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Iowa Math Monthly

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Bruce Ayati Publishes Open-Access Numerical Methods Textbook

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Ian Ramsey Receives Prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Research Award

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Ziqing Lu honored with Best Thesis Award for research on building more reliable reinforcement learning models

Monday, September 28, 2026

Mathematics Professor Ionut Chifan Receives Prestigious 2026 Frontiers of Science Award

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The Department of Mathematics celebrates Professor Ionut Chifan’s 2026 Frontiers of Science Award for award-winning research in functional analysis and operator theory.
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Math Bio Seminar - Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Monday, November 16, 2026 3:30pm
Schaeffer Hall

Title: Modeling Airway Epithelial Ion Transport in Ussing Chambers
Abstract: Airway epithelial ion transport regulates airway-surface fluid and is strongly altered in cystic fibrosis. We develop a mathematical model for epithelial sodium, potassium, and chloride transport motivated by Ussing-chamber experiments. The model couples nonlinear membrane flux laws, pump and cotransporter kinetics, paracellular transport, and osmotic cell-volume dynamics. Exploiting the separation between fast volume...

Graduate and Professional Students: Let's Do Lunch!

Tuesday, November 17, 2026 11:30am to 1:30pm
Sciences Library
Bring your academic interests to the table and engage with fellow graduate and professional students in a casual, supportive environment.
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Operator Theory Seminar - Juan Felipe Arizamejia; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, November 17, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar

Representation Theory Seminar - Luis Gomez, Kevin Wang, and Yangbo Ye; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Tuesday, November 17, 2026 1:30pm to 2:30pm
MacLean Hall

Topics: Number theory

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