Department of Mathematics

Department News


	Yale Math Major wins Virginia Tech Contest
	In Memoriam: Robert H. Szczarba Emeritus Professor Robert H. Szczarba - October 18, 2011
	Calculus Placement Advising Session Monday, January 9, 2012 from 9:00 am through 4:30 pm in Room 432 DL
	The Barge Prizes
	New Faculty The Mathematics Department is pleased to welcome our new faculty
	In Memoriam: Steven A. Orszag The department is saddened by the passing of Steven Orszag, Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics, on May 1 2011.
	Position in Mathematics Instruction The Mathematics Department at Yale and Yale College Science and Quantitative Reasoning Center seek an individual with scholarly interests and demonstrated expertise in college mathematics education. Title and salary commensurate with experience.
	Lauer and Raj win Prize Teaching Fellowships Congratulations to Joe Lauer and Rishi Raj for being awarded Prize Teaching Fellowships in Yale College for the year 2011-12.
	Benoit Mandelbrot Memorial Scientific Meeting The Benoit Mandelbrot Memorial Scientific Meeting will be held on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30, 2011.
	Feit Lecture This year's Feit Memorial Lecture will be presented by Allen Knutson of Cornell University, on Wednesday, March 23 at 4:30 pm. See our calendar for further details.
	Piatetski-Shapiro Lecture This year's Piatetski-Shapiro Memorial Lecture will be presented by Alexandre Kirillov of the University of Pennsylvania, on Wednesday March 30 at 4:30 pm. See our calendar for further details.
	Hahn Lectures by Matthew Emerton This year's Hahn Lectures were given by Matthew Emerton of Northwestern University.
	Prizes and Exams The Barge & Runk Prizes in mathematics will be awarded to freshmen and sophomores on the basis of a competitive exam. The exam will take place on Friday, April 29, 2011.
	Robinson Lecture 2010 This year's Robinson Lecture was given by Michael Rabin of Harvard University. Rabin is known for his foundational work in theoretical computer science, including automata theory, randomized algorithms and cryptography.
	Benoit Mandelbrot, Sterling Professor Emeritus, Oct 14 2010 We are saddened by the death of our colleague, Benoit Mandelbrot, on Thursday Oct. 14 2010. An appreciation by Michael Frame is found on the following page.
	Gregory Margulis awarded ENS Honorary Doctorate On October 18, 2010, Gregory Margulis received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Ecole Normale Superieure.
	Hahn and Whittemore Lectures The Hahn Lectures and the Whittemore Lectures are the department's two annual distinguished lecture series. In 2009 we were pleased to have Bau Chau Ngo and Peter Shalen as speakers.
	In Memoriam - Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, an extraordinary scientist from the Soviet Union, died on February 21, 2009 in Tel Aviv Israel after a long debilitating illness.
	Peter Jones is elected to the National Academy of Sciences On April 28, 2008 the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of new members and foreign associates in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievement in original research.