The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has named Illinois mathematics alumnus Freeman A. Hrabowski (MA, ’71, mathematics; PhD, '75, education; honorary PhD, '04, education) the 2023 recipient of the Public Welfare Medal. According to a press release from NAS, the medal—which recognizes extraordinary use of...
Altgeld HallThe renovation of Altgeld and Illini Halls will create new opportunities for teaching, learning and research.
Introducing: Math Circle at UIUCAdvanced mathematics at a gentle pace. UIUC Math Circle is a free weekly extracurricular math program for late middle school and high school students in the Champaign-Urbana area.
Research in Combinatorics at IllinoisFaculty at Illinois have been awarded a research training grant by the National Science Foundation for a broad spectrum of combinatorics research. The training grant funds numerous activities in combinatorics, including seminars and visiting lecturers, as well as undergraduate, graduate, and postdoc research.
Graduate Internship ExperienceStudents are encouraged to find internships at companies, national labs, government agencies, and scientific labs on campus.
AWM Graduate Student ChapterAWM encourages women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and it promotes equal opportunity and equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.
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Illinois Geometry Lab students host poster session in Altgeld Hall On December 8, 2022, members of the Illinois Geometry Lab (IGL) presented results of their Fall 2022 projects in 239 Altgeld Hall. Among the seven projects hosted this fall, an...
People who knew Reed Oei often described him as a star. “Reed was the most determined person I ever met,” said Christopher Settles, a frequent collaborator of Reed’s. Phillipp Hieronymi, former director of the Illinois Geometry Lab, described Reed as “a brilliant and exceptional student and researcher.” Yet somehow, simply calling Reed a star feels like a cosmic understatement. From the moment...
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- The Department of Mathematics is saddened to learn that Dr. Padmini Joshi (PhD '69) passed away on January 2, 2023, at the age of 95. Joshi first came to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1962, to fill a half-time teaching assistantship. After receiving her doctorate from Illinois in...
- Holmes receives LAS Academic Professional Award Amber Holmes, who serves as student services coordinator for NetMath, has been named one of three recipients of the 2022-2023 LAS Academic Professional Award. The LAS Academic Professional Award was established in...
- Jennifer McNeilly, Director of the Math Merit Program, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Paula Adametz Hays Staff Award. The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of...
- The Department of Mathematics is hosting a series of special colloquia in mathematical biology this month. Polly Yu (Harvard University) studies dynamical systems arising from network interactions, typically deterministic models for biochemical kinetics. On...
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Alumni Spotlight: Alexander Dunn helps solve centuries-long mathematical mystery
Where this story truly begins is difficult to say. It could be somewhere in the early nineteenth century, when mathematician Ernst Eduard Kummer began experimenting with cubic Gauss sums, leading him to record a conjecture that would remain open for more than 150 years. Or perhaps this story...
Faculty Spotlight: Aldo Manfroi’s Path to Math
Aldo Manfroi is a senior lecturer in mathematics, and he comes highly rated by his students. But his journey to working within the Department of Mathematics at UIUC wasn’t always so clear cut. “I’ve always liked math, ever since I was a kid,” says Manfroi. “I really liked how rigorous it is and...