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Gen Novara, former Department Administrator of the Math Department (1977 to 2004), died recently. She is remembered as a kind and valued member of the department by many faculty, staff and students over the years. Link to the full obituary can be found here: Genevieve Novara Obituary (1931 – 2024) – Salt Lake City, WI …
Associate Professor Botong Wang was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research and the free and open exchange of ideas among an international community of scholars at one of the foremost centers for intellectual inquiry. Each year, IAS welcomes more …
On July 18 at the Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists (PROMYS) math camp, Jordan Ellenberg gave the 2024 Arnold Ross lecture. The audience was talented teens and their undergraduate counselors. The Arnold Ross lecture was named after Arnold Ross for his many contributions to the development of mathematical talent, including outreach programs at Ohio …
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 …
Mikhail Feldman named next Steenbock Professor in Mathematical Sciences, taking over for Jin-Yi Cai.
It is with great sadness that we post that Nigel Boston has died. He worked for the Math Department from 2002 to 2019. A Kudosboard on the occasion of his retirement in 2019 is filled with messages testifying to his impact on the university and its students: https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/8qSR33hA?rid=774ac253#view Link: AMS In Memoriam
Mark Wilson (Ph.D., 1995, Passman) is the next editor-in-chief of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. He starts a 3 year term on January 1, 2025. Link: https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7191 In addition, he has a new research monograph recently published, written jointly with Robin Pemantle (former faculty, 1991-2001) among other coauthors. Link https://www.cambridge.org/9781108836623 Mark notes that …
Benedek Valko 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 on the basis of a detailed proposal. Link: https://research.wisc.edu/professorships-and-faculty-fellowships/vilas-associates/
Established researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students in all related fields and industry are invited to the special workshop “Advances in Lie Theory, Representation Theory, and Combinatorics” at SLMath (MSRI) in Berkeley, California and online. This workshop will have a view to the future of a broad spectrum of topics including: This meeting will feature …
Sébastien has won a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, awarded by the Provost’s office. Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships (VDAP) recognize UW–Madison faculty members whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence also includes teaching or service. Faculty members receiving this award keep the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship title for the duration of …