04/23/2018 - The Department of Mathematics Alumni Awards recognize exceptional alumni and we are pleased to announce the 2018 recipients.

03/22/2018 - Watch IGL students Cora McVey, Anna Chlopecki, Tejo Nutalapati, Alan Zhou give a great talk about "The Four Color Theorem - Solving a 124 Year Old Problem" in the Champaign County History Museum Mo

03/22/2018 - Richard Sowers, professor of mathematics and industrial and enterprise systems engineering, along with a team of students have developed an algorithm which will help streamline the workforce of hig

12/12/2017 - The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce the new annual Mathematics Alumni Awards to recognize our exceptional alumni. The application process is simple and open to all.

12/07/2017 - To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the proof of the Four Color Theorem, and as a part of the 2017 sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of the University of Illinois, the Illinois Mathemat

12/05/2017 - The Illinois Geometry Lab hosted a Four Color-themed Open House for K-12 students and community members on Saturday, November 4 in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.

11/03/2017 - The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Professor Steve Bradlow has been selected to the 2018 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

08/29/2017 - IGL undergraduate student Mateo Muro presented work done in the Summer 2017 research project Graph Theory and Quantum Statistical Mechanics (mentored by Ivan Contreras) at the 2017 Young Mathematic

08/29/2017 - IGL undergraduate student Yingying Ren presented work done in the Fall 2016/Spring 2017 research project Polyhedral Geometry for Analysis Phylogenetic Methods (mentored by Ruth Davidson and Rosemar

05/18/2017 - The University of Illinois is embarking on a project to restore and renovate both Altgeld Hall and its neighbor across Wright Street, Illini Hall.

05/05/2017 - The department has received the American Mathematical Society 2017 AMS Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in a Mathematics Department.

04/05/2017 - Mathematics PhD student Melinda Lanius receives Honorable Mention and People's Choice Award in 2017 Gr