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The Department of Mathematics
at the University of Washington is one of the major
research mathematics departments in the United States. It has an excellent
research reputation, a strong, demanding program of graduate study in
mathematics, and a full range of excellent undergraduate course offerings.
The department has approximately 60 faculty with research
interests in virtually every area of mathematics, from algebra
to string theory. The department has about 90 full-time students in the
graduate
program and over 500 undergraduate majors, including 350 in the
Mathematics undergraduate program and 150 in the
joint
ACMS program.
Recent Department News
Julia Pevtsova awarded NSF CAREER grant
January 2010: Julia Pevtsova has received a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The NSF awards these prestigious grants to "junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research,
excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations." Some of
the ways Pevtsova will use the CAREER grant include developing new connections between representation theory and algebraic geometry,
advancing understanding of geometric and homological properties of representations of algebras, and expanding her outreach efforts.
Mark Bun and Will Johnson awarded UW Sophomore and Junior Medals
January 2010: Mark Bun and Will Johnson have been awarded the UW's Sophomore and Junior Medals. The
University of Washington awards these medals to the junior and senior having the highest scholastic standing for the first two and
three years of coursework, respectively. Mark is a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science. Will, already a Computer Science
major, recently declared as a Mathematics major as well. Mark, Will, and the Freshman Medalist each credit Mathematics faculty as
significant influences. Read more in this University Week article.
Finding solutions to thousand year old problem
November 2009: Graduate student Robert Bradshaw is part of an international group of mathematicians
who have resolved the first one trillion cases of a thousand year old mathematics problem: Which whole numbers can be the area of a
right-angled triangle whose sides are whole numbers or fractions? See the Unversity
Week article and American Institute of Mathematics press release for further details.
Ralph Greenberg and Tatiana Toro invited speakers at ICM 2010
October 2009: UW Math faculty members Ralph Greenberg and Tatiana Toro have been invited to
speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held in Hyderabad in August 2010. A full list of the invited
plenary and sectional speakers is available here.
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