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On the left is a portrait of Maddy Ritter wearing a green button-up and on the right is a portrait of Nathan Dunfield wearing a gray suit jacket and white button-up.
Maddy Ritter and Nathan Dunfield recognized by campus and LAS teaching awards
The Department of Mathematics is excited to announce that two of our members have each received two teaching awards. Both PhD Student Maddy Ritter and Professor Nathan Dunfield have received the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Additionally, from the College of Liberal Arts...
Michelle Delcourt to the left wearing burgundy sweater and Anton Bernshteyn to the right wearing a black jacket and white button-up in front of UCLA poster.
Two mathematics PhD alumni named Sloan Research Fellows
The Mathematics Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign would like to congratulate two of our alumni, Michelle Delcourt and Anton Bernshteyn, for being two of 126 scholars who received the 2025...
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Leditzky awarded 5-year NSF CAREER Grant
Assistant Professor Felix Leditzky has been awarded a 5-year Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through their Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. Through this award, NSF has recognized Leditzky as an early-career faculty member with a...
Female professor teaching real analysis to graduate students in Altgeld Hall.
New Cohort of GAANN Fellows Now at Work
The Department of Mathematics recently earned a Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant. The three-year, $1 million grant will provide fellowships to several PhD students every year. The first cohort of GAANN Fellows includes: Derya Asaner, Connor Grady, Doron Grossman-Naples,...
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Department of Mathematics welcomes new staff for Spring 2025
The Department of Mathematics is excited to announce that we have three new staff members joining us this Spring 2025 semester. Victoria Prince is our new Associate Director of NetMath, a newly created position that will be assisting Partha Dey, our current Director of NetMath, in expanding the...

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