• Illinois researchers awarded Geoffrey Heywood Prize
    2023-03-28 - Dr. Samal Abdikerimova (PhD, mathematics, ’22) and Professor Runhuan Feng have been awarded the (UK) Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Geoffrey Heywood Prize in 2022 for their paper, “Peer-to-Peer...
  • The bell tower of Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    No classes in Altgeld Hall beginning Fall 2023
    2023-03-10 - URBANA, Ill.—In anticipation of impending construction work on the building, no courses will take place in Altgeld Hall starting Fall 2023. The University of Illinois is currently working with the Illinois Capital Development Board to renovate Altgeld Hall, which has served as the home of the mathematics department since 1956. The renovation is part of the Altgeld & Illini Halls Project,...
  • Entryway of Altgeld Hall. "Mathematics" is stenciled on the glass of the window. Graphic overlay reads "ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE."
    Department of Mathematics names graduate student award winners
    2023-02-24 - The Department of Mathematics has selected six graduate students to receive honors for academic excellence. The Phillipe Tondeur Dissertation Prize, which recognizes students in their final...
  • A man stands in front of a chalkboard. There are mathematical equations on the chalkboard.
    “Incredibly energetic, fanatically honest, and deeply humane”
    2023-02-17 - Professor Eugene Lerman has been named a 2023 recipient of the LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Lerman has taught mathematics at Illinois for 25 years, and for him to win this award was no surprise to his colleagues. “Eugene Lerman is one of the most effective teachers of highly advanced pure and applied mathematics in the undergraduate setting,” reads the nomination...
  • Graduate TAs recognized for pedagogical prowess
    2023-02-15 - Two mathematics graduate students—Marissa Chesser and Mina Nahvi—have been named recipients of the LAS Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants. Marissa Chesser Chesser joined the Department of Mathematics as a graduate...
  • Number theory group names two awardees for 2023 Bateman Prize
    2023-02-14 - URBANA—The Department of Mathematics at Illinois has named two recipients for the 2023 Bateman Prize in Number Theory: Robert Dicks and Maria Siskaki. The Bateman Prize is awarded to a graduate students in recognition of outstanding research in number theory. The prize was initiated in 1999 by the department’s number theory group, who chooses recipients for the award each year. Maria...
  • Freeman A. Hrabowski
    Freeman Hrabowski receives NAS Public Welfare Medal
    2023-01-30 - 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...
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    Remembering Padmini Joshi
    2023-01-23 - 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 1969, Joshi left to teach at Ball State University. In 2021,...
  • Two students stand in front of their research poster. The poster contains colorful fractal patterns on a black background.
    Undergraduate research groups present results, prepare for new projects in the spring
    2022-12-20 - 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...
  • Department members take home LAS staff awards
    2022-12-20 - 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 1993 to identify and honor academic professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the...
  • Reed Oei stands near a black tiled wall.
    “He Taught Us How to Live Well”
    2022-12-12 - 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...
  • Jennifer McNeilly
    McNeilly receives Paula Adametz Hays Staff Award
    2022-12-05 - 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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign (LAS) is responsible for selecting the recipient of the Paula Adametz Hays ...
  • QLA Meets QIT II group photo
    QLA Meets QIT II
    2022-12-05 - Illinois mathematics faculty members, in partnership with Purdue faculty, successfully hosted the QLA Meets QIT II workshop in Chicago last month. This event was the second rendition of a workshop which first ran in 2019 at Purdue University. The goal of the workshop is to bridge the fields of quantitative linear algebra, and quantum information theory. This year’s focus was on current trends in...
  • Department Hosts Special Colloquia in Mathematical Biology
    2022-12-05 - 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 Wednesday, December 7, she’ll be talking with the Department of Mathematics about interaction networks...
  • Dr. April Hoffmeister
    Hoffmeister Recognized for Excellence in Teaching
    2022-11-14 - April Hoffmeister, senior lecturer in mathematics, has been recognized once again for her excellence in teaching. As this year’s Illinois Council of Teachers in Mathematics awards ceremony, held October 29, Hoffmeister was awarded the Excellence in Post-Secondary Mathematics Teaching Award. According to ICTM’s website, the Excellence in Post-...