Joe Neeman has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship
Feb 17 , 2018
The Sloan Foundation today announced that
Joe Neeman has been awarded a 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
The complete list of recipients is available at
https://sloan.org/fellowships/2018-fellows
Award to Luis Caffarelli
Jan 11 , 2018
The Royal Spanish Mathematical Society and the Argentine Mathematical Union
have decided to award the Centennial Award for the arrival in Argentina of Rey
Pastor to Luis Caffarelli, of the University of Austin in Texas, in
recognition of his career and his activity in fostering relations between Argentina
and Spain.
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Dec 6 , 2017
Bill Wolesenski will receive a President's Associates Teaching Excellence
Award. We congratulate Bill for this wonderful distinction in recognition of
his outstanding teaching and contributions to CNS.
Dec 5 , 2017
Uri Triesman has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS). He received this honor for distinguished
contributions to practices, tools and policies that increase equity and excellence
in mathematics learning, and for leadership to expand engagement in this goal.
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Lewis Bowen to receive 2017 Brin Prize
Oct 9 , 2017
Professor Lewis Bowen will receive the 2017 Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems.
The prize is awarded every two years to mathematicians who have made outstanding advances in the field of dynamical
systems and are within 14 years of their PhD.
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The work of Alexis Vasseur and Cheng Yu will be the topic of a presentation at the Seminaire
Bourbaki in IHP, Paris
June 7, 2017
The Sèminaire Nicolas Bourbaki (Bourbaki Seminar) is a series of seminars (in fact public lectures
with printed notes distributed) that has been held in Paris since 1948. It is one of the major
institutions of contemporary mathematics, and a barometer of mathematical achievement, fashion, and
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James Carter Smith won the Marjorie Morales Award for Excellence in Mathematics Research
May 1 , 2017
James "Carter" Smith, an undergraduate in mathematics, won the Marjorie Morales Award for Excellence
in Mathematics Research. He participated the Undergraduate Research Forum 2017 with a project titled
"Determining a Number Through its Sum of Divisors." Carter's graduate mentor on the project was
Alessandro Rezende de Macedo and Dr. Mark Daniels was project advisor.
Invited talks at ICM 2018
April 15 , 2017
Lewis Bowen, Sean Keel, and Alan Reid have been invited to present
45 min talks at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018 in Rio de Janeiro.
We congratulate them for this high distinction.
CWUR ranks "interdisciplinary applications of math" at UT #1 in the world
April 3 , 2017
The Center of World University Rankings (CWUR) has released their new worldwide rankings today. It
rates UT Austin globally Rank 1 in Interdisciplinary Applications of Mathematics, and Rank 5 in
Applied Mathematics. This is a great distinction for both the Department of Mathematics and ICES.
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Taillefumier has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship
March 17 , 2017
The Sloan Foundation today announced that
Thibaud Taillefumier has been awarded a 2017 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
The complete list of recipients is available at
https://sloan.org/fellowships/2017-Fellows
Milicia Cudina to receive John Durbin Teaching Award
March 3 , 2017
Milicia Cudina has been selected to receive the 2017 John Durbin
Teaching award. This is a distinguished
recognition of Milicia's service to the Actuarial Program, in particular
her development and teaching of M339D and M339W.
Mathematics is Ranked No. 12 in World by U.S. News
Oct 25 , 2016
U.S. News and World Report ranked UT Mathematics No. 12 in the
world. UT Austin is ranked No. 30 in the world in its latest ranking of
Best Global Universities.
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Engquist receives the 2016 ICCM International Cooperation Award
Oct 12 , 2016
Bjorn Engquist received the 2016 International Congress of Chinese
Mathematicians (ICCM) International Cooperation Award for his significant
contributions in nurturing and mentoring a large number of outstanding
Chinese mathematicians, and his strong support of the Chinese mathematical
community throughout his career.
Rachel Ward received 2016 IMA Prize in Mathematics and its Applications
Oct 12 , 2016
The IMA Prize in Mathematics and its Applications is awarded annually to a
mathematical scientist who is within 10 years of having received his or
her Ph.D. degree. The award recognizes an individual who has made a
transformative impact on the mathematical sciences and their applications.
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Irene Gamba to give SIAM plenary address
Aug 13 , 2016
Irene has been
invited to give a plenary lecture at the annual Joint Mathematics
Meeting in Atlanta in January 2017. Irene will deliver the SIAM Invited
Address.
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Travis was awarded the 2016 Andrè Lichnerowicz Prize
July 11 , 2016
Travis Schedler was awarded the 2016 Andrè Lichnerowicz Prize in Poisson
geometry (shared with Pavel Mnev) at the "International Conference on Poisson Geometry
in Mathematics and Physics" conference, held on July 4-8 at ETH Zurich.
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