News Archive
News Archive
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
Deborah Sulsky awarded large DOE grant
September 3, 2022
Emeritus Professor Deborah Sulsky (CCed) has been awarded one of seven large grants as part of a $70 Million to Improve Supercomputer Model of Earth's Climate System recently announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
https://climatemodeling... read more
Alumni Ralph Gomez featured in the Notices of the AMS
August 17, 2022
Alumni Ralph Gomez is featured in the September 2022 issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202208/rnoti-p1337.pdf?adat=September%202022&trk=2526&cat=career&galt=none
DOI: https://... read more
