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Postponed: Professor Laure Saint-Raymond's Phillips Lecture, originally March 9-11, 2020, is being rescheduled for the fall. She was a 2014 ICM speaker for her pioneering work on the hydrodynamic limit of Boltzmann's equation.
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Fall 2019 Mathematics Newsletter
Professor Jeff Schenker has been named a 2020 American Mathematical Society Fellow for his research into mathematical physics and disorder effects in quantum systems.
Leo Abbrescia wins 2020 NSF Postdoctoral fellowship to study shock formation in 3D relativistic compressible fluids. Leo anticipates completing his PhD under Willie Wong's supervision and heading to Vanderbilt University in fall 2020.
MSU MTH Graduate student Joseph Melby has been selected as one of two graduate students nationally to be funded by the American Mathematical Society to attend the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop in Washington DC this March. Participants learn the nitty-gritty details of the Congressional procedures that produce science policy and funding.
Nikkita Ngalande has been awarded a very prestigious 2019 Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. On course to receive her BSc in Actuarial Science, her research focuses on the fiscal sustainability of local governments within Michigan. For more information about Nikkita Ngalande being named a Rhodes Scholar, please visit the MSU Today article here.
MSU's team placed in the top 25 in the highly competitive Putnam Competition. This exam has top undergraduates solve challenging problems and attracts entrants from over 500 universities in the US and Canada. Pictured are individual entrant Jamie Schmidt and Putnam team members Neel Modi, Luke Wiljanen and Mohit Bansil.
