Professor Peter Li invited to give one of the four one-hour at the 8th joint international meeting of the AMS and SMM

Professor Peter Li has been invited to give one of the four one-hour addresses on "What do we know about open manifolds?" at the 8th joint international meeting of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and Sociedad Matematica Mexicana (SMM).

Dr. Richard Palais awarded the MAA's Lester R. Ford Award.

Let us congratulate Richard Palais for being awarded the Mathematical Association of America's Lester R. Ford Award for his article "A Disorienting Look at Euler's Theorem on the Axis of a Rotation" jointly written with Robert Palais and Steve Rodi, published in the American Mathematical Monthly, 116 (2009), no. 10, 892-909. The award will be presented at the MathFest 2010 Prize Session to be held in August in Pittsburgh, PA. For more information about the Lester R.

Professor Uhlmann named Senior Scholar for 2010-11 by Clay Mathematics Institute

The Clay Institute has named Professor Gunther Uhlmann as one of six Senior Scholars for 2010-2011. "The aim of the Senior Scholar Program is to foster mathematical research and the exchange of ideas by providing support for senior mathematicians who will play a leading role as "senior scientist" in a topical program at an institute or university." Professor Uhlmann is also the recipient of the MSRI / UC Berkeley Chancellor's Award.

Jonathan Li, who is conducting research under the supervision of Chancellor's Professor John Lowengrub, featured in the OC Register and on CBS News

Please read and hear about Jonathan Li, an Orange County high school student and COSMOS participant, who is conducting tumor modeling research under the tutelage of math faculty member, John Lowengrub.

UCI hosting the Fall 2010 SoCal-Nev Section Meeting on Saturday, October 16th

UCI will be hosting the Fall 2010 SoCal-Nev Section Meeting on Saturday, October 16, 2010. The registration deadline is Tuesday, October 12 at 5:00 pm. The meeting will feature talks by the following invited speakers: Colin Adams, Karl Rubin, Erica Flapan, and Roland Minton. There will also be a Contributed Paper Session and the MAA Book Sale. For more information please visit sections.maa.org/socalnv/Meeting2010Fall.html

UCI Mathematics Ranked Top 10 in Research by the National Research Council

In the latest ranking by National Research Council (NRC) of The National Academies, the Mathematics Department at UCI was ranked among a pool of 127 mathematics programs in the country. The two overall ranking based on two different methods are:

Regression based, 20-52;

Survey based, 11-34.

The report also provided the rankings of the following categories:

Research, 4-16;

Student Outcomes, 105-120;

Diversity, 60-90.

2010-2011 Distinguished Visitor Schedule

University of California, Irvine
Department of Mathematics
Distinguished Lecture Series
2010-2011

Professor Charles Newman
Professor
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November 17-19, 2010

Arthur Lander, John Lowengrub, Natasha Komarova, Eva Lee, Dominik Wodarz and Max Welling receive 2 million Grant Opportunity from NIH

Center for Complex Biological Systems awarded $2 million from NIH

Andres Forero wins the Miguel Velez Fellowship for 2010

Congratulations to Andres Forero who won a Miguel Velez fellowship for 2010 through a campus-wide competition! Andres is a first year graduate student specializing in Logic.

Professor Christian Sadel has received the "Professor of the Month" honor for November 2009 from the Campus Village Housing.

Let us congratulate mathematics Professor Christian Sadel, who received "Professor of the Month" for November 2009 from the Campus Village Housing. This Housing has over 770 continuing and transfer undergraduate students. The residents of this Housing can nominate a professor who has inspired, motivated, or encourage them. The purpose of this program is to provide students a venue for recognizing professors who have had a positive impact on their academic pursuits. Professor Sadel received the most number of nominations in November and received the Professor of the Month honor.

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