The Madison Experimental Math (MXM) program was featured as part of an article published to the UW Foundation’s website on the Badger experience and how donations help fund extraordinary programs for students. MXM was founded in 2021. Since it’s inception, 297 students have participated, gaining experience with hands-on investigative experiences, working in a team, and …
Quanta recently featured an article on the settlement of the Langlands conjecture, and our own Dima Arinkin was one of the people involved in the proof. This problem, first presented by Robert Langlands, a professor at Princeton, in 1967. The Langlands conjecture holds sway in three separate areas of mathematics: number theory, geometry and something …
Jordan Ellenberg was recently published in an article in Nature. He collaborated with a group of researchers working with Google Deepmind to train artificial intelligence (AI) to better evaluate responses. This is intended to better train AI to consider how to answer the question and offer fact based responses instead of “hallucinating” data. The work …
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 …
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 …
Our own Melissa Lindsey was part of a panel discussion about preparing to teach the first day of classes. L&S Instructional Design Collaborative puts together podcasts for a variety of instructional topics. The one that contains valuable insights from Melissa can be found here: https://idc.ls.wisc.edu/2023/08/15/podcast-episode-10/
Jean-Luc Thiffeault was named as an 2022 Fellow by the American Physical Society. He is cited “for innovative contributions to the understanding of mixing and transport in dynamical systems, including the development of topological methods, and the understanding of enhanced diffusion by swimming micro-organisms.” He is one of four recipients on the UW campus. The …
Melanie Matchett Wood, who was a faculty member here from 2011-2019, has won a Macarthur Fellowship. These awards are unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. Melanie is now at Harvard University. Link: https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/melanie-matchett-wood Link: https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication, given by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in partnership with Schmidt Futures. Supported by Schmidt Futures, these prestigious awards recognize science journalists and research scientists who have developed …
Jordan Ellenberg and Grant Sanderson will receive the 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award during a prize reception at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 4:25 p.m. Jordan Ellenberg receives the 2023 Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) Communications Award for his clear and entertaining prose …