Professor Changyou Wang is awarded the IMA New Directions Research Professorship
Professor Changyou Wang has been awarded the New Directions Research
Professorship by the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA)
for the academic year 2009-2010 in the conjunction with the special program
"Complex Fluids and Complex Flows".
This is the second time a UK math faculty was awarded the prestigious
IMA professorship. Professor Uwe Nagel was awarded the professorship
for the academic year 2006-2007.
Graduate Student Julie Miker is selected for a 2009 Provost's Outstanding Teacher Award
Julie Miker, a Ph.D student of Professor Peter Hislop, has been selected
as one of seven faculty and TAs to receive a 2009 Provost's
Outstanding Teacher Award. A ceremony and reception, honoring the
award recipients, is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 24th
at 1:00 in the Lexmark Room (room 209) of Main Building.
Math major selected as Gaines Fellow
Kit Donohue, a mathematics (and international studies) major, has
been selected by the Gaines Center for the Humanities as one of the
twelve undergraduates for the 2011 class of Gaines Fellows.
Congratulations to Kit!
High school mathematics day
The Department of Mathematics and the College of Engineering will host a morning of activities for high school students with an interest in mathematics. The day will begin with an individual problem solving competition. The contest problems will be accessible to students who have studied algebra and geometry and many will only require a good command of arithmetic. Prizes will be awarded to top individuals and schools.
The rest of the morning will include presentations and activities by UK faculty and students to introduce our guests to some interesting areas of mathematics.
Mathematics Day will take place from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on Saturday, November 8 on the UK campus.
We request that participants pre-register to participate. We will accept registrations from individuals or schools. There is no registration fee, but spaces are limited. More information including the details of the registration process may be found at http://www.math.uky.edu/Undergrad/mathday/. Please contact Russell Brown, russell.brown@uky.edu or +1 859 257 3951 for more information.
Adib Bagh joins the University of Kentucky
(16 April 2008) Adib Bagh will begin a joint appointment with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Economics in the fall of 2008. Bagh holds Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics and Economics. His research is in game theory. Bagh's duties will include working with students in the Mathematical Economics program.
College of Arts and Sciences outstanding teaching assistant awards
(14 April 2008) Three graduate students from the Department of Mathematics have received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the College of Arts and Sciences for their work during the 2007 calendar year. Shelly Bouchat, Eric Kahn and Julie Miker are the recipients of these awards. Shelly will be graduating this year and Eric and Julie are finishing their fourth year in the Department's Doctoral program.
Mathematics meetings in Lexington
In the spring of 2010, the University of Kentucky will host two regional mathematics meetings. The Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) will hold its annual meeting on the 26 and 27 March 2010 and the American Mathematics Society (AMS) will hold the 2010 Spring Southeastern Sectional meeting on 27 and 28 March. By holding these meetings in the same location, we hope to help strengthen ties between the Kentucky mathematics community and mathematicians from outside the state.