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Huang and Miedlar Elected Officers at SIAM
LAWRENCE - Two members of the University of Kansas Department of Mathematics were elected officers in the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). ...
Math department announces Undergraduate Research Award winners
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Department of Mathematics awarded two students Undergraduate Research Awards in Mathematics (MathUGRA) to support their research projects for the spring 2022 semester. ...
Sofia Berrospi Fernández Nominated for Global Rhodes Scholarship
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has nominated six current seniors and a recent graduate for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom with the support of the university’s Office of Fellowships. ...
Emily Witt Receives Keeler Intra-University Professorship
LAWRENCE – Five University of Kansas professors have been selected to pursue special projects designed to develop their scholarship in a field while also fostering collaboration at KU during the 2021-22 academic year. ...
Math Faculty and Staff Recognized for Years of Service
In an annual ceremony each spring, KU recognizes and appreciates the hard work and dedication of KU faculty and staff who have five to 50 years of service. This year, the KU employees were honored in a virtual format. ...
2021 Math Department Spring Awards
The University of Kansas mathematics department recently recognized its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty for outstanding academic and teaching achievements. ...
Mishra and Sridhar Receive Summer Research Scholarship
Bibekananda Mishra and Prashanth Sridhar both received a 2021 Summer Research Scholarship from the KU Office of Graduate Studies. The award comes with a stipend of $6,000. ...
Daniel Hernández Named Textbook Hero
The University of Kansas Libraries are pleased to announce the newest cohort of Textbook Heroes. The spring 2021 honorees are Tiara Floyd, 2019-20 KU student body president; Daniel Hernandez, associate professor, Mathematics; and Oleksandra Wallo, assistant professor, Slavic Languages & Literature. ...
Math Faculty Are Promoted
LAWRENCE – Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 80 individuals at the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses and 89 individuals at the KU Medical Center campuses. ...
Wesley Perkins Receives Bernstein Award
LAWRENCE — Wesley Perkins, doctoral candidate in mathematics, has received the 2021 Bernstein Award for Future Faculty from the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at the University of Kansas. The award recognizes KU graduate students who have approached their teaching as an inquiry into learning. The monetary award honors a...
Erik Van Vleck Receives Best Paper Award
LAWRENCE — Erik Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, along with his co-authors, was awarded the 2021 Robert P. McIntosh Award as the best nominated paper in vegetation ecology in the previous two years by the vegetation section of the Ecological Society of America. ...
Winners Announced for KU Math Prize Competition
LAWRENCE – The 38th Annual KU Math Prize Competition, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, was held virtually April 2. Open to all KU undergraduates, the written exam for each level covered six questions to be completed in three hours. Cash awards were given in two levels. ...
Sonia Kandalkar Selected as University Scholar
LAWRENCE — The 40th class of University Scholars and their faculty mentors were recently recognized during digital receptions hosted by the University of Kansas. The University Scholars Program is designed to recognize and encourage academically talented and motivated sophomores who have demonstrated intellectual achievement and curiosity. ...
Math Undergraduate Research Award
LAWRENCE – The Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas awarded four students Undergraduate Research Awards in Mathematics (MathUGRA) to support their research projects for the spring 2021 semester. ...
Myra Dotzel and Catherine Johnston Nominated For Winston Churchill Scholarship
Editor's note: This story was updated in April 2020 to reflect a nominee's name change. ...
Samuel Harder Selected 2021 Global Scholar
LAWRENCE — The Global Scholars Program has selected 15 University of Kansas sophomores as 2021 Global Scholars. ...
Margaret Bayer to be Inducted into 2020 Women's Hall of Fame
Margaret Bayer, professor of mathematics, is to be inducted into the University of Kansas 2020 Women’s Hall of Fame. She will be joining a class of five. The award ceremony that was to take place April 21 was postponed due to the concern of COVID-19. ...
Odalis Hernandez, Math Major, to Present Research Project
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host its second annual Fall Undergraduate Research Poster Session next week, featuring the work of 57 KU students. The public is invited to the event, sponsored by KU’s Center for Undergraduate Research, from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Kansas Union...
Margaret Bayer Named AWM Fellow
LAWRENCE — Margaret Bayer, University of Kansas professor of mathematics, has been named to the 2020 Class of Fellows for the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Bayer will be honored for her far-reaching work on the combinatorics and geometry of polytopes; for a long record of successfully mentoring, advising...
Ingrid Peterson Recognized by KU Libraries
Jack Porter Receives Chancellors Club Award
LAWRENCE — A scientist specializing in transport proteins at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a mathematician with more than 50 years of teaching successes at KU will be honored respectively for their research and teaching by KU Endowment’s Chancellors Club. ...
KU Students Compete in Math Competitions
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students have tested their mathematical prowess at local, state and national events. ...
Emily Witt Receives J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award
Emily Witt, assistant professor of mathematics, was awarded the 2019 J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award that recognizes an outstanding faculty or academic staff member in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for exemplary advising of undergraduate students. The recipients are nominated by students who feel their advisor...
Jeremy Martin Receives KSMAA Award for Distinguished Teaching
LAWRENCE — Jeremy Martin, a University of Kansas professor of mathematics long recognized for his commitment to teaching excellence, has been named by the Kansas Section of the Mathematical Association of America (KSMAA) as the recipient of its 2019 award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. The...
Satbir Malhi Receives Summer Research Fellowship
Satbir Malhi received a 2019 Summer Research Fellowship from the KU Office of Graduate Studies. The award comes with a stipend of $5,000. His advisor is Milena Stanislavova, professor of mathematics and chair of economics. ...
Math Department Hosts Activities for Math and Statistics Awareness Month
LAWRENCE – The Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas is expecting hundreds of elementary, middle and high school students from the region to visit in April to participate in annual competitions and workshops to celebrate national Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month (MSAM). This marks the 20th year that...
Ingrid Peterson Receives 2019 Student Senate Textbook Affordability Award
Ingrid Peterson, director of the Kansas Algebra Program, was presented the 2019 Student Senate Textbook Affordability Award by Noah Ries, KU Student Body President and Carl Lejuez, Interim Provost and EVC. The senate recognized Ingrid for her hard work to adopt open educational resources (OER) in her College Algebra...
Jonathan Bush Receives Class of 1913 Award
Jonathan Bush was surprised in his Math 766 class by Tamara Durham, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, to present the Class of 1913 Award. Established by the Class of 1913 the award is given annually to a graduating senior man and a graduating senior woman who by his or...