Department of Mathematics | News

University of Notre Dame mathematics graduate students Tan Özalp and Fuxiang Yang have been awarded Simons Dissertation Fellowships in Mathematics by the Simons Foundation. Created to honor the legacy of foundation co-founder Jim Simons, these fellowships support doctoral students during the final…

Peter Cholak, Professor in the Department of Mathematics, has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 51st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2026). Sponsored by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS), the award recognizes the…

Notre Dame mathematician's foundational work helps pave the way for a 2026 Fields Medalist The Department of Mathematics celebrates the announcement that Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto has been awarded a …

Over the last decade, students, educators, and even entrepreneurs have found creative ways to adapt the show’s social and rational sciences. (…)   For …

The Richard Sady Dissertation Prize is for the best dissertation as judged by the graduate committee. Richard Sady was a graduate student in our department and received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1977. He then was an assistant professor at Pembroke State University in North Carolina where he died…

After Selection Sunday, Professor Brian Mulholland sent an email to his Calculus I class encouraging them to begin studying for their final exam, while also sharing his frustration with Notre Dame being left out of the College Football Playoff. He wanted to acknowledge the disappointment many students…

2025 Richard Sady Prize: Anika Homan Each year the department presents the Richard Sady Prize to our best second year graduate student based on his/her performance in the basic courses he/she took in their first year. Richard Sady was a graduate student in our department and received his…

Nicholas Ramsey, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics Ramsey will conduct a project titled “Model theory, independence, and approximation.” Ramsey is specifically interested in…

Will give a PDE Study Seminar entitled: The Navier-Stokes equations with anisotropic dissipation, Part IV Abstract: The Navier–Stokes equations are fundamental in describing the motion of incompressible fluids. While the classical equations involve isotropic viscosity acting uniformly in all spatial directions, many physical models and mathematical questions lead to systems with anisotropic dissi…

The Richard Sady Dissertation Prize is for the best dissertation as judged by the graduate committee. Richard Sady was a graduate student in our department and received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1977. He then was an assistant professor at Pembroke State University in North Carolina where he died…

Our 5th year graduate student Carlos Misael Madrid Padilla (whose advisor is Daren Wang in ACMS) has been named the winner of the 2024 Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Award in Science. The Shaheen Awards recognize one…

Nick Salter, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award. These highly competitive 5-year grants are given to early career faculty members who have the potential…

Four department alumni have recently received NSF LEAPS-MPS awards. These substantial awards help launch the careers of pre-tenure faculty in Mathematical and Physical Sciences…

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30am to 12:30 p.m., students gather in Hayes-Healy Hall for “Beginning Logic,” a math class where you’re more likely to find proofs of language on the chalkboard than you are to find problems with numbers. David Meretzky, a fifth-year graduate student…

2023 Richard Sady Prize: Jaziel Torres Each year the department presents the Richard Sady Prize to our best second year graduate student based on his/her performance in the basic courses he/she took in their first year. Richard Sady was a graduate student in our department and received his…

Department of Mathematics graduate students, Karim Boustany and Jacob Zoromski, received  the Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Awards for 2023. This annual award, given by the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, recognizes graduate student instructors and TAs who demonstrate excellence in the…

Indiana Collegiate Mathematics Competition (ICMC) The Indiana Collegiate Mathematics Competition, often referred to as the ICMC, is a team-based competition for students from area colleges and universities that typically takes place during the…

The Richard Sady Dissertation Prize is for the best dissertation as judged by the graduate committee. Richard Sady was a graduate student in our department and received his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1977. He then was an assistant professor …

…

Title: Analysis of Einstein's spacetimes: dispersion, collapse, and bouncing Title: Analysis of Einstein's spacetimes: dispersion, collapse, and bouncing