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Iowa Mathematics ranked 53rd in 2023 U.S. News & World Report graduate, professional program rankings

The University of Iowa continues to climb in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings. According to the 2023 report, 66 UI colleges and programs were recognized among the best in their field.

Death of former mathematics faculty member Erwin Kleinfeld

Thursday, February 17, 2022
University of Iowa Department of Mathematics professor emeritus and donor Erwin Kleinfeld has died.

University of Iowa mathematics graduate named PAESMEM awardee by President Biden

Minerva Cordero, professor of mathematics at The University of Texas at Arlington and a graduate of the University of Iowa Department of Mathematics received the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2022.

Michael Kratochvil recognized by SIAM

Monday, May 17, 2021
University of Iowa mathematics student Michael Kratochvil recognized by national society.

Mathematics student Sara Reed receives a Graduate Research Excellence Award

Sara Reed, a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics, is one of only three students across the university to receive a Graduate Research Excellence Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Mathematics graduate student Biao Ma named a 2021 CLAS Dissertation Writing Fellow

Friday, May 7, 2021
Biao was one of only twelve awardees this year across all departments in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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Mathematics student Guowei Qi Receives Churchill Scholarship

Monday, April 12, 2021
University of Iowa student Guowei Qi received the prestigious Churchill Scholarship
A portrait of Nyah Davis

Mathematics student Nyah Davis named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar

Nyah Davis is a mathematics major at the University of Iowa whose algebra research focuses on the representation theory of quivers, or directed graphs.

NSF RTG grant awarded to Kawamuro, Frohman, Fang, Cooper and Tehrani

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
A National Science Foundation Research Training Group (RTG) Grant has been awarded to faculty Keiko Kawamuro (PI), Charles Frohman, Hao Fang, Benjamin Cooper, and Mohammad Farajzadeh Tehrani (Co-PIs).

Faculty member Zahra Aminzare receives a three-year NSF grant

Monday, March 15, 2021
University of Iowa Department of Mathematics faculty member Zahra Aminzare received a grant from the National Science Foundation.