Workshop on Applying to Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Students will receive advice regarding applying to research opportunities, where to look for them and how to ask for a letter of recommendation.

Undergraduate Colloquium

Topic: To Be Announced

"Right Triangles and Elliptic Curves" by Professor Karl Rubin

The Mathematics Department at UCI, with the support of NSF RTG grant DMS-1044150, is proud to present "Right Triangles and Elliptic Curves," by Professor Karl Rubin.

The event is part of a math seminar series for undergraduates and will take place on February 16th from 12 to 1 p.m. in Natural Sciences 2, Room 1201. The event is free and open to the public.

UCI Math Department Alumni, Anar Ahkmedov, awarded a 2012 Sloan Fellowship

Anar Ahkmedov, who earned his PhD from UCI in 2006 under the direction of Professor Ron Stern, has been awarded a 2012 Sloan Fellowship. Anar is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. After graduating from UCI in 2006, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech and the University of Zurich from 2006 - 2008, then a Ritt Assistant Professor at C

"Secrets of Mental Math" by Dr. Arthur Benjamin

The Mathematics Department at UCI, with the support of NSF RTG grant DMS-1044150, is proud to present "Secrets of Mental Math," a breathtaking show by the great mathemagician Dr. Arthur Benjamin.

The event is part of a math seminar series for undergraduates and will take place on January 12th from 12 to 1 p.m. in Pacific Ballroom C, at the UCI Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Conference in Geometric Analysis in Honor of Peter Li's Research

The Conference in Geometric Analysis in honor of Peter Li's research will be held at the UCI Student Center from January 14 through January 17, 2012.

Speakers include:

Distinguished Visitor - Gilbert Strang (1/31-2/3)

Professor Gilbert Strang will be visiting the Department of Mathematics from January 31st through February 2nd as part of the Department's Distinguished Lecture Series. He will be giving two talks.

Professor Gilbert Strang is a Professor at the MIT Mathematics Department. He earned his Bachelor's degree from MIT and was a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford. He has been a Professor at MIT since receiving his PhD from UCLA in 1959. He is an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College.

Professor Frederic Wan and his colleagues awarded NSF grant to create undergraduate mathematical and computational biology program

Congratulations to an interdisciplinary group of colleagues that includes Sarah Eichhorn, German Enciso, John Lowengrub, Qing Nie and Fred Wan (PI) of Mathematics and Brad Hughes, Larry Marsh,

Professor Edriss Titi and Dr. Dima Sinapova invited to speak at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting in January 2012.

Professor Edriss Titi will give the SIAM Invited Address at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meeting which will take place in Boston on January 4-7, 2012. He will speak on "Navier-Stokes, Euler, and other relevant equations." The abstract for his talk can be found here.

Dr. Dima Sinapova, a postdoctoral scholar in the mathematics department, will give an ASL Invited Address. Her talk is titled "Prikry Type Forcings and Singular Combinatorics" and the abstract can be found here.

Two UCI Math Professors Awarded UCI Academic Senate's Distinguished Faculty Awards

Professor Natalia Komarova has been awarded the UCI Academic Senate Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research. This award was established in 2002 to honor "mid-range professors (Associate Professor through Professor V) who have made outstanding contributions in their discipline through their research." Natalia has a broad range of research interests concentrating primarily on the biological and social sciences.

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