News and events at Department of Mathematics
Curtis McMullen - Virginia Mathematics Lectures - November 8-10, 2021
Event start date: 2021/11/08
Curtis McMullen(Harvard)
- Lecture 1 - “Solving the quintic by iteration”. Monday, November 8, 2021. Time and location TBA.
- Lecture 2 - “Billiards and moduli spaces”. Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Time and location TBA.
- Lecture 3 - “Rigidity for planes in flexible 3-manifolds”. Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Time and location TBA.
2021 Mathematics Diploma Ceremonies Recordings
2021/05/24
The Department of Mathematics hosted an online diploma ceremony on May 24.
Undergraduate diploma ceremony
Graduate diploma ceremony
2021 Undergraduate Award Winners
2021/05/24
The Mathematics Department is pleased to announce the following prize winners for the 2020-2021 year:
- E.J. McShane Prize:
- Zachary Baugher
- Edwin E. Floyd Prize:
- Zachary Carlini
- Spencer Martin
- Casia Siegel
- Michael Stepniczka
- Sean Stuhlsatz
2021 Mathematics Final Exercises Ceremony Online
Event date: 2020/05/24
The Department of Mathematics is hosting an Online Diploma Ceremony on Monday, May 24, at 1:30pm. The schedule is as follows:
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1:15pm: The zoom room opens
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1:30pm: The ceremony starts with brief remarks from the Chair, John Imbrie. Followed by announcement of undergraduate awards and honors by the Director of the Undergraduate Program, Christian Gromoll, and a reading of the names of our graduating math majors.
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2:15pm: The Director of Graduate Studies, Julie Bergner, will continue with recognitions for our graduating Masters and PhD students, including remarks from thesis advisors.
The Math Department events took place via Zoom, and was live streamed on YouTube.
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.