
Spotlights
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Math Staff Honored for MMA-SE Meeting
Six staff members from the Department of Mathematics received Outstanding Staff Teamwork Awards from the College of Arts and Sciences. Department of Mathematics staff members Pam Armentrout, Karen Burnett, Nicole Crombie, Rosario Dow, Tina Murr, and Ben Walker were recognized by the UT College of Arts and Sciences for outstanding work during a staff appreciation…
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Minutolo Takes Students from Struggle to Success
Teaching Assistant Professor Jennifer Minutolo helps students achieve success through engagement and collaboration. “My passion is to engage students who typically have difficulties with mathematics,” said Teaching Assistant Professor Jennifer Minutolo. “My goal is to make the subject more attainable for them through cultivating an atmosphere in the classroom of collaboration and learning.” She also…
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Making Math Classes Accessible and Engaging
Professor Michael Frazier and Distinguished Lecturer Robert Guest are using their decades of teaching experience to improve analysis and statistical reasoning courses. Research to Results Early in his career, Professor Michael Frazier’s research provided one of the predecessors of the theory of wavelets. A computationally efficient alternative to Fourier Analysis, wavelets allow simultaneous understanding of…
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Problem-solving Drives Fister’s Career
An undergraduate research opportunity first brought K. Renee Fister to UT, where she found support and inspiration. K. Renee Fister (MS ’92, PhD ’96), an associate provost and professor of mathematics at Murray State University, has: “In my work, I developed predictive models for enrollment and work on academic program review with quantitative and qualitative…
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Research, Collaboration, and Opportunity
Amber Young chose the UT Department of Mathematics for her doctoral program because of its strong interdisciplinary approach and collaborative environment. “My research focuses on developing and analyzing mathematical models of infectious disease transmission. “One of my dissertation projects involves creating and analyzing the first model of La Crosse virus transmission from mosquitoes to humans.…
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Abate Finds Community and Creativity in Math
Nicolette Abate discovered community in the UT math department during a Tennessee Governor’s School and graduated this spring with undergraduate research experience. Math has always been important to Nicolette Abate, and in UT’s Department of Mathematics, she found encouragement and opportunities to take her interest to new levels. “When I was about 8, I stopped…
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Peltier’s Research Earns Goldwater Scholarship
A double major in mathematics and physics, Jack Peltier is focused on quasilinear elliptic PDEs. Senior Jack Peltier is one of three UT students to receive a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year. One of the most prestigious undergraduate scholarships of its kind, the program chooses students who show exceptional promise and are planning…
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Message from the Department Head
See how the University of Tennessee is shaping the future of mathematics, investing in strategic hiring, and building interdisciplinary collaboration. Dear Friends of the UT Department of Mathematics, As we reflect on the academic year behind us and look ahead to the future, 2024-2025 was another banner year for the math department at the University…
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From Asking Why to Calculating Answers
Calvin Wong’s childhood interest in science led him to seek solutions through mathematics. As a doctoral student at UT, he’s been working on research in materials modeling at ORNL. 3 Cs of a Math PhD Student Calvin Wong’s pursuit of a PhD in applied mathematics at UT is based on what he calls the “3…
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Working at the Intersection of Math and Biology
Associate Professor Olivia Feldman develops models that track how infectious diseases spread and introduces undergraduates from multiple majors to the field. Why I Do What I Do “During my studies at the University of Florida, I tragically lost two of my aunts to colon cancer in their early 40s. Devastated, I began to wonder whether…