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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Department of Mathematics News
June 2023
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Message from the Chair
 The first days of summer break are an excellent time to reflect on the academic year that ended a couple weeks ago. Our first year of the Brin Mathematics Research Center was a wonderful success, with over 200 visitors to different workshops and activities, and this is only the beginning!
Over the past four years, we hired an astonishing number of new professors: 17! This year, we welcomed four new professors—Tristan Buckmaster, Abba Gumel, Deep Ray, Haizhao Yang—and one new lecturer, Jamie Conway. Several new staff members also joined our department: Anais Bardyn, Natalie Kinnear, Jemma Natanson and Victoria VillaFranco. We also celebrated the retirements of Dave Levermore, Paul Smith and Sara Moran.
For the first time, our college held two commencement ceremonies—so twice the festivities! Congratulations to all of our August, December and May graduates! We look forward to hearing about all the wonderful things you do next. Please come back and visit us frequently! Wishing you a great summer break.
~Doron |
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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS |
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Abba Gumel Named 2022 AAAS Fellow
The Michael and Eugenia Brin Endowed Chair in Mathematics received one of the most distinguished honors within the scientific community. More » |
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Mobile Math: Connecting Students to STEM Through Sports
As part of his Grand Challenges project, Yanir Rubinstein will transport his sports analytics lab to local schools and show students the relevance of STEM to their everyday lives. More » |
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Taking Math to Jail
UMD mathematicians led by Sandra Cerrai and Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner teach math classes inside a Washington, D.C. correctional facility. More » |
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Celebrating Professor Ricardo H. Nochetto’s 70th Birthday
Colleagues, collaborators, students and friends gathered at a four-day conference to honor Nochetto and his remarkable achievements in numerical analysis and scientific computing. More » |
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DEPARTMENT NEWS |
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Brin Mathematics Research Center Hosted Five Spring Workshops
Two summer schools and nine workshops are planned for this summer and the next academic year. More »
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Faculty Members, Alumni and Students Receive Awards
Read more about the members of our community who have been honored recently for their outstanding contributions to the university and the field of mathematics. More » |
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STUDENT NEWS |
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UMD Students Place Fourth in Putnam Mathematical Competition
The team ranked No. 4 among 456 institutions in one of the most prestigious mathematics contests for undergraduates in North America. More » |
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Junior Deven Bowman Named 2023 Goldwater Scholar
UMD’s 49 scholarships in the past 15 years rank No. 1 in the nation. More » |
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Sriya Potluri Named University Medal Finalist
This is the highest honor bestowed on a graduating senior. More » |
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Ph.D. Student Victoria Whitley ‘Talks Math’ and Mentorship
As co-director of the Girls Talk Math summer camp at UMD, Whitley shows underrepresented students that everyone has a place in mathematics. More » |
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ALUMNI NEWS |
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Making Math a ‘Hero’
Tammy Kolda (M.A. ’95, Ph.D. ’97) leads a poster project to explain how math ‘saves the day’ and improves our daily lives. More » |
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From Math Major to Major League Baseball
Di Zou (B.S. '09) helps the Baltimore Orioles make data-driven decisions as the team’s director of baseball systems. More » |
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Zeki Mokhtarzada (B.S. ’01) Keynotes 2023 CMNS Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
He and his brothers built two successful tech ventures and launched a startup incubator at UMD. More » |
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New Maryland Promise Scholarship Honors Alum’s Late Wife
Gift will provide mathematics majors with financial, mentoring and networking opportunities. More » |
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EVENTS |
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Brin MRC Summer School on Fluid Dynamics
LEARN MORE » |
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Brin MRC Workshop on Polylogarithms, Cluster Algebras, and Scattering Amplitudes
LEARN MORE » |
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Brin MRC Workshop on Low Complexity Dynamical Systems
LEARN MORE » |
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Brin MRC Workshop on Statistics Inference on Networks and High-Dimensional Data
LEARN MORE » |
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Fall Fourier Talks
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WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! |
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If you recently received an award or landed a new job, please send a brief description to math-news@umd.edu so that we can share the great things you're doing with our community.
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