Math Dept Spring 13 awards
May 6, 2013
Six of our Faculty members and eleven graduate students have
been honored
at our Spring 2013 awards reception. Congratuations to all!
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Rachel Ward
May 2, 2013
Rachel Ward has been awarded an NSF Career award and a
U.S. Air Force Young Investigator grant.
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P. Mueller and J. Mann Austin to receive CNS Teaching Excellence Awards
April 2 , 2013
Two of our faculty members, Peter Mueller and Jennifer Mann Austin
have been awarded CNS Teaching Excellence Award for 2013. Congratulations to Peter and Jennifer!
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Efraim P. Armendariz
Feb 21 , 2013
It is with great sadness that the department announces the passing of
Professor Efraim Armendariz. Efraim died on Wednesday 13th February after
a battle with cancer. Efraim had been with the department since 1966
and was Chairman from 1991--2007. Under his leadership the department's
stature rose nationally and internationally.
In his time in the department, Efraim was
heavily involved in programs to enrich the mathematics experience
for undergraduates at UT, as well as programs that impacted mathematics
education state wide. For example,
Efraim was instrumental in establishing the
Emerging Scholars Program at the University of Texas,
and he was an active supporter and participant of the UTeach program.
He will be sorely missed by his colleagues in the department,
and in the larger University community.
A celebration of Efraim's life will be held on Saturday, February 23,
10am at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 3003 Northland Dr. Austin, TX
78757
Click here to read the obituary in The Austin American statesmen.
Ted Odell
Jan 24 , 2013
It is with great sadness that the department announces the passing
of Professor Ted Odell who died suddenly on January 9th 2013.
Ted had been with
the Department of Mathematics since 1977, and since 2005 held the
John T. Stuart III Centennial Professorship of Mathematics.
He was also the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies.
On Saturday January 19th, an event, "The Celebration of The Life of Ted Odell"
was held in Room MAI 212 of the Main Building of the U.T. campus. Speeches
to a packed room were given by a family member,
colleagues in the department and two of Ted's co-authors. It was
also announced that Ted's family has generously started a
"The Ted Odell Excellence Fund in Mathematics."
His death leaves a huge void in the department, and he will be sorely
missed by his colleagues there and in the
larger University community.
Click here to read the obituary in The Austin American statesmen.
Jane Arledge to receive President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award
Nov 30 , 2012
Dr. Jane Arledge has been selected to receive the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award for the 2011-2012
academic year.
The award recognizes the consistent level of excellence Dr. Arledge has achieved in teaching
undergraduate students.
21 Faculty Named 2013 Fellows
Nov 7 , 2012
The inaugural class of Fellows were announced November 1, 2012. Twenty one of our faculty
members are honored.
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.
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UT Math has been awarded a RTG Grant in Geometry and Topology
Sept 4 , 2012
Thirteen faculty members in Geometry/Topology has been awarded a new, highly competitive, RTG
grant from the NSF. Over a five year span, this award will provide $2.5M
to enhance the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers in
Geometry and Topology.
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Mathematics Welcomes Its Fall 2012 New Members
August 23 , 2012
The Department would like to welcome all of its new members.
This semester, twenty one new faculty members and twenty two graduate students has joined the department.
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Gamba Recieves the 2012-13 ICES Distinguished Research Award
August 23, 2012
Prof. Gamba is
the 2012-13 recipient of the ICES Distinguished Research Award.
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Figalli Wins a EMS prize
July 3 , 2012
Alessio Figalli is one of 10 EMS prize winners announced at the 6th
European Congress of Mathematics in Krakow. For the complete list see:
http://www.6ecm.pl/.
For an article
written by CNS based on Figalli's recent prize,
please see here.
Uhlenbeck received an honorary degree from Princeton University
July 2 , 2012
Karen Uhlenbeck received an honorary doctorate of science from Princeton University during
their spring commencement ceremonies. The honor recognized her leadership in mathematical physics
and partial differential equations, particularly gauge theory and global analysis; and for her
invaluable achievements in mentoring young mathematicians.
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Caffarelli received an honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame
June 13 , 2012
Luis Caffarelli received an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Notre Dame during
their spring commencement ceremonies. The honor recognized his leadership in the field of partial
differential equations and their applications.
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Congratulations to our Bennett Calculus Exam Winners
May 14 , 2012
This semester's Bennett Calculus Prize Exam was held on Saturday, May 5, 2012.
The winners are:
First Place (tie): Mark Johnson and Ben Seroussi
Third Place: Rebecca Wu
Congratulations to all.
Congratulations to our new Ph.Ds
May 10 , 2012
Eighteen of our Ph.D students have successfully defended their
dissertations during this academic year. Congratulations to all
of our new Ph.Ds
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Math Dept Spring 12 Awards
May 7 , 2012
A. Neitzke, D. Knopf, P. Monin, E. Staron
J. Bennett, R. Jain, G. Moss, N. Rauh, L. Fredrickson, D. Kriventsov,
P. Safronov and L. Starkston have been awarded at today's end of
year reception.
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Richard Tsai to Receive a Moncrief Award
Apr 30 , 2012
Dr. Richard Tsai has been awarded one of the 2012 ICES Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty Awards.
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François Baccelli to Join UT Math
Apr 6 , 2012
The Department of Mathematics is proud to announce that François
Baccelli has accepted the Simons Chair in Mathematics and Electrical and
Computer Engineering.
An announcement of the recipients of the 2011 competition Math+X:
Encouraging Interactions Program can be found at
The Simons Foundation website.
Catlett, Knopf and Vick to Receive CNS and UT Awards
April 4 , 2012
S. Catlett has been selected to receive a CNS Staff
Excellence Award for 2012.
D. Knopf has been selected to receive a CNS Teaching Excellence Award
for 2012.
J. Vick has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Friar Centennial
Teaching Fellowship.
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Gamba and Zariphopoulou Named SIAM Fellows
March 30 , 2012
Dr. I. Gamba and T. Zariphopoulou have been named 2012 SIAM fellows,
for their contributions to analytical and numerical methods for
statistical transport problems in complex particle systems, and
to stochastic control and financial mathematics respectively.
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Blumberg, Chen and Neitzke Have Received NSF Career Awards
March 30 , 2012
Three of our faculty members, A. Blumberg, T. Chen and A. Neitzke have received
Career Awards from NSF this year. In addition, Thomas Chen has received the 2010 Annales
Henri Poincare Prize, from the journal "Annales Henri Poincare".
NSF CAREER Program
Rachel Ward has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship
Feb 15 , 2012
The Sloan Foundation today announced that
Rachel Ward has been awarded a 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
The complete list of recipients is available at
http://www.sloan.org/fellowships/page/21
Caffarelli Wins Israel's Wolf Prize
Jan 10 , 2012
Luis Caffarelli has been named a winner of Israel's prestigious Wolf
Prize, along with seven other American, British and Isreli recipients.
The Math Department now has two Wolf prize winners on its faculty,
John Tate won the Wolf prize in 2002.
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Engquist Receives 2012 AMS-SIAM Birkhoff Prize
Jan 5 , 2012
Bjorn Engquist has been awarded the 2012 AMS-SIAM George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied
Mathematics, "for his contributions to a wide range of powerful computational methods over
more than three decades," the prize citation says. "His work blends mathematical analysis, modeling,
and computation, and has led to numerical tools with enormous impact across a broad range of
applications, including aerodynamics, acoustics, electromagnetism, computational fluid mechanics,
and computational geoscience."
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Babuska Receives 2012 AMS Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
Jan 5, 2012
Ivo M. Babuska has been awarded the 2012 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement,
"for his many pioneering advances in the numerical solution of partial differential equations over
the last half century." The prize citation goes on to say: "In his work on finite element methods,
Babuska has developed and applied mathematics in profound ways to develop, analyze, and validate
algorithms which are crucial for computational science and engineering. In so doing, he has helped
to define that field, and has had a great impact on the modern world. A constant characteristic of
Babuska's work is the combination of deep and imaginative mathematical analysis with a constant
concern for the practical implications of his work for engineering applications."
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