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Goldwater Scholarship winners Lauren Jin and Aswath Karai

Two MSU students awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

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Topology symposium to be held at MSU

The third Michigan Topology Intercity Symposium will be held at Michigan State University, with talks in Wells Hall, Room C304, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Albert Cohen wears a sports analytics hoody and tosses a basketball in the air

Is picking a good March Madness bracket skill or luck?

Dan Margalit

Distinguished Undergraduate Lecture Series to feature connections between juggling and geometry

Dan Margalit, professor at Vanderbilt University, will present a public talk titled “Juggling Numbers and Geometry" on Wednesday, March 23.

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February 26, 2026

MSU graduate featured in AMS publication

Leonardo Abbrescia, who graduated with his Ph.D. in mathematics from MSU in 2020, is the co-author of an article featured in the latest edition of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

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February 11, 2026

New fusion energy research center engages students and DOE

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February 6, 2026

New insights into repeated quantum measurements

A new study by researchers explores what happens when a quantum system is measured repeatedly — not in the same way, but with small, random changes each time.

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February 5, 2026

Math students nominated for Goldwater Scholarship

Two undergraduate students from the Department of Mathematics have been nominated for the nationally competitive Goldwater Scholarship.

Graduates celebrate at the Sparty statue on the MSU campus.

February 4, 2026

New math endowments created for undergraduate scholarships

Two new endowments have been created that will benefit undergraduate students studying mathematics at Michigan State University.

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January 20, 2026

Conference to honor MSU professor Alexander Volberg

To honor the 70th birthday of Alexander “Sasha” Volberg, a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mathematics, a conference will be held in Slovenia on March 26–28, 2026.

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December 3, 2025

Breakthrough math tool helps forecast failure of quantum connections

A new mathematical result by a Michigan State University researcher is shedding light on a tricky problem in quantum physics.

Ekaterina Rapinchuk with Dean Eric Hegg

December 2, 2025

Math Department faculty, staff honored at NatSci Awards Ceremony

Faculty and staff members were honored at the MSU College of Natural Science Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.

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December 1, 2025

Mathematics professor named 2026 AMS Fellow

Matt Hedden is among 40 mathematical scientists to be recognized as a part of the 2026 Class of American Mathematical Society Fellows.

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November 3, 2025

Mathematics student nominated for prestigious scholarships

Erik Brodsky has been nominated for two scholarships to continue his studies in the United Kingdom.

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October 17, 2025

Mathematics professor receives NSF CAREER Award

Over the next five years, Waldron will receive $400K to support his work, which includes the creation of a summer math camp.

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October 15, 2025

Mathematicians find surprising order in modular forms

A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) uncovers a surprising pattern in one of math’s oldest areas: number theory.

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October 13, 2025

Major League Baseball insurer to headline 2025 Simon Lecture

John Scotti will be the keynote speaker at the 2025 Ronald H. and Mary E. Simon Lecture.

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September 18, 2025

Fields Medal winner to speak at Phillips Lecture Series

Akshay Venkatesh, an Australian mathematician and Robert & Luisa Fernholz Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, will be the featured speaker for the 2025 edition of the Richard E. Phillips Lecture Series.

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September 5, 2025

Mathematics professor receives Frontiers of Science Award

Spartan Matt Stoffregen has been honored with a Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress for Basic Science.

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Mathematics instructor receives postdoc teaching award

Burak Hatinoglu, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, has been named one of the recipients of the 2025 Postdoctoral Excellence in Teaching and/or Mentoring Award (PETMA).

Goldwater scholarship winners

Students awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Three Michigan State University College of Natural Science students have earned the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Albert Cohen, director of Michigan State University’s graduate certificate in sports analytics

Ask the expert: What’s the science of bracketology?

The College of Natural Science recently sat down with Albert Cohen to talk about statistics, sports and the science of bracketology.

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Two MSU mathematics faculty receive Frontiers of Science awards

Two Michigan State University faculty, Alexander Volberg and Konstantin Matetski, were honored with Frontiers of Science Awards from the International Congress for Basic Science (ICBS) for their groundbreaking research in mathematics.

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January 17, 2025

The new study buddy: AI is becoming a tutor for some College of Natural Science students

With the release of ChatGPT, MSU students and faculty alike were handed a new tool that could forever change our classrooms, our study habits and our approach to learning.

Eric Hegg, Dean of College of Natural Science presents at the NatSci Awards

November 25, 2024

Mark Iwen receives Early Career Research Award

Twenty-nine faculty, staff and students received awards from the College of Natural Science

Teena Gerhardt, Department of Mathematics

November 1, 2024

Teena Gerhardt becomes American Mathematical Society Fellow

Forty-one mathematical scientists from around the world have been named AMS Fellows.

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September 26, 2024

Renowned mathematician exponentially boosts student success

Ted Petrie, with his wife Jane, is solving problems for the next generation of Spartans. The couple has generously donated $500,000 toward the first-ever cohort of Petrie Scholars.

Preston Wake draws a graph on a whiteboard.

Wake receives NSF CAREER Award

Preston Wake has won an NSF CAREER Award for "quantifying congruences between modular forms”

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Transforming drug discovery with AI

New MSU-led research uses technology related to ChatGPT to accelerate advances in medicine

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University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Bang-Yen Chen

A recent issue of the International Electronic Journal of Geometry is dedicated to University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Bang-Yen Chen, in celebration of his 80th anniversary. Professor Chen was on the faculty in the Department of Mathematics from 1970 to 2012.

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