Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus I. Martin Isaacs On Monday, February 17, 2025, the UW math department lost an outstanding researcher and an award-winning …
Joshua Mundinger awarded NSF postdoctoral fellowship
Joshua Mundinger, one of our Van Vleck postdocs, was awarded a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. For more information about NSF postdoc fellowships: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/postdocs
Mihaela Ifrim and Hao Shen named Vilas Associates
Mihaela Ifrim and Hao Shen received the prestigious Vilas Associates award. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional Research Committees …
Maurice Fabien awarded MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship
Maurice Fabien was awarded the MGB-SIAM Early Career Fellowship. These awards are given to accomplished early career professionals who were chosen based on their achievements; active support of diversity, equity, and inclusion in their communities; and …
Mihaela Ifrim awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Through her work with the NSF, Mihaela Ifrim has been awarded a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Established by President Clinton in 1996, PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional …
In Memoriam: Gen Novara, former Department Administrator
Gen Novara, former Department Administrator of the Math Department (1977 to 2004), died recently. She is remembered as a kind and valued member of the department by many faculty, staff and students over the years. …
Botong Wang awarded fellowship to IAS for 2024-2025 academic year
Associate Professor Botong Wang was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas …
Jordan Ellenberg gives 2024 Arnold Ross Lecture
On July 18 at the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) math camp, Jordan Ellenberg gave the 2024 Arnold Ross lecture. The audience was talented teens and their undergraduate counselors. The Arnold Ross lecture …
Dima Arinkin featured as 1 of 11 involved in settling the Geometric Langlands conjecture
Quanta recently featured an article on the settlement of the Langlands conjecture, and our own Dima Arinkin was one of the people involved in the proof. This problem, first presented by Robert Langlands, a professor …
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences, taking over for Jin-Yi Cai.