarded a prestigious NSF graduate fellowship. Timothy is broadly interested in number theory and algebraic geometry, with his previous research …
Graduate Students
Rachel Hanger and Peiyi Chen chosen for Campuswide TA Awards
Rachel Hanger was chosen for the Early Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding performance by TAs with fewer than four semesters of teaching experience. Peiyi “Penny” Chen was chosen as one of the three recipients for the Chinese Graduate …
Charlotte Moser wins Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Our PhD student Charlotte Moser has received an Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the American Geophysical Union: https://go.wisc.edu/agpuospa for her presentation at the Fall 2024 meeting, which had about 25,000 attendees! Congratulations, Charlotte!
Nature article published on AI Improvement by Ellenberg and collaborators
Jordan Ellenberg was recently published in an article in Nature. He collaborated with a group of researchers working with Google Deepmind to train artificial intelligence (AI) to better evaluate responses. This is intended to better …
Parvarthi Kooloth awarded AWM dissertation prize
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 …
Karan Srivastava and Boyana Martinova win Campus TA awards
Two of our TAs have won Campus TA awards. Karan Srivastava has won an Exceptional Service Award, and Boyana Martinova has won an Early Excellence Award. Both will be recognized by an awards ceremony on …
Math graduate student John Cobb and artist Abra Schlub win Delta Beer Lab design contest
Catalysts for Science Policy collaborated with local Madison brewery, Delta Beer Lab, to feature art inspired by active research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on their 2021 spring New England IPA label. Math graduate student …
Jenny Yeon Wins Continuity of Instruction Award
Jenny Yeon, TA in the Math Department, has won a Continuity of Instruction Award for her efforts to support instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jenny served as a Head TA in Math 221 in Spring …
Video Produced for Graduate Student Visitors Day 3/23
Here’s a link to a departmental video made for our Virtual Visitors day (3/23) for potential graduate students. https://mediaspace.wisc.edu/media/Math+Department+Video/1_ezay0pkb