2019-10-22
- James A. Donaldson (b. 1941), Illinois Mathematics alumnus, passed away on October 18, 2019. Donaldson, Professor Emeritus at Howard University, received his master’s degree in mathematics at Illinois in 1963 and his PhD in Mathematics in 1965 with faculty advisor Ray Langebartel.
He served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics at Howard University from 1972 to 1990. During his...
- 2019-10-17 - Billy Dec knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end of help. When he wanted to come to the University of Illinois in 1991, he couldn’t afford it, so he drove down from Chicago and showed up at the financial aid office. A staff member noticed him looking distraught, and over the next few days this person walked him through the entire process of finding money to live on and go to school....
- 2019-10-10 - Sue Wood, 85, of Philo passed away Sunday (Oct. 6, 2019). Her lifelong love of music led her to learn and become the chimes master at the university’s carillons at Altgeld Hall. Sue was known to have said, “Music is the thing that makes life worth living.” In this video from 2014, Sue talks about the Altgeld Hall Senior Memorial...
- 2019-09-23 - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is selected as one of eight universities to participate in a new initiative to change the culture surrounding doctoral education and career pathways. Four academic departments that span STEM and the Humanities/Arts will participate in the Initiative: English, History, Mathematics, and Physics....
2019-08-26 - Few buildings on campus are as historic, or distinctive, as Altgeld Hall. Like the nearby Alma Mater statue, the Altgeld “castle” is an iconic part of the campus and the backdrop for countless graduation photos. Plans to renovate the 122-year-old building have been kicking around for at least 13 years and in a serious way since a 2010-11 feasibility study. The project has been high on the UI’s...- 2019-07-22 - Members of the Actuarial Science Club (ASC) at Illinois recently organized the InsureTech and Actuarial Modernization Symposium, an event on campus modeled after the InsureTech Connect conference, a popular industry event in Las Vegas that CEOs and leaders in actuarial science flock to each year....
- 2019-07-22 - Jane Bergman has always held a special spot in her heart for the brilliance of stained glass. That’s why Bergman’s discovery in 2008 that there was once a large, stained glass dome over the library in Altgeld Hall, her very place of work, made such an impact on the university employee. More than a decade of work later, through countless hours of painstaking research and artistry, Bergman has...
- 2019-06-17 - Illinois Physics Professor Philip Phillips and Math Professor Gabriele La Nave have theorized a new kind of electromagnetism far beyond anything conceivable in classical electromagnetism today, a conjecture that would upend our current understanding of the physical world, from the propagation of light to the quantization of charge.
2019-05-15 - Vanessa Rivera-Quiñones, a doctoral student in mathematics, and Tara Stewart Merrill, a doctoral student in the Program in Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology come from very different backgrounds, but they are working together at the University of Illinois to better understand disease in wildlife.
2019-05-01 - A Chicago design firm will prepare architectural plans for the renovation of Altgeld Hall and the construction of a new building on the site of Illini Hall. The University of Illinois has hired a CannonDesign to begin planning the $100 million Altgeld Hall and Illini Hall project to modernize learning spaces and increase capacity in data science and other mathematical sciences.
2019-04-17 - As part of establishing its academic and research activities, DPI announced nine recipients of its first round of seed funding awards, including three headed by professors in the College of LAS. These projects represent the types of work that DPI will undertake, seeking solutions to grand challenges that produce real-world impact. The project “Air quality in the home: from smart sensing to action...
2019-04-17 - Mathematics faculty member Philipp Hieronymi received the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Philipp places emphasis on active learning and creates a welcoming environment for all students. Students note that his lectures make challenging topics seem easy, with lessons making a lasting impact on their college career. He has also been instrumental in curriculum development,...
2019-03-28 - When will workplaces across the United States have an equal split between men and women in their ranks? Twenty years? Maybe 40? According to a mathematical model created by a research assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, the answer to that question in some professions could be never—unless interventions occur.
2019-01-18 - The University of Illinois is moving forward with plans to expand its leadership in the mathematical sciences by constructing a new building west of the Main Quad by 2022 and renovating Altgeld Hall by 2024.
2019-01-08 - Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, passed away in Bonheiden, Belgium, on December 22 at the age of 64.