In a recent episode of the Marketplace podcast, a question came up about billionaires. Among several experts, Jordan Ellenberg took a stab at it, suggesting a comparison instead. “How much wealth has that person amassed …
Walter Rudin Centenary
May 2, 2021 marks what would have been Walter Rudin’s 100th birthday. Walter Rudin was one of the preeminent mathematicians of his generation. He worked in a number of different areas of mathematical analysis, and …
Math major among recipients of Goldwater Scholarship
Gage Siebert, of Fremont, Wisconsin, was among three UW-Madison students named as Goldwater Scholars. He is majoring in physics and mathematics. As a freshman, he studied the origins of life in Professor David Baum’s lab …
Math alum to speak to graduates at spring commencement
John Gottman, Ph.D., an alumnus of the UW–Madison, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. He will be awarded an honorary doctoral degree during spring commencement. As is the tradition for …
In Solidarity with the UW-Madison Math Community
Statement by Department Chair Timo Seppalainen and Associate Chair Benedek Valko Dear UW-Madison Math Community Yet again we find ourselves dismayed by violence against members of our society distinguished by their particular humanity. The catalogue …
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
Benkart helps pen 50th AWM anniversary notice
Georgia Benkart, Emerita Professor, has coauthored an article on the the 50th anniversary of the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWC) in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. Link: https://go.wisc.edu/6vw066
Virtual Office Hours increases student engagement with ‘hybrid’ approach
When the pandemic forced Betsy Stovall to move her large calculus class online last spring, she wondered how it would affect her office hours, which also became entirely virtual. The answer came soon enough. “I …
Hung Tran named as Simons Fellow
Hung Tran has been named a Simons Fellow. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary …