University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jordan Ellenberg is expanding the impact of his service to the UW by hosting a first-year student course on writing and data. First-year Interest Groups (FIGs) are usually groups of 3 classes that are open to only incoming freshmen and are part of a theme. These students take these courses together as a cohort and …
Autumn Kent has been named a 2024 fellow of the American Mathematical Society. The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. Press Release: AMS NAMES 2024 CLASS OF FELLOWS Forty mathematical scientists from around the world have been …
Nan has just received Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research — congratulations, Nan! Link: https://www.nre.navy.mil/2024-young-investigators
Quanta Magazine recently published an article on the many conjectures resting on the Kaketa conjecture. Betsy Stovall commented in the article. Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-tower-of-conjectures-that-rests-upon-a-needle-20230912/
Saverio Spagnolie recently published an Arxiv paper on what started as a simple exploration of the behavior of raisins in carbonated water, something he noticed during a kitchen experiment with his daughter. As he proceeded to examine the behavior, more and more interesting observations also emerged, such as how bubbles push objects in carbonated fluids up …
Tonghai Yang has won a Kellett Mid-Career Award. The Kellett awards recognize outstanding faculty seven to 20 years past their first promotion to a tenured position. Supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, they provide research funding to the winners at a critical stage of their careers.
Daniel Erman has won a Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award. The award is meant to recognize research and teaching excellence in faculty who are at mid-career. The mid-career designation generally means faculty 10 to 20 years into a career.
José Rodriguez has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship, one of two awarded to UW–Madison faculty. These awards are given to early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. We are tremendously proud of José! …
Professor Saverio Spagnolie has been named a Vilas Associate. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the Divisional Research Committees of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on the basis of a detailed proposal. Congratulations Saverio! Link: …
Jose Rodriguez has won a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. Each year, the L&S Honors Program solicits student nominations of faculty members (or instructional academic staff) who have had a special impact as instructors of Honors courses, as supervisors of Honors theses, or as teachers and mentors of Honors studen ts. The Faculty Honors Committee reviews …