Brochure

Our brochure for new students has been updated. For more details, see the undergraduate curriculum pages of this site.

Iwaniec FiDiPro story

Tadeusz Iwaniec has been featured in Arts&Sciences news on the occasion of the completion of his Finland Distinguished Professor term.

Opening weekend

Welcome the Class of 43²+13²! The weekend of 8/23-24 our office 215 Carnegie will be open 9-4 (9:30-4:30 on Sunday) to help you with class schedule changes.

Summer office hours

Summer office hours are in effect from May 12 to August 22. Our office 215 Carnegie will be open M-F 8:00-4:30.

New Faculty

Two new faculty members will join us in the Fall: Loredana Lanzani and William Volterman. Welcome!

New postdocs

Three new Philip T. Church Postdoctoral Fellows will join us in the Fall: Turgay Bayraktar, Denise Rangel, and Dmytro Yeroshkin. Welcome to SU!

Leonid Kovalev wins NSF grant

Leonid Kovalev was awarded a three-year NSF grant Multi-scale geometry of bi-Lipschitz and quasiconformal maps. Well done!

Diaz, Leuschke promoted

Congratulations to Steven P. Diaz and Graham Leuschke on their promotions to full Professor!

Pi Mu Epsilon members

Our chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon added 11 new members this year.

Phi Beta Kappa

Out of 55 new Phi Beta Kappa members, eight pursue a major in math.

Samantha Usman

Samantha Usman, triple major in French, Physics and Mathematics, received Goldwater Honorable Mention.

Douglas R Anderson Faculty Scholar award

Dan Zacharia has been named Douglas R. Anderson Faculty Scholar. This award, funded by an anonymous gift to the department, is for a two-year term.

Hsu is named University Scholar

Dylan Hsu (Class of '14, Applied Mathematics and Physics) has been named a University Scholar, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows.

Lenny Kamau defends

Leonard Kamau successfully defended his dissertation on Technology adoption in secondary mathematics teaching in Kenya.

Online evaluations are open

Online teaching evaluations are now open. Check your SU email for the evaluation website link and passcode.

External travel grants won by grads and postdocs

Recent external travel grants: Xuefei Ma and Qi Ye, to attend ICCHA V at Vanderbilt; Xiaoxia Liu, to attend SIAM-IS14 in Hong Kong.

Undergraduate prizes

2014 undergraduate prize winners are: Neill Warrington (Archimedes prize) and Stephen Sorokanich (Euclid prize). Congratulations!

Kibbey prize

Congratulations to Özcan Yazici, the winner of 2014 Donald E. Kibbey Prize!

MGO conference

The 39th NYS conference for graduate students in mathematics takes place April 12th.

PME Faculty Talk

Pi Mu Epsilon will be hosting a talk by Professor Douglas Anderson titled Knots, Connective Sums, and Seifert Surfaces. It will cover elementary knot theory and is accessible to all undergraduates. The talk will take place in Carnegie Library Rm122 on April 9th. Pizza and refreshments will be served.

Outstanding TAs

Congratulations to James Heffers and Joshua Stangle on winning 2014 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award!

MAT 421

New course in Fall 2014: MAT 421 Applied Probability and Statistics (does not count toward our major/minor programs).

The Mathematics of Juggling

Pi Mu Epsilon will be hosting the talk "The Art (and Math) of Juggling" presented by Sam Leitermann. The event will go over the basic mathematical analysis of juggling and includes a live demonstration. This talk is accessible to all undergraduates. The talk will be on April 2nd at 5:15 in Carnegie Rm 122.

PME Faculty Talk

Professor Jeffrey Meyer will be giving a talk on Pi and its appearances throughout Mathematics at the next meeting of Pi Mu Epsilon. The talk will be held in Carnegie Library Rm 122 at 5:15 PM. Pizza will be served. Undergraduate students are encouraged to attend.

Douglas R. Anderson Faculty Scholar Fund

We are pleased to announce the establishment of Douglas R. Anderson Faculty Scholar award, funded by an anonymous gift to the department.

PME Go

Pi Mu Epsilon will be joined by members of the Syracuse Go Club. Guest speakers will be giving hands-on instruction on the game of Go. The event will be held in Carnegie Library Rm 120 on February 20th at 5:15 PM. Pizza will be served.

PTC postdocs

Now accepting applications for Philip T. Church postdoc fellowships for Fall 2014 (deadline Feb. 15); the department seeks to fill three postdoctoral positions.

2014 newsletter

The new issue of the department newsletter, The Archimedean, is now available. Get it here (PDF).

PME Social Event

Pi Mu Epsilon is holding an event on the construction of Hexaflexagons. The event will be on February 6th at 5 PM in Carnegie Rm. 120. Food will be served. Undergraduate math majors are encouraged to attend.

clinics etc

The math help page has the hours of math clinic, calculus clinic, and a list of private tutors.

New semester

Welcome back! Class schedule can be adjusted until January 21. Be sure to resolve any time conflicts with your classes.

searches

The department seeks to fill 3 tenure-track positions: 1 in Applied Math, 1 in Statistics, and 1 in any area.

Office hours

End-of-semester office hours are now posted. Regular office hours end December 6.

TG break

Our office will be closed Nov. 28-29, reopening Monday 12/2. Happy Thanksgiving!

Prof. Miller

Math Club talk by Claudia Miller: Dimension of a fractal +pizza. Wednesday, November 20th at 5:15pm in Carnegie 122.

Putnam Practice

Putnam practice session this Friday 11/15 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM in Carnegie Rm 120.

Joanna Masingila named Interim Dean-Designate

Joanna Masingila has been named Interim Dean-Designate of the School of Education. Congratulations!

The department hosted the 23rd Annual Route 81 Conference on commutative algebra and algebraic geometry on October 19.

Pi Mu Epsilon Guest Talk

Pi Mu Epsilon presents a guest talk: Josh Stangle, Newton Polygons +pizza. Wednesday, November 6th at 5:15pm in Carnegie 122.

Undergraduate Mathematics Presentations: Friday 10/11 in Carnegie 122 at 4pm. Pizza will be served. Following the meeting, there will be a Putnam practice session.

The academic genealogy of the department has been updated to include our new faculty colleague Yuan Yuan, as well as all living emeritus faculty.

Chancellor selected

Congratulations to Patrick Neary on the successful completion of his task as a member of the Chancellor Search Committee.

Clinics begin this week

Math Clinic and Calculus Help Center run weekdays in Carnegie 115. Schedule at math.syr.edu/help.

PME movie night

Roll up, roll up for math mystery tour: Wednesday 9/18 at 5:15 in Carnegie 122, with Pi Mu Epsilon. Movie+pizza.

Carnegie 122

New 85-seat auditorium Carnegie 122 is now the largest and best-equipped classroom in the building.

Putnam information session

Putnam contest information session: Friday 9/13 at 3:30 in Carnegie 103, presented by Pi Mu Epsilon.

Liang Zhao now a PhD

Liang Zhao successfully defended his PhD dissertation Filter-Based Multiscale Entropy Analysis of Complex Physiologic Time Series. Congratulations Dr. Zhao!

Jeremy Entner's defense

Jeremy Entner defended his Ph.D. thesis Methods of nonparametric multivariate ranking and selection. Congratulations, Dr. Entner!

Yuan Yuan wins an NSF grant

Our new faculty member Yuan Yuan won a 3-year NSF grant Geometric function theory in several complex variables and complex geometry. Congratulations and welcome to SU!

Jani Onninen wins an NSF grant

Jani Onninen wins a three-year NSF grant Variational Approach to Geometric Function Theory. Congratulations!