2026-04-21 - Professor Amanda Young has been named as a 2026-27 Center for Advanced Study (CAS) Fellow. She is among six assistant professors who have been selected across campus for this competitive and prestigious opportunity. This program grants one semester of teaching release to participate in an individual scholarly or creative project, which Young will use to attend the Fall 2026 thematic program...
2026-04-09 - The Department of Mathematics would like to congratulate and highlight our two math majors who have received Goldwater scholarships: George Bayliss and Cliff Sun.From the article: CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — One University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sophomore and three juniors were awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for their potential to...
MDAB Member Scott H. Fisher awarded for distinguished service by the Grainger College of Engineering2026-03-26 - Member of the Mathematics Development Advisory Board (MDAB), Scott H. Fisher has received the Alumni Award for Distinguished Service from the Grainger College of Engineering, recognizing Fisher "for his dedicated and sustained service to and support of the University of Illinois, and for his commitment to improving and honoring quality computer science teaching." Fisher has had a long...
2026-03-11 - In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Four-Color Theorem, the American Mathematical Society has released an article on the history of the Four-Color Theorem. Read full article.
2026-03-11 - The Department of Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has had two recipients of LAS teaching awards. Vincent Villalobos has received the award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants, and Burak Erdogan has received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.Vincent Villalobos,...
2026-02-17 - Professor Ben Castle has been named as a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Mathematics. This prestigious award is granted to the most promising early-career researchers in the fields of Mathematics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth System Science, Economics, Neuroscience, and Physics. Professor Ben Castle is one of three University...
2025-11-06 - The Department of Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign would like to congratulate Associate Professor and Norman P. Jones Professorial Scholar, Vesna Stojanoska for being one of forty mathematicians named in the 2026 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, a program which recognizes...
2025-10-27 - The Department of Mathematics at Illinois Urbana-Champaign is sad to announce that Professor Emeritus Zhong-Jin Ruan has passed peacefully on September 20, 2025, at Carle Hospital. Zhong-Jin had a long and impactful career here at Illinois. From the obituary, “His doctoral research produced a landmark result in operator spaces, recognized with the Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation...
2025-10-21 - Going into the fall semester, the Department of Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has had a few changes in leadership. Lee DeVille, the current Director of Undergraduate Studies, will also temporarily serve as Associate Chair for Instruction for the 2025-2026 academic year. Rui Loja Fernandes will serve as the new Editor in Chief for the Illinois Journal of Mathematics, and...
2025-09-24 - On Thursday September 4, 2025, the Department of Mathematics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign held its Fall 2025 Department meeting. This meeting coincided with a number of exciting changes including the department’s relocation to Harker Hall while Altgeld Hall is under renovation. The department also welcomed seven new postdocs for academic year 2025-2026: Nicolas Chavarria Gomez,...
2025-06-27 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students recreated some of the historical mathematical models owned by the U. of I. math department using a 3D printer. The Illinois math department has nearly 400 mathematical models — one of the world’s largest...
2025-04-25 - The Department of Mathematics is pleased to announce that Professor Alexander Yong will be the first recipient of the George Francis Student Engagement Award. This grant will provide $12,500 in funding to Yong’s Illinois Combinatorics Lab for Undergraduate Experiences (ICLUE).Yong has been with the department since 2008, and his research focuses on combinatorics and...
2025-04-25 - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois juniors David Balut, Alyssa Shih, Dmitriy Shvydkoy and Annie Zeng were awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarships for their potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.As the result of an ongoing partnership with UWorld, a testing tools provider, and...
2025-04-16 - 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 and Sciences, Ritter has received the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Assistants. and Dunfield...
2025-03-31 - 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 Sloan Fellowships. This prestigious award is granted to the most promising early-career...