Year: 2024

Chongying Dong, distinguished professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, is among 41 mathematical scientists around the world who were recently named to the American Mathematical Society’s class of fellows for 2025. Fellows are recognized by their peers for having made “outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics,” the organization…

This cohort of instructors and scholars will focus on applications of Data Science to different fields, both STEM and non-STEM. It is part of our ongoing project to support Data Science collaborations. It will meet roughly every other week between October 2024 and May 2025, in a hybrid mode. LINK (webpage) : EDGE-DS Interdisciplinary Fellows

Sophie Aiken, graduate student, Mathematics, UC Santa Cruz, has been named an ARCS scholar for 2024/5. The Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS) awards these scholarships to students who have a record of past achievement and show exceptional promise of making a significant contribution to the scientific and technological strength of the country. [Read…

In a rare occurrence, 2 grad students have received full-year Dissertation Fellowships! By an astonishing coincidence, they are both Mathematics PhD candidates. Please join us in congratulating Deewang Bhamidipati and Sam K. Miller on this amazing achievement ! What’s a Dissertation Year Fellowship ? Each year, the Science Division will receive one Presidential Dissertation-Year Fellowship…

Kasia Jankiewicz, assistant professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, has been awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in its School of Mathematics for the 2024-25 academic year. This prestigious membership allows for focused research, and the free and open exchange of ideas among an international community of scholars at one…

The Department recognizes and appreciates the hard work and dedication of all our Teaching Assistants. We are honored to celebrate the especially outstanding performance of some of them each year, and to be able to present them with this award. We are happy to announce *two* Outstanding TA Award recipients for the 23-24 academic year…

Pedro has won the 2023-24 Excellence in Teaching Award and the Ron Ruby Award Each year, the Academic Senate’s Committee on Teaching (COT) selects faculty to receive Excellence in Teaching Awards. The award, launched in 1996, highlights the university’s long tradition of innovative and creative teaching, and honors UC Santa Cruz instructors who have demonstrated exemplary and…

Math 2024/25 Newsletter [pdf] Hello, everyone ! We’re glad that you can be part of Mathematics and the UCSC Math department. [Read more in the newsletter] LINK : {other newsletters at the archive}

Congratulations, Yahya Bashandy, and Nicholas Belz, winners of our Mathematics Awards for 2024 ! We applaud their accomplishments in the major. We are honored to celebrate their hard work and to be able to present them each with this year’s J.W.T. Youngs Memorial Undergraduate Award in Mathematics. We wish them all success in their future…

Effective May 24, 2024 Effective May 24, 2024 [PDF version] The commitment of the UCSC Department of Mathematics, including faculty, staff, and students, revolves around creating an atmosphere characterized by respect, collegiality,and sensitivity. Adhering to university policies on discrimination and harassment is fundamental, but we go beyond that by actively working to establish a warm…