Mathematics | Michigan State University

Seminars

Thursday, September 7
Geometry and Topology
Title: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall
Speaker: Mark Greenfield, University of Michigan

Thursday, September 21
Geometry and Topology
Title: TBA
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall
Speaker: Adam Jacob, UC Davis

Monday, September 25
Topology
Title: Band surgeries between knots
Time: 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Place: C304 Wells Hall
Speaker: Tye Lidman, NCSU

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

Phillips Lecture Series

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The 2018 Phillips Lecture will be given March 15-19, 2018 by Professor Alex Lubotzky, the Maurice and Claire Weil chair in mathematics at the Einstein Institute of the Hebrew University.

Spotlight

Sasha Volberg named Simons Fellow in Mathematics

Sasha Volberg has been named a 2017-18 Simons Fellow in Mathematics as recognition for his work on Harmonic measures, singular integrals, and geometric measure theory. These highly competitive awards recognize excellence in the mathematical and physical sciences.

Pavel Sikorskii receives 2017 MSU Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Award

This award recognizes Pavel's development of an innovative hybrid curriculum for High School students in the Detroit area. Supported by the Bosch Foundation, the curriculum aids underprepared students who wish to engage in a STEM degree program in college.

George Pappas Receives 2018 ICM Invitation

Professor George Pappas has been invited to address the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio next August. This great honor recognizes his distinguished work in arithmetic algebraic geometry.

Thomas Grubb Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Thomas Grubb has won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for his work with Prof. Bruce Sagan on combinatorial pattern avoidance in set partitions and restricted growth functions. There are 250 Goldwater Scholarships awarded annually to sophomores and juniors across mathematics and science in the US. In addition, Thomas Grubb was also named one of the CNS Dean's research Scholars.

For more information about the Goldwater Scholarship, click here.
For more information about the Deans Research Scholar, click here

Taylor Joseph and Jenna Jerwers Receive Outstanding Senior Awards

Jenna Jerwers and Taylor Joseph were recently awarded the Outstanding Senior awards, which are presented to graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary academic and extracurricular successes, and a strong sense of leadership, commitment and dedication to MSU. These prizes are awarded annually by the Michigan State University's Senior Class Council. Taylor Joseph, a mathematics major, has also been awarded the Leroy Augenstein Memorial Scholarship from the College of Natural Science.

Zachary Bezemek named Dean's Research Scholar

Undergraduate student Zachary Bezemek has been named a Dean's Research Scholar by the College of Natural Science for the 2017-2018 academic year. As a member of the group, Zachary will represent the College of Natural Science at speaking engagements around the country. Click here for more information about Dean's Research Scholars.