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Betsy Stovall has been named the Associate Secretary for the American Mathematical Society (AMS)’s Central Section. She has taken over this job from Georgia Benkart, who has served in this capacity for the last 12 years. (Thank you, Georgia!) Each Associate Secretary is responsible for the scientific program and local logistics of two sectional meetings …
Congratulations to Leslie Smith, the newest member of our department to be named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2021. She was named for contributions to applied mathematics and particularly fluid mechanics. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization …
Jordan Ellenberg wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post which was published on 8/31/2021; “Coronavirus vaccines work. But this statistical illusion makes people think they don’t.” In Israel for a time, more vaccinated people were hospitalized for COVID-19 than unvaccinated people. There’s no reason to worry,” writes Jordan Ellenberg, a math professor at the University …
Jordan Ellenberg continued on his tour to promote his new book “Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy” as a guest on BYUradio’s podcast “Top of Mind”. Link: https://www.byuradio.org/TOP-2021-06-17-Geometry
Math may seem as though it only exists in an abstract part of our lives, but a new book shines a light on the geometry of everything around us. University of Wisconsin–Madison math professor Jordan Ellenberg talks about his latest book Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else. Link: https://www.wpr.org/geometry-world-around-us
Chanwoo Kim has been awarded a Brain Pool Fellowship of the Ministry of Science and Technology of South Korea. This program is designed to invite outstanding scientists for the enhancement of research competence through joint research in R&D fields in Korea and to build a global cooperative research network.
Mihaela Ifrim is one of the organizers of Spring 2021 semester’s program on Mathematical Problems in Fluid Dynamics at MSRI. Her outstanding research contributions span a broad range of topics in nonlinear partial differential equations, including nonlinear dispersive equations and fluid mechanics, with connections to harmonic analysis and general relativity. Right now, with the ongoing …
In a recent article in Quanta, Jordan Ellenberg discusses combining math with writing and how geometry came to be the topic of his most recent book, Shape. Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-number-theorist-who-connects-math-to-other-creative-pursuits-20210527/
What did Abraham Lincoln study to hone his legendary rhetoric? Geometry! Jordan Ellenberg draws from his new book, “Shape” for this essay in the Wall Street Journal. Link: https://on.wsj.com/3oQ9v63
In conjunction with the release of his book, Jordan Ellenberg published an article on pandemic risk assessements, and how we react to advice intended to assist them in avoiding COVID-19. He notes that decision making isn’t based on statistics or what the CDC tells you, and it all comes down to a personal choice. Link: …