News

Yale excels in Putnam Exam

February 26, 2018
Yale students performed historically well in this year’s William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, according to results released last week by the Mathematical Association of America, the competition’s organizers.

Alex Lubotzky wins Israel Prize

February 20, 2018
Congratulations to Professor Alex Lubotzky on receiving the Israel Prize in 2018 for research in Mathematics and Computer Science

Stefan Steinerberger named 2018 Sloan Fellow

February 16, 2018
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation congratulates the winners of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. These 126 early-career scholars represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada. Winners receive $65,000, which may be spent over a two-year term on any expense supportive of their research.

SUMRY 2018: Undergraduate Research Opportunities

February 1, 2018
Project descriptions and applications are now available for SUMRY 2018 (Summer Undergraduate Math Research at Yale).

Preference Selection Deadline Extended

January 10, 2018
Since there have been recent changes to the schedule for several math courses, the preference selection deadline for Math 112, 115, 120 has been extended until 5pm tomorrow (January 11).

In Memoriam: Tsuneo Tamagawa, 1925-2017

January 2, 2018
The department is saddened by the death of Tsuneo Tamagawa, Andrew W. Phillips Professor Emeritus of Mathematics on December 30, 2017 at the age of 92. Tamagawa was widely known in the mathematics field for his fundamental contributions to research on the arithmetic aspects of classical groups, which involve mathematical theories having their roots in geometry. Perhaps his most celebrated achievement was his synthesis of the so-called “Tamagawa Number,” which opened new areas of thought in a field that had been worked over heavily by number theorists for generations. His articles on mathematical theory were published in journals in both Japan and the United States.

In Memoriam: William S. Massey, 1920-2017

June 30, 2017
The department is saddened by the death of our colleague William Massey on June 17, at the age of 96. A service will be held on Friday June 23 at 2:00 pm at the Unitarian Church on 700 Hartford Turnpike in Hamden.