University of Wisconsin - Madison
During her time at UW–Madison, Isabella Levinthal ’26 majored in Math and participated in the Madison Experimental Mathematics Lab. After that, she originally thought she might pursue a PhD in Math. Her academic journey took her to Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, but she still found math to be useful. …
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics, one of the two main scientific societies for probability theory, has established an award in memory of our former emeritus professor Tom Kurtz, who passed away on April 19, 2025. The biennial award recognizes contributions to the theory and application of stochastic networks. Read more here:
The team of Jose Israel Rodriguez (PI), Jordan Ellenberg, Sebastien Roch, and Qin Li (all co-PIs) has just been awarded an NSF RTG grant, “Mathematics & AI Synergies (MAIS): Algebra and Applications.” Other members of the team are Amy Cochran, Hanbaek Lyu, Laurentiu Maxim, Chris Rycroft, and Botong Wang. The RTG Mathematics & AI Synergies (MAIS): …
Jordan Ellenberg was featured in the Spring 2026 issue of the College of Letters & Science biannual magazine.
Timo Seppäläinen delivered the Doob Lecture at the 45th Conference on Stochastic Processes and Their Applications (SPA) held in Ithaca, NY, on June 14-20, 2026. SPA is the main annual international conference on probability theory and its applications, organized by the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability. In addition to plenary lectures, each SPA …
Brandis Whitfield was awarded an NSF Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Dr. Whitfield is an RTG Postdoctoral Trainee in the Geometry, Group Actions and Dynamics research group. She works with Marissa Loving and Autumn Kent in the areas of geometric group theory and low-dimensional geometric topologies with general interests in mapping class groups (big and …
Sarah Strikwerda was awarded the Postdoc Excellence Award for Teaching.
Chris Rycroft has received a Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award. Eighteen professors received Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awards, recognizing research and teaching excellence. The award provides flexible research funding for three years. Congratulations, Chris!
The fourth iteration of the Geometry Labs United conference will be held in Madison, WI from June 1-4. In addition to three plenary talks, it features short talks and posters by undergraduate students who did research in one of the GLU labs (like MXM!), and it has a day of outreach aimed at the broader …
Jordan Ellenberg has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, chartered in 1780, was established to recognize accomplished individuals and engage them in addressing the greatest challenges facing the young republic. The first members elected to the Academy include George Washington, who said – in his first …