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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
May 30, 2023 – Colin Bloomfield, a PhD student in Mathematics, won the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Further details are available here: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/awards.php
Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow
May 2, 2023 – John Rafter, a Principal Senior Lecturer in the Vanderbilt Math Department, has been chosen as a Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow. The award is given annually to faculty who exhibit excellence in teaching effectiveness, imaginative and innovative teaching practices inside and outside the classroom, and for extraordinary contributions in designing and advising undergraduate Immersion experiences. Further...
SIAM Fellow
April 3, 2023 – Professor Ed Saff has been chosen as a member of the 2023 class of SIAM Fellows. A complete list of the 2023 SIAM Fellows is available here: https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/fellows-program/all-siam-fellows/class-of-2023
Alumni Reunion
October 11, 2022 – The Department was pleased to welcome alumni back to Vanderbilt during Reunion Weekend, October 6th to 9th, 2022. Some alumni preferred to just wander around the math building, but the department also held a reception on Friday afternoon and several faculty members had a lively discussion with some alumni about their careers after Vanderbilt and...
2022 Award Winners Honored at Annual Ceremony
May 17, 2022 – Six students and one postdoc were recognized for outstanding achievements at the recent Department of Mathematics annual awards ceremony. The 2022 B.F. Bryant Prize for Excellence in Teaching was shared by graduate students Colin Bloomfield, Ishan, and Samuel Rizzo. The award recognizes graduate teaching assistants who have demonstrated concern for and accomplishments in teaching, qualities...
Sifan Yu receives Summer Research Award
May 16, 2022 – Sifan Yu was the recipient of a Summer Research Award (SRA). The College of Arts and Science Summer Research Award program is designed to help graduate students with outstanding potential to accelerate progress on their research. SRAs provide funds for research expenses related to the doctoral thesis, other advanced research projects, or scholarly activities that...
Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Graduate School
May 13, 2022 – Srivatsav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, from Chennai, India, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Graduate School. Founder’s Medal for First Honors is awarded for outstanding achievement in the graduating class. Cornelius Vanderbilt’s gifts to the university included endowment of this award, first given in 1877. Sri is graduating with a doctor of philosophy in mathematics. Elayavalli...
Denis Osin Selected as Fellow of the AMS
November 2, 2020 – Professor Denis Osin has been selected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Osin was selected for his contributions in geometric group theory, specifically groups acting on hyperbolic spaces. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. Among...
Department of Mathematics Mourns the Passing of Stevenson Chair and Distinguished Professor Vaughan Jones
September 8, 2020 – Our dear colleague and friend Vaughan Jones died unexpectedly on September 6. All of us in the department are immensely saddened by this tragic loss. Professor Jones was a prominent and accomplished colleague, extraordinary friend, mentor, and teacher, and we will miss him deeply. When Professor Jones joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 2011,...
Department Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
September 1, 2020 – The Department of Mathematics welcomes seven new colleagues this fall. The new group includes one senior lecturer, one lecturer, and five postdoctoral fellows. Senior Lecturer Blane Hollingsworth, received his Ph.D. in 2008 from Auburn University. His areas of interest are stochastic differential equations, probability/measure theory, dynamical systems, and recreational mathematics (game theory, logic). Five new...