Welcome to the second issue of our electronic newsletter. It used to appear once a year, but we simply cannot wait to tell you about our new faculty, new programs, new courses, and of course new mathematical ideas generated by our faculty and students.

Read on for more about the life of Syracuse University Mathematics Department, and the impact it has beyond the walls of Carnegie Building.

Uday Banerjee, Department Chair

Department Welcomes New Faculty

In Fall 2018 the department welcomed four new faculty members: Assistant Professors Lee Kennard, Wei Li, and Jianxuan Liu, and an Assistant Teaching Professor Holly Grant.

Faculty Achievements and Awards

Minghao Rostami received a 3-year NSF grant Fast Algorithms for Simulating the Collective Swimming of Microorganisms. Other recent award recipients were Leonid Kovalev, Loredana Lanzani, and Graham Leuschke.

Department Hosts the 28th Annual Route 81 Conference

The 28th Annual Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry was held at Syracuse University on September 29, 2018.

Graduate Students Launch the Directed Reading Program at SU

Our graduate students, led by Casey Necheles, Mkrtich Ohanyan, and Erin Tripp, launched the Directed Reading Program with pairs undergraduate students with graduate mentors for a semester-long reading project.

Erin Tripp Receives NRC Research Associateship

Erin Tripp, a Ph.D. student of Professor Lixin Shen, has accepted an NRC Research Associateship which will support her work at Air Force Research Laboratory after graduation.

Summer Projects of Our Students

Andrew Cummings, Xinxuan Wang, and Xuerui Yang gave presentations on their Summer 2018 projects.

Mathematics Major is a 2018-19 Remembrance Scholar

Kathryn Munster, a double major in Applied Mathematics and Information Management & Technology, has been named a 2018-19 Remembrance Scholar.

New Actuarial Science Course

The department introduced a new course Probability Models for Actuarial Science (MAT 528) which will be taught in Spring 2018 by Professor Thomas John. The course combines foundational techniques of probability with applications designed for future actuaries.

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