Mathematics | Michigan State University

Seminars

Wednesday, February 20
Student Geometry/Topology
Speaker: Zhe Zhang
Title: A construction of the Deligne-Mumford orbifold
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Thursday, February 21
Geometry and Topology
Speaker: Ilya Gekhtman , University of Toronto
Title: Growth rates of invariant random subgroups of hyperbolic groups and rank 1 Lie groups.
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Probability
Speaker: Xiaochuan Yang, University of Luxembourg
Title: Berry-Esseen Bounds in the Breuer-Major Central Limit Theorem
Time: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Place: C405 Wells Hall

Monday, February 25
Conversations among Colleagues
Speaker: Round Table Discussion
Title: Pros and Cons for Evening Exams for Uniform Courses
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: C109 Wells Hall

Wednesday, February 27
Student Geometry/Topology
Speaker: Woongbae Park
Title: TBA
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

For a full schedule of seminars, click here.

Contact

Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Road
C212 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-0844
Fax: (517) 432-1562

College of Natural Science

Events

2018 Simon Lecture

The sixth Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon Actuarial Science Lecture was held Oct. 25 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, Michigan State University.

You can read more about this event at: https://natsci.msu.edu/news/simon-lecture-connects-actuarial-science-students-faculty-and-industry-professionals/.

Recalculating Gateway Mathematics

See how new approaches and course offerings from the Department of Mathematics helps contribute to student success in "Recalculating Gateway Mathematics at MSU"

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Eliot Bongiovanni has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. These highly competitive awards provide three years of full support to pursue Ph.D. studies in a STEM field, which Eliot will do in mathematics at Rice University. NSFGRFP Recipient Announcement Article.

Spotlight

Yingda Cheng named 2018 Simons Fellow in Mathematics

Yingda Cheng received a 2018 Simon Foundation Fellowship supporting her cutting edge research on discontinuous Galerkin methods with applications to semiconductor device simulations, plasma physics, and nonlinear optics. Only 40 Simons Fellowships are awarded over all of mathematics each year.

Beth Gagnier receives the 2018 Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award

Beth Gagnier has been awarded the 2018 Jack Breslin University Distinguished Staff Award. Gagnier and other honorees will receive their awards at a reception scheduled for May 21st at 12:30 p.m. in the Kellogg Center. Click here to read more about the MSU Jack Breslin Distinguished Staff Award.

Thomas Walpuski named 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Mathematics

Thomas Walpuski has been selected as a 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Mathematics for his work on gauge theory of G2 manifolds and the analysis of generalized Seiberg-Witten equations. Typically only 20 Sloan Fellows are awarded annually in all areas of mathematics.

Kristen Hendricks named a 2019 Sloan Research Fellow

Kristen Hendricks is one of 20 mathematicians to receive a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship for her pioneering work applying Floer Theory to low-dimensional topology and symplectic geometry. Click here to learn more about this year's Sloan Fellowship recipients.

Efstratia (Effie) Kalfagianni named a 2019 American Mathematical Society Fellow

Professor Efstratia Kalfagianni has been named both an Outstanding Faculty member of the College of Natural Science and a 2019 American Mathematical Society Fellow for her research establishing intrinsic connections between quantum 3-manifold invariants, hyperbolic geometry and the topology of surfaces.

Sarah Klanderman Awarded a University-Wide Excellence-in-Teaching Citation

Graduate Student Sarah Klanderman was recently awarded a university-wide Excellence-in-Teaching Citation. This award follows the Nat-Sci Excellence-in-Teaching Citation she received from the College of Natural Sciences last fall. Excellence-in-Teaching Citations are awarded to graduate TAs who have fulfilled their classroom responsibilities with a distinguished level of care and skill. Congratulations to Sarah! Click here for more information about the 2018 Excellence-in-Teaching Citations.

Nikkita Ngalande Awarded 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

Nikkita Ngalande has been awarded a very prestigious 2019 Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. On course to receive her BSc in Actuarial Science, her research focuses on the fiscal sustainability of local governments within Michigan. For more information about Nikkita Ngalande being named a Rhodes Scholar, please visit the MSU Today article here.

Katrina Gensterblum Named Dean's Research Scholar

Undergraduate student Katrina Gensterblum has been named a Dean's Research Scholar by the College of Natural Science for the 2018-2019 academic year. As a member of the group, Katrina will represent the College of Natural Science at speaking engagements around the country. Click here for more information about Dean's Research Scholars.