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Pavel Lushnikov and Alumni Anastassiya Semenova and Sergey Dyachenko publish in the PNAS

August 4, 2023

It is rare to have mathematicians publish in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), when it happens is a great honor. One of our Distinguished Professors and two alumni just did exactly that! An origin of breaking of oceanic... read more

Campersand - A math summer camp at SMLC

July 14, 2023

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hosting the 2023 CAMP for Algorithmic Mathematical Play on July 24-28, 2023. Our building, SMLC,  will become alive with lots of youngsters, adults and math models on the SMLC atrium area, classrooms... read more

Jack Dongarra elected as National Academy of Sciences Member

June 28, 2023

UNM Alumni and 2021 Turing Award recipient Jack Dongarra  has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his pioneering contributions to computing. Dongarra received his PhD in Applied Mathematics in 1980 under the... read more

Alumni Jerry McNerney, the only Mathematician in the US Congress during his tenure, featured in the Notices of the AMS

June 24, 2023

Alumni Jerry McNerney penned an article "What’s it Like for a Mathematician to Run for Congress?" in the June/July 2023  Issue of the Notice of the AMS McNerney received a PhD in Mathematics from UNM in 1981 under the direction of the late Emeritus... read more

Pavel Lushnikov newly minted Distinguished Professor

June 13, 2023

Professor Pavel Lushnikov has been promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The letter from Provost Holloway says "You are one of several new Distinguished Professors, selected from an incredibly strong pool of nominations, and you join... read more

ASSURE Fellows past and future

June 5, 2023

The newly minted Fall 2023  ASSURE cohort includes Aldo Morelli (Mathematics) whose mentor is Professor Maxim Zinchenko. His project is "Utilizing Analytic Function Theory to Analyze Operator Eigenvalues". Murphy John (Applied Mathematics) whose... read more

Kat Sorensen and Khalid Ifzarene receive Weber Award for Teaching Excellence in Science and Math from A&S

May 17, 2023

Lecturer Kat Sorensen and Term Instructor Khalid Ifzarene  received th 2022-23 William P. and Heather W. Weber Award for Teaching Excellence in Science and Math. This award honors Lecturers or Part-Time Instructors who exemplify excellence in... read more

Convocation May 2023

May 13, 2023

On May 12, 2023 the Department of Mathematics and Statistics held an in person Convocation in the SMLC Auditorium followed by a reception in the SMLC Atrium. Awards were given to students (as voted by the faculty) and to faculty (as voted by the... read more

Screening “Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani” on 05/12/23

May 11, 2023

The UNM Department of Mathematics and Statistics will be holding a screening of the film “Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani” in honor of International Women in Mathematics day on May 12, 2023. We invite you all to... read more

2022-2023 UNM-PNM Math Contest

May 9, 2023

The award ceremony for the 2022-23 UNM-PNM Statewide Math Contest was held on Saturday April 29th at the SUB. The Department has organized the math contest since 1966 with a couple interruptions. PNM has been a partner since 1997 providing crucial... read more

Daniel Kowalczyk to receive 2022-2023 Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant award

April 6, 2023

Statistics Graduate student and TA Daniel Kowalczyk has been selected to receive the 2022-2023 Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant award. An in-person award ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 5th from 3-5PM at Hodgin Hall, UNM... read more

David Vargas receives Student Paper Award for the second time!

March 22, 2023

Graduate student David Vargas just won the 2023 Copper Mountain Conference Student Paper Competition. David is a student of Jacob Schroder, and this is the second time David wins this award (2022), a rare feat. Congratulations David, you make us... read more

In-service Week Schedule, Spring 2023

January 8, 2023

Schedule for Spring 2023 In-Service See pdf schedule. Most meetings will be conducted online via Zoom, others via MS Teams or in person.  Links to Zoom meetings will be emailed prior to the sessions.    

Jack Dongarra, recipient of the 2021 Turing Award, visits UNM on 10/10/2022

September 25, 2022

The University of New Mexico is planning a celebration Monday, Oct. 10 in honor of alumnus Jack Dongarra, the recipient of the 2021 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award - often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of computing... read more

Schroder, Zhang, Wearing receive awards

September 6, 2022

Kudos to three of our faculty, Jacob Schroder, Helen Wearing and Guoyi Zhang who received awards as Lead PIs or coPIs from different agencies: LLNL, CDCP and NSF. Kudos to all of you who keep applying for internal and external support!   Lead PI:... read more

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