Illinois Department of Mathematics

12/01/2023

The Internship Network in Mathematical Sciences (INMAS) prepares PhD candidates for careers in business, industry, and government. INMAS provides training workshops and internship placement services, benefitting partnering companies, graduate students, and their respective departments.

Learn more about INMAS, including testimonials from former participants, in the latest SIAM news: https://go.math.illinois.edu/23-INMAS-SIAM-news

11/30/2023

Congratulations to Professor József Balogh, joint awardee the 2024 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research. The award recognizes publications with fundamental or lasting importance in its field. Balogh co-authored one of two papers recognized for introducing hypergraph container methods in the area of combinatorics.

Read the story: https://go.math.illinois.edu/24-SteelePrize

11/27/2023

Connect with fellow alumni and learn more about our degree programs at the UIUC Reception at the 2024 Joint Math Meetings!

RSVP at go.math.illinois.edu/JMM-RSVP

11/21/2023

How does a restoration crew approach renovating a building on the National Register of Historic Places? Jodi Heckel at the Illinois News Bureau has the scoop!

Read the story:

A major restoration of historic Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign includes removing the buildup of soot on the sandstone exterior, replacing the mortar and making structural improvements.

11/14/2023

Join the Department of Mathematics for a special lecture series featuring Professor Noga Alon of Princeton University, as he revisits three well-known examples of distance problems in discrete geometry: the Erdős Unit Distance Problem, the Erdős Distinct Distances Problem, and the Hadwiger-Nelson Problem.

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11/08/2023

Today's the day—it's the College of LAS Landmark Day of Giving! Your support will empower LAS scientists, scholars, and innovators to address societal challenges, and future students will follow in the footsteps of inspiring alumni. Give a gift of any size today and receive a special LAS landmarks magnet as a token of our gratitude. Thank you for being a part of our incredible community!

Donate now: https://las.illinois.edu/giving/landmark

09/07/2023

This fall, the Department of Mathematics welcomed EIGHT new tenure-stream faculty members representing a broad scope of research.

Read more at go.math.illinois.edu/NewFacultyFA23.

09/07/2023

Kay Kirkpatrick is one of 15 LAS faculty members who were recently promoted to full professor. She now holds dual professor appointments in mathematics and physics. Congratulations, Kay!

Read more about Kay's research interests and recent publications at kirkpatrick.web.illinois.edu.

09/05/2023

The Department of Mathematics at Illinois will roll out three new courses this fall, to provide support to students who need additional preparation to transition to higher education mathematics coursework.

Learn more at go.math.illinois.edu/MathOnRampsFA23.

08/09/2023

In 1976, Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken released a proof that opened new doors for mathematicians to find solutions to problems, right here at the University of Illinois.

Learn more about the Four-Color Theorem in this newly released video from Quanta Magazine.

Can you fill in any map with just four colors? The so-called Four-Color theorem says that you can always do so in a way that neighboring regions never share ...

08/01/2023

The iconic Altgeld Hall has been getting a makeover this summer! 😎

Read the story at bit.ly/AHGlowUp.

07/13/2023

So what's the value of a mathematics degree from Illinois?

We checked in with recent U of I math graduates about their successes and learned that an overwhelming majority of respondents were able to secure their first destination after graduating—and that they boast an average salary of more than $100K!