News and events at Department of Mathematics
Peter Johnson wins All-University Teaching Award
2021/04/16
We are pleased to recognize Peter Johnson for winning one of this year’s ten All-University Graduate Teaching Awards. We appreciate all of your hard work, congratulations!
Thesis defense: Ian Runnels
Event date: 2021/04/19
Ian Runnels will defend the Ph.D. thesis on Monday, April 19. The title is
“Right-angled Artin groups in mapping class groups”.
- Date: Monday, April 19
- Time: 03:30 pm EST
- Place: Zoom meeting (contact Thomas Koberda for id)
Everyone is invited to attend.
Thesis defense: George Seelinger
Event date: 2021/04/26
George Seelinger will defend the Ph.D. thesis on Monday, April 26. The title is
“K-theoretic Catalan Functions”.
- Date: Monday, April 26
- Time: 01:00 pm EST
- Place: Zoom meeting (contact Jennifer Morse for id)
Everyone is invited to attend.
Thesis defense: Chris Lloyd
Event date: 2021/04/12
Chris Lloyd will defend the Ph.D. thesis on Monday, April 12. The title is
“Applications of Chromatic Fixed Point Theory”.
- Date: Monday, April 12
- Time: 09:00 am EST
- Place: Zoom meeting (contact Nicholas Kuhn for id)
Everyone is invited to attend.
Professor Jennifer Morse wins Simons Fellowship
2021/02/04
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Morse named a 2021 Simons Fellow in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. 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 for significant advances.
Ken Ono won the 2020 UVA Distinguished Spotlight Researcher Award
2021/02/01
Ken Ono, Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, has won the 2020 UVA Distinguished Spotlight Researcher Award. Congratulations!
Virginia Math Bulletin 2020
2020/12/20
Presenting the seventh issue of the Department newsletter: 2020 Virginia Math Bulletin.
Karen Parshall elected Fellow of AAAS
2020/11/24
Congratulations to Commonwealth Professor of Mathematics and History Karen Parshall who was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “for outstanding contributions to the history of mathematics, combined with extraordinary service to the mathematical and historical sciences.”