Mathematics

Spotlights

  • Enhancing the Major-Minor Experience

    During the past couple years, we’ve been working to enhance the experience for our math majors and minors by promoting career development, research opportunities, and community. To provide space for more career conversations, we created a new 1-credit course to explore opportunities and resources for a math major at UT as well as career directions.…

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  • Moving Forward

    One year ago, the mathematics department at UT was in the process of searching for a new department head. It was a great honor for me to be given the opportunity to serve the department in the headship role after being at UT for almost thirty years. Now, after almost eight months since becoming the…

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  • Our Honor Students

    Ye He is a senior mathematics student in the math honors concentration. After consulting with her professors in her sophomore year, Ye switched to the mathematics major from her previous major in electrical engineering. This allowed her to pursue high-level mathematics classes such as topology and abstract algebra.  “In these higher-level math courses, I was…

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  • Math’s Crucial Mission

    The mathematics department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has a crucial mission to impart mathematical knowledge and skills to every UT student. This mission is integral to the academic success of students across all disciplines, as mathematics forms the foundation of many fields of study. In recent years, the department has taken several significant…

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  • 2024 Professional Promise in Research and Creative Achievement

    Olivia Feldman receives Chancellor’s Honor. Dr. Olivia Feldman (formerly Prosper) is an Associate Professor of Mathematics working at the interface of mathematics and biology, with a focus on infectious disease modeling. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Florida in 2012, which was followed by a postdoc at Dartmouth College. In 2021,…

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  • Model Modern Mathematician

    by Randall Brown Mathematics major Kristina Wilson of Athens, Tennessee, graduates this spring as an honors student who has excelled in her academic coursework and research projects, succeeding in both honors-level and graduate courses. “My time as a Volunteer has been memorable because UT and the math department have provided me with opportunities to learn…

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  • Salgado Recognized for Excellence in Research

    Abner Salgado, professor of mathematics, received the Excellence in Research & Creative Achievement Award for Mid-Career Faculty at the 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Convocation.  Salgado received his PhD from Texas A&M University in 2010 and joined the faculty of UT in 2013 after finishing his postdoc at the University of Maryland with…

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  • Bourni Opens International Connections for Geometric Flow

    A UT Department of Mathematics professor’s collaboration earned National Science Foundation (NSF) support and created an opportunity for a group of Vol graduate students and others to connect internationally with experts on the forefront of mathematics. Associate Professor Theodora Bourni coordinated with Professor Martin Reiris of Uruguay’s Universidad de la República to organize the Geometric…

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  • UT’s Lenhart Honored to Deliver the American Mathematical Society’s Gibbs Lecture at Joint Mathematics Meeting 

    Suzanne Lenhart, Chancellor’s Professor in the Department of Mathematics, will join a storied list of honored speakers to deliver the Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture at the world’s largest annual math gathering, the American Mathematics Society (AMS) Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM2024), taking place January 3–6, 2024, in San Francisco. JMM2024 brings researchers from 20 national and…

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  • Congratulations to Pam and Burnette on receiving the College Arts and Sciences Staff Awards!

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