Mathematics Annual Newsletter - 2024-2025
MATHEMATICS - Check out the latest in faculty, student and alumni news in our annual 2024-2025 Mathematics newsletter!
Mathematics
Award-winning mathematician to discuss graph theory and women in math
MATHEMATICS - Stephanie van Willigenburg, professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia and winner of the 2023 David P. Robbins Prize will visit the University of Oregon campus April 10-11 to discuss both graph theory and why mathematics is for everyone who has a passion for it as part of the UO Association for Women in Mathematics Distinguished Speaker Series.
Marvelous Mathematical Magic event and more
MATHEMATICS - The 2025 Niven Lectures will bring in Matthew Baker, a professor of mathematics—and magician—from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The two lectures—Tuesday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 9—will be at 220 Chapman Hall. The lectures will cover the mathematical principles in card shuffling magic and group structures on spanning trees and generalizations.
Visiting mathematician to share how algorithms help restore artwork
MATHEMATICS - Mathematical algorithms can help art conservators identify minute blemishes in an artwork and create digital maps to guide their restoration efforts. Award-winning mathematician Ingrid Daubechies from Duke University will share some of these techniques on March 6 in a public talk hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences Mathematics Department.
Strange New Worlds
MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS - Miles from any other humans, Katie Linnenkohl and Owen Mitchem—both undergrads majoring in physics—trudge up a darkening path toward the hemispherical structure atop Pine Mountain near Bend, where they’ll spend the night scouring the sky for signs of a world around another star. Their mission: Capture evidence of a suspected planet lurking within the constellation Cassiopeia.
Undergrad blends math with art in her second children’s book
CINEMA STUDIES, MATHEMATICS - Abby Lewis, a fourth-year mathematics and cinema studies major, hopes to address the divide between mathematics vs. arts students in her second children’s book, Moose and the Math Fairy, earlier this year. “Math is in patterns, and it’s all around us in the world," Lewis said.
Ross, Kazimierska Garner Academic All-America Nods
MATHEMATICS - Jaida Ross and Klaudia Kazimierska have earned spots on the 2023-24 College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-America Team. Kazimierska, who is majoring in mathematics, was voted to the second team. She's representing Poland at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 1500-meter track and field event.
Four UO researchers win NSF awards for early career faculty
Three College of Arts and Sciences researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honor for early-career faculty members in the past year: Luca Mazzucato (biology, mathematics and physics), Brittany Erickson (computer science and earth sciences) and Julia Widom (chemistry). Known as the CAREER Awards, the organization recognizes and fosters rising stars by funding innovative research.
CAS Seniors: Stepping into the Future
GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL STUDIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE, PHYSICS - Where can a liberal arts degree take you? These College of Arts and Sciences seniors are charting their own course as they pursue careers in the specialty coffee industry, particle physics and public service.
The Hidden World Of Gauss
MATHEMATICS - The online publication 3 Quarks Daily features PhD student Samantha Platt and Professor Ellen Eischen's recent talk about Gaussian Periods.