Mathematics PhD alumnus Dr. Duc Nguyen has joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kentucky as a tenure-track assistant professor effective August 2020. Dr. Nguyen received his PhD from UA in 2015 under the supervision of Dr. Shan Zhao. From 2015 to 2020 he worked at Michigan State University, first
Mathematics Fall Courses & COVID-19 FAQs
The Department of Mathematics has been working hard this summer to provide the best instruction with the maximum amount of Student-Instructor interactions available within the guidelines to protect the health and safety of our faculty and students. We are continuing to make adjustments and individual faculty are in the process of finalizing their syllabi in
Math Undergrad Marie Neubrander’s Work Published in SIURO
Math undergraduate student Marie Neubrander’s impressive work has resulted in a manuscript that has just been accepted in the faculty-reviewed undergraduate research journal SIURO (SIAM Undergraduate Research Online), published by the prestigious SIAM — Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Her article should be appearing on the site in the near future (SIURO Manuscript #S131626)
Math Courses for Fall 2020
An internet rumor has been circulating that all UA math courses will be online in the Fall. This is not true. For the safety of students and faculty, UA has imposed social distancing requirements which have significantly reduced the occupancy limits on all classrooms, and limit face to face interactions between students and instructors. Because
How a Crimson Beard Raised Funds for West Alabama Food Bank
A before and after of Dr. David Cruz-Uribe’s gray beard (top) and Crimson Storm beard (bottom). From the June 2020 Desktop News | What began as a joke at the end of an email quickly became an act of service for UA’s department of mathematics, which recently completed a faculty fundraiser for the West
Martyn Dixon’s Presentation to the Ischia Group Theory Conference
Professor Martyn Dixon gave a talk to the Ischia Group Theory Conference on May 21, 2020 to the Ischia Online Group Theory Conference (GOThIC). This presentation can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1foe_6nJzmU4BkxxINm-Ov8U-kJlg-MMe/view
David Cruz-Uribe’s Talk to Universidad National del Litoral
David Cruz-Uribe, OFS, presented his research entitled “Norm inequalities for linear and multilinear singular integrals on weighted and variable exponent Hardy spaces” to the Seminario del IMAL “Carlos Segovia Fernández”, CONICET, Universidad National del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina This talk is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-cLnsB7LA&t=5s
Math Department Raises Money for West Alabama Food Bank
Our Chair, David Cruz-Uribe, was lamenting his greying beard and was threatening to dye it. The department called his bluff and offered to raise money for a local charity if they could pick the color. He accepted the challenge and the department promptly raised over $500 for the West Alabama Foodbank. The winning color was
Video Messages to Graduating Seniors and Honors Day Award winners
Since COVID-19 prevented us from holding a Honors Day reception and a commencement ceremony, Dr. Cruz-Uribe created the videos below to speak to our students. Undergraduate Awards: https://vimeo.com/414761564/310e89b791 Graduate Awards: https://vimeo.com/414762604/02e48bd5d9 Class of 2020: https://vimeo.com/414764562/4970e370e0
Promotion News
Provost Kevin Whitaker announced today the follow promotions which will take effect during the Fall 2020 semester. Congratulations go out to Wei Zhu who was promoted to Full Professor, Shibin Dai who was granted tenure and Yuhui Chen and Tim Ferguson for their promotions to Associate Professor.