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In Memoriam: Hector Fattorini (1938-2025)
It is with great sadness to announce that Professor Emeritus Hector Fattorini passed away on October 20th, 2025. Hector received his bachelor’s degree from the

Professor Mason Porter named among the world’s most influential researchers
Thirty-nine UCLA faculty members, including UCLA Mathematics Professor Mason Porter, have been named among the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences.

Professor Wilfrid Gangbo Receives 2026 Award for Distinguished Public Service
UCLA Mathematics Professor Wilfrid Gangbo has been awarded the 2026 Award for Distinguished Public Service, presented by the American Mathematical Society. He is being recognized

Professor Ziyang Gao awarded the Compositio Prize
Professor Ziyang Gao has been awarded the Compositio Prize for the period 2020-2022 for his paper, Generic rank of Betti map and unlikely intersections. Gao

Mathematicians, including Professor Jun Yin, Create Physics-Based Model to Understand Random Matrices
Pictured: Mathematicians Horng-Tzer Yau (right) and Jun Yin (left). Harvard Math Professor Horng-Tzer Yau has spent decades studying the interplay of randomness and order in

Professor Dimitri Shlyakhtenko receives 2025 College of Science Professional Achievement Award
Professor Dimitri Shlyakhtenko has been named the recipient of the 2025 College of Science Professional Achievement Award, awarded by the College of Science at the

UCLA Professors Andrea Bertozzi and Anne Andrews Collaborate for DNA Aptamer Design
Pictured from left to right: UCLA Mathematics Professor Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Anne Andrews. “Stress is a silent force impacting human health.

Professors Anton Bernshteyn, Rowan Killip, and Monica Visan, invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2026
Professors Anton Bernshteyn, Rowan Killip, and Monica Visan have been named speakers for the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 23 to July

Mathematicians, Including Professor Zhouli Xu, Prove Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes
Pictured from left to right: Weinan Lin, Fudan University in Shanghai; Guozhen Wang, Fudan University of Shanghai; Zhouli Xu, UCLA Mathematics Professor. “Mathematicians have put
