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Jean-Luc Thiffeault named as APS Fellow

Posted on October 24, 2022

Jean-Luc Thiffeault was named as an 2022 Fellow by the American Physical Society.  He is cited “for innovative contributions to the understanding of mixing and transport in dynamical systems, including the development of topological methods, …

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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 …

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Ellenberg honored with Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications

Posted on October 12, 2022

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in …

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Jordan Ellenberg wins 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award

Posted on September 14, 2022

Jordan Ellenberg and Grant Sanderson will receive the 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award during a prize reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at …

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Raymond Damadian, BS, 1956, inventor of the MRI scanner, dies at age 86.

Posted on September 6, 2022

Dr. Raymond Damadian, who built the first magnetic resonance imaging scanner, which revolutionized doctors’ ability to diagnose cancer and other illnesses — but who, to his dismay, saw the Nobel Prize for the science behind …

Posted in accolades, Alumni, In Memoriam, mediamention

Jean-Luc Thiffeault offers research on how many times to flip a hamburger

Posted on August 29, 2022

Backyard wars have been launched over the question of the optimal number of times to flip hamburgers, steaks or zucchini on the grill—is once sufficient? Does ten flips result in a better, more quickly cooked …

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Rycroft part of a team to study early development in cricket embryos

Posted on August 8, 2022

Professor Christopher Rycroft worked with the Extavour Laboratory to study the early stages of development in cricket embryos. In humans, an embryo starts from a single cell that undergoes repeated divisions. But in crickets and many other …

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Jordan Ellenberg discusses Columbia’s college ranking controversy:

Posted on April 11, 2022

In this Washington Post op-ed, Jordan Ellenberg discusses the alleged methods which Columbia used to game the U.S.News and World Report’s #2 College Ranking.  He notes “To the extent that universities chase rankings — whether …

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UW-Madison does well in Putnam Competition

Posted on February 25, 2022

UW-Madison did very well during the annual MAA Putnam Competition.  Our university ranked #25 nationwide, including Canada, out of 427 other institutions. Our student Ivan Hu received honorable mention. Joseph Cai and Nitit Jongsawatsataporn ranked …

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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 …

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