2024
GETZLER RECEIVES VISITING PROFESSORSHIP
April 16, 2024
NU Math Prof. Ezra Getzler has been selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to receive a Visiting Professorship from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
NU MATH CAUSEWAY STUDENT RECEIVES NSF FELLOWSHIP
April 16, 2024
Causeway student, Marie-Rose Tonguino, has received a highly competitive NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which she will use for an Economics PhD at Yale University.
BEN ANTIEAU NAMED A 2024 SIMONS FELLOW
March 27, 2024
NU Mathematics faculty member, Ben Antieau, was named a 2024 Simons Fellow. The Simons Fellows programextends academic leaves for outstanding mathematicians from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances.
FORMER NU GRADUATE STUDENT, RUOYU WANG, WINS 2023 ICCM GRADUATE THESIS AWARD
March 27, 2024
Ruoyu Wang, former graduate student of NU Mathematics faculty member Jared Wunsch, was awarded the 2023 Graduate Thesis Award from the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. Learn more about our graduate program.
ANANTH SHANKAR NAMED 2024 SLOAN RESEARCH FELLOW
Feb 21, 2024
Ananth Shankar has been named a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation. He was also recently awarded a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation.
IN MEMORIAM: JUDITH SALLY (1937-2024)
Feb 2, 2024
Professor Emerita Judith Sally passed away on January 28, 2024. Judith Sally joined the faculty of the NU Mathematics Department in 1972 and remained until her retirement 30 years later. Read more about Prof. Sally, her accomplishments in Mathematics, and work within the NU Math Dept.
KATY LOYD AWARDED NSF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Jan. 31, 2024
NU Mathematics Graduate Student, Katy Loyd, has been awarded a highly competitive NSF postdoctoral fellowship. Click here to learn more about Northwestern University's Mathematics Graduate Program.
MATH DIGITAL MATERIALS PROJECT PROVIDES FREE COURSE MATERIALS
Jan. 22, 2024
Director of Calculus, Prof. Aaron Greicius, coordinated the Math Digital Materials Project, which is providing $87,296 in funding through the Office of the Provost for access codes to course textbooks and online homework systems for students in eligible courses. The funding will last the entire 2023-2024 academic year.
ANANTH SHANKAR AWARDED NSF CAREER GRANT
Jan. 17, 2024
Ananth Shankar has been awarded a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant, “Algebraicity and Integral Models of Shimura Varieties”, will provide almost $500K to support Ananth’s research and educational activities in the department.