2021-10-17
- Don Sherbert, professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics, passed away on Oct. 14, 2021.
After receiving his Ph.D. in mathematics from Stanford, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Illinois Department of Mathematics. He wrote several mathematics books with colleagues. The Real Analysis book continues in publication today. In his later career, Don taught...
- 2021-09-22 - John H. Walter, 93, of Champaign died peacefully at 5:15 pm. Monday, September 20, 2021, at Carle Foundation Hospital, in the comforting company of his wife and family. Born and raised in Los Angeles, John studied at the California Institute of Technology. After a brief service in the U.S. Navy just as World War II was reaching its close, he earned his PhD at the University of Michigan, where he...
- 2021-09-20 - Two of our math faculty members earned Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) Science Team awards. Professor Yuliy Baryshnikov is a co-PI of the project titled "Hearing Health Institute," led by Professor Fatima Husain ...
- 2021-09-20 - The Math and Statistics Student Support Center (SSC) provides walk-in academic support and tutoring for students enrolled in introductory mathematics and statistics courses. Located in 24 Illini Hall, the center is staffed by qualified teaching assistants and course assistants. Access to the Student Support Center is restricted to students enrolled in designated Math and Statistics courses. There...
- 2021-09-08 - A paper by Runhuan Feng (Actuarial Science at Illinois), Chongda Liu (Mathematics at Illinois), and Stephen Michael Taylor (New Jersey Institute of Technology) was one of two winners of this year's ASTIN Colloquium...
- 2021-09-07 - Research from the Department of Mathematics at Illinois AI/ML Gauge invariant autoregressive neural networks for quantum lattice models | 2021 | D. Luo, Z. Chen, K. Hu, Z. Zhao, V.M. Hur, B.K. Clark...
- 2021-09-01 - We were saddened to learn about the recent death of Ranga Rao, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at Illinois. A prominent mathematician from India, Professor Rao joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1961. After 40 years of service, he retired in 2001, and moved back to Chennai, India, in 2015. His obituary is...
- 2021-07-22 - One by one, mathematicians filed into the virtual conference room, their avatars appearing as colorful circles with dots for eyes. Then their faces popped onto the Zoom meeting, and they greeted their colleagues from around the world. It was time to kick off a week of collaborative mathematical exploration, informal network-building, and insightful professional development—the summer Mathematics...
- 2021-07-21 - In May, the Department of Mathematics and Milliman, a global independent risk management, benefits and technology firm, launched a new actuarial mentorship program for students of underrepresented minorities at the University of Illinois.
2021-07-12 - Several department-level leadership changes will go into effect at the start of the Fall 2021 semester.
2021-07-01 - The Department of Mathematics Impact Award recognizes faculty, staff, and graduate students in the Department of Mathematics for work which has substantially improved the welfare of members of our community since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021-05-03 - A University of Illinois professor has developed a smart home model that uses dynamic, real-time energy pricing data to operate household appliances in a way that saves the most money.
2021-04-16 - In April, more than 50 students, faculty, staff, and alumni were honored during the Department of Mathematics virtual awards program.- 2021-04-12 - This year, the Department of Mathematics alumni awards committee has selected Danyel Graves Larsen (BA, ’04, mathematics), Michael Stillman (BA, ’78, mathematics) Judy Leavitt Walker (MS, ’92, mathematics; PhD, ’96, mathematics) as 2021 Department of Mathematics alumni award recipients.
2021-04-07 - Department of Mathematics sophomore Ariel Lerman is among this year's recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater scholarship; the scholarship is awarded to college sophomores and juniors from the U.S. with the potential to contribute to the advancement of research in the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.