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Departmental Updates

  • The DU AWM chapter has been awarded an AWM Student Chapter Innovation Grant ($2,500) in connection with event planning for next year. Congratulations to faculty advisor Prof. Mei Yin as well as our student leadership team on receiving this highly selective award. They are Casey Schlortt (President), Anh Tran (Vice President), Kaya Wright (Secretary), and Marisela Simental (Treasurer).
  • Congratulations to Prof. Mandi Schaeffer Fry on the NSF CAREER grant award!
  • Prof. Petr Vojtechovsky is a plenary speaker at the Quasigroups and Related Systems conference (100th anniversary of Prof. Valentin Belousov), July 2-4, 2025, Chisinau, Moldova.
  • Prof. Ronnie Pavlov is an invited speaker at the conference Perspectives on Ergodic Theory and its Interactions in Warsaw, June 23-27, 2025.
  • Two math faculty received awards from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics this year: Ellie Dannenberg for outstanding teaching, and Mandi Schaeffer Fry for outstanding research. Congratulations!
  • Prof. Shashank Kanade was quoted in a Quanta Magazine article on Ramanujan.
  • The third edition of Directed Reading at DU Math will run through Winter 2025 and Spring 2025 quarters. Students can apply here.
  • A new degree Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Concentration in Artificial Intelligence has been approved and is now offered by the department.
  • Congratulations to newly promoted faculty: Paul Horn (professor), Mandi Schaeffer Fry (associate professor with tenure), Mei Yin (professor).

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