Congratulations to Tatyana Shcherbyna and Andrew Zimmer for both being named 2022 Sloan Fellows. They are 2 of 118 early-career scholars that represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place …
Mariya Soskova named Vilas Associate
Mariya Soskova was one of 26 faculty winners of the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 …
Jose Rodriguez to co organize a semester program for NSF institute IMSI, Chicago.
Jose Rodriguez is co organizing a semester program titled Algebraic Statistics and Our Changing World: New Methods for New Challenges at the new NSF institute IMSI in Chicago Fall 2023. The institute only holds two …
Ananth Shankar among team to prove Andre-Oort conjecture
A team of mathematicians (that included our own Ananth Shankar) has solved an important question about how solutions to polynomial equations relate to sophisticated geometric objects called Shimura varieties. The work was reported in Quanta …
Spring Welcome/Lunar New Year Celebration Spring 2022
The VISP-MA Program welcomed (back) students for the new semester by hosting a Spring Welcome event on January 28th, 2022. The Lunar New Year was celebrated together in advance of the actual Lunar New Year, …
Betsy Stovall named AMS Associate Secretary for the Central Section
Betsy Stovall has been named the Associate Secretary for the American Mathematical Society (AMS)’s Central Section. She has taken over this job from Georgia Benkart, who has served in this capacity for the last 12 …
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 …
Justin Sukiennik awarded 2021 Forward in Access Award
Justin Sukiennik, Associate Faculty Associate, has been named a recipient of one of the 2021 Forward in Access Awards. Justin, who serves as our Co-Director of the Precalculus Program, was honored for creating an inclusive …
Leslie Smith named as a 2022 American Mathematics Society Fellow
Congratulations to Leslie Smith, the newest member of our department to be named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2021. She was named for contributions to applied mathematics and particularly fluid mechanics. The …
In Memoriam: Fred Brauer
Fred Brauer, professor emeritus, died on 10-17-2021 in Vancouver, BC. Fred obtained his PhD in 1956 at MIT and was a member of our department 1960-1996. He served as department chair 1979-1982. Mathematics Genealogy lists …