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 …
Graduate Students
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
Is a District Gerrymandered or Not?
Lorenzo Najt studies algorithms that can build a large group of maps for a state, predict their outcomes, then compare those to the map that legislators selected. He works with UW–Madison mathematics professor Jordan Ellenberg as …
Polly Yu and Geoff Bentsen honored for teaching
Congratulations Polly Yu, our distinguished graduate student, for being selected to be a teaching fellow of L&S! Congratulations to Geoff Bentsen for being a runner-up to this award! Fellowship in the Teaching Academy is an …
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 …
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 …
Math Grad Student Awarded Campus Wide TA Award
Juliette Bruce has won a Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Award for Exceptional Service. She is a fourth-year PhD student in Mathematics and has taught classes in algebra, statistics and probability, and calculus. Additionally, she has held …