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 …
Two weeks ago, some of our UW Math alumni, postdocs, and faculty had their work honored at the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians in Shanghai, China. Qiao He (former postdoc and VISP student), Chao Li, Yousheng Shi (former postdoc), and Tonghai Yang (professor) won the Best Paper Gold Award in Number Theory for their paper …
Joshua Mundinger, one of our Van Vleck postdocs, was awarded a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. For more information about NSF postdoc fellowships: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/postdocs
Mihaela Ifrim and Hao Shen received the prestigious Vilas Associates award. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional Research Committees on the basis of a detailed proposal. Congratulations, Mihaela and Hao! Link: https://research.wisc.edu/professorships-and-faculty-fellowships/vilas-associates/