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Professor Deanna Needell Named Chairholder of Dunn Family Endowed Chair in Data Theory
UCLA mathematics professor Deanna Needell will be the first holder of the Dunn Family Chair for Data Theory for a five-year period starting on July

UCLA mathematicians receive NSF award for COVID-19 research
UCLA mathematics profs. Andrea Bertozzi and Mason Porter have just received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support their “Analysis of Multiscale

Helen Chan earns prestigious teaching award
The Curtis Center Director of Professional Development, Helen Chan, has just been awarded with the prestigious Teaching Award from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.

In Memoriam: Peter Montgomery
It is with great regret that we share the recent passing of UCLA mathematics alumnus and distinguished mathematician Dr. Peter Montgomery at age 72. “Before

Nature journal features “tears of wine” study
Andrea Bertozzi and her colleagues Yonatan Dukler, Hangjie Ji, Claudia Falcon published new research which explores the fluid dynamics behind a phenomenon known as tears

11th Annual Curtis Center Math and Teaching Conference welcomes over 200 teachers, students, and mathematicians
Photo caption: Conference attendees participating in a hands-on lesson demonstration. This year’s 11th Annual Curtis Center Mathematics and Teaching Conference at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center

Professor Artem Chernikov receives 2020 Simons Fellowship
Professor Artem Chernikov has been selected among the class of 2020 Simons Fellows in Mathematics for his project titled, “Model theory, groups and hypergraph combinatorics.”

UCLA Putnam team ranks #4 out of 570 institutions
In the 2019 Putnam Mathematical Competition, the UCLA team (Ciprian Bonciocat, Jacob Zhang, Kaiqi Zhu) was ranked #4 out of 570 institutions. Individually, Jacob Zhang

Profs. Rowan Killip and Monica Visan awarded Honorable Mention Outstanding Discovery Award
Professors Rowan Killip and Monica Visan have been selected for the Honorable Mention Outstanding Discovery Award for making the greatest research discovery in the Division