University of Wisconsin - Madison
Professor Emeritus Georgia Benkart was honored by the AMS in March 2022 with an article titled “Gems from the Work of Georgia Benkart”. Since her retirement from teaching she has provided tremendous service to the mathematical community, notably as President of the AWM and as an Associate Secretary of the AMS for more than a …
Congratulations to Tatyana Shcherbyna and Andrew Zimmer for both being named 2022 Sloan Fellows. They are 2 of 118 early-career scholars that 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. Winners receive $75,000, which may be spent …
Mariya Soskova was one of 26 faculty winners of the 2022-23 Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible. Link: https://news.wisc.edu/2022-23-vilas-associates-competition-awardees-announced/ Congratulations to Mariya!
Jose Rodriguez is co organizing a semester program titled Algebraic Statistics and Our Changing World: New Methods for New Challenges at the new NSF institute IMSI in Chicago Fall 2023. The institute only holds two programs per year, and there are only 7 such institutes in the country. It is an incredible honor for Jose …
A team of mathematicians (that included our own Ananth Shankar) has solved an important question about how solutions to polynomial equations relate to sophisticated geometric objects called Shimura varieties. The work was reported in Quanta Magazine about the team’s participation on solving the Andre-Oort conjecture. Link: https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-prove-30-year-old-andre-oort-conjecture-20220203/ Congrats, Ananth!
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 …
Alejandro Adem, a professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, and former professor at the UW–Madison Math Department, has been named the next Chief Editor of Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. Link: https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=6912
Justin Sukiennik, Associate Faculty Associate, has been named a recipient of one of the 2021 Forward in Access Awards. Justin, who serves as our Co-Director of the Precalculus Program, was honored for creating an inclusive educational experience for all students. He was recognized, among with 7 others, and awarded with a commemorative plaque. Link: https://students.wisc.edu/news/2021-forward-in-access-awards-2/
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 …
Fred Brauer, professor emeritus, died on 10-17-2021 in Vancouver, BC. Fred obtained his PhD in 1956 at MIT and was a member of our department 1960-1996. He served as department chair 1979-1982. Mathematics Genealogy lists 7 Madison PhDs advised by Fred from 1965 to 1997. His interests were in the mathematical modelling of epidemiological problems …