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Math News and Events
Events
April
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April 21Graduate Number Theory SeminarLark Song – Lattice Shapes and Diophantine Approximation via Dynamics2:30 PM, B321 Van Vleck Hall
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April 21Logic SeminarJoey Lakerdas-Gayle, University of Waterloo – Uniform computable categoricity and function composition4:00 PM, 901 Van Vleck Hall
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April 21Graduate Applied Math SeminarCharlotte Moser – An Applied Mathematics Perspective on Modern Geosciences4:00 PM, B135 Van Vleck Hall
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April 22Graduate Algebraic Geometry SeminarJameson Auger – Complete Local Rings and Their Applications12:00 PM, B317 Van Vleck Hall
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April 22Analysis SeminarPalle Jorgenson (University of Iowa) – Representations of Differential Operators on Lie Groups3:30 PM, B119 Van Vleck Hall
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April 22Graduate Dynamics SeminarGabriela Brown – Minimality and periodicity in rank 2 interval exchange transformations3:40 PM, B107 Van Vleck Hall
News
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Incoming Grad Student receives NSF Fellowship
Ren Watson, currently an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship as well as a CGRS Graduate Fellowship from UW-Madison. Ren is…
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Jean-Luc named as 2026 SIAM Fellow
Jean-Luc was elected as a SIAM fellow! Congratulations!! See the news outlet below: SIAM Announces 2026 Class of Fellows | SIAM
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Alum Jiwoong Jang and Hung Tran receive Best Paper Award
Jiwoong Jang, who got his PhD here in 2024, and his former advisor Hung Tran have received the Best Paper Award 2025 for their publication in Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models. Their paper is…
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Jordan Ellenberg to speak at Focus on the Humanities lecture
Jordan Ellenberg will speak at a Focus on the Humanities lecture on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 5:00pm. The lecture will be held in the Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Ave.,…