Mathematics | Michigan State University

Seminars

Thursday, April 18
Geometry and Topology
Speaker: Robert Bell, MSU
Title: Quasi-positivity in free groups and braid groups
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Seminar in Cluster algebras
Speaker: Michael Shapiro, MSU
Title: Cluster algebras with Grassmann variables (joint with V. Ovsienko)
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: C117 Wells Hall

Colloquium
Speaker: Emmy Murphy, Northwestern University
Title: Flexibility in contact and symplectic geometry
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall

Friday, April 19
Student Arithmetic Geometry Seminar
Speaker: Nick Rekuski, MSU
Title: Fargues-Fontaine Curve: Part II
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Place: C204A Wells Hall

Monday, April 22
Informal Geometric Analysis Seminar
Speaker: Jon Wolfson, MSU
Title: TBA
Time: 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C517 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

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.

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.

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.

Ilya Kachkovskiy receives NSF CAREER Award

Ilya Kachkovskiy received a prestigious 2019 NSF CAREER award support his work on transport in disordered, deterministic systems. His proposal incorporates efforts to enhance high school outreach and undergraduate research mentoring.

Zhenqi Wang receives NSF CAREER Award

Zhenqi Wang received a prestigious 2019 NSF CAREER award supporting her work on smooth rigidity of hyperbolic dynamical systems. Her proposal incorporates efforts to enhance early career development of women in mathematics.

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.