News Archive
News Archive
2021-2022 UNM-PNM Math Contest First Round
November 11, 2021
The annual UNM-PNM math contest first round took place 10/30/21-11/02/21. Like last year, but unlike the years before, the contest took place online and involved 750 students from 80 schools and 38 cities and towns from across New Mexico. This year'... read more
AMS Western Sectional Meeting
November 1, 2021
The Fall Western Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society originally hosted by UNM, was held (virtually) on October 23-24, 2021. There were 479 participants, a record. Participants represented 32 countries from all continents (except... read more
Three undergraduate students awarded ASSURE Fellowships
August 24, 2021
Three of our undergraduate students were awarded 2021 ASSURE Fellowhips: Valerie Fong (mentor Assistant Professor Owen Lewis), Franklyn Pezzuti (mentor Professor Monika Nitsche), and Matias Shedden (mentor Associate Professor Stephen Lau). Here is a... read more
In-service Week Schedule, Fall 2021
August 8, 2021
Schedule for Fall 2021 In-Service
See pdf schedule.
Most meetings will be conducted online via Zoom, others via MS Teams or in person. Links to Zoom meetings will be emailed prior to the sessions.
Here is the zoom invitation for Thursday 8/19/... read more
Loring and Schroder receive NSF awards
July 27, 2021
Join me congratulating Distinguished Professor Terry Loring and Assistant Professor Jacob Schroder who have recently received NSF support for their proposals:
Loring's "Numerical Methods in Noncommutative Matrix Analysis" is supported by the... read more
Math and Sports at the local and global scale
July 27, 2021
Precious Andrew is a UNM graduate (2008 MS in Mathematics with a Thesis on "The mathematics of the epicycloid : a historical journey with a modern perspective" under the direction of the late Professor Alex Stone) and an adjunct instructor in our... read more
Alex Buium promoted to Distinguished Professor
July 9, 2021
Professor Alex Buium has been promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor. The letter from the Provost said:
You are one of several new Distinguished Professors, selected from an incredibly strong pool of nominations, and you join current... read more
Our own Jim Ellison, Klaus Heineman, and Oleksii Beznosov featured in the UNM news
June 17, 2021
Today in the UNM News under the heading "UNM researchers study polarization and spin dynamics in electron storage rings" is an article featuring tremendous work by our own Emeritus Professor Jim Ellison, Research Assistant Professor Klaus Heinemann... read more
Student organized and lead "Directed Reading Program" (DRP)
June 10, 2021
Graduate and undergraduate students have teamed up to offer the "Directed Reading program" (DRP). This is the brainchild of first-year graduate student Austin Bell who benefited from such a program in his undergraduate institution, he has found... read more
Alumni Sara Pollock receives CAREER Award
June 9, 2021
Sara Pollock graduated in 2007 with a BS in Applied Mathematics from UNM and a minor in Physics. She worked with former UNM Mathematics and Statistics Department Professor Vageli Coutsias. She went on to receive a MS from the University of... read more
2021 Graduate Studies Summer Dissertation Writing Awards
May 7, 2021
Three of our advanced graduate students: Abdel Mohamed, Chamsol Park, and Zachary Stevens have been selected to receive 2021 Graduate Studies Summer Dissertation Writing Award (part of a pilot project OGS is running this summer). Congratulations! ... read more
Fletcher Christensen received UNM teaching award
May 3, 2021
Please join me in congratulating Fletcher Christensen, Assistant Professor in Statistics, who has received a
university wide 2020-21 New Teacher of the Year Award!!!
Well done Fletcher, you make us proud!
The virtual award ceremony will be held on ... read more
2020-21 UNM-PNM Math Contest in UNMnews
April 22, 2021
The UNM-PNM Math Contest's Award Ceremony was held online on Saturday April 17, 2021. Co-directors Zeb Chaudhry and Gleb Zhelezov reimagined the contests in covid times and run both rounds remotely and successfully. It was heart-warming to meet the... read more
AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting - October 23-24, 2021
April 7, 2021
The AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting will take place on October 23-24, 2021, it was originally planned to be held at UNM, but it will be a virtual meeting. The in-person meeting was moved to Fall 2023. Despite our fears our department and... read more
2008 UNM PhD graduates Jessica Deshler and Ralph Gomez featured in Lathisms 2020 Calendar
April 3, 2021
Two UNM PhD 2008 graduates, Jessica Deshler and Ralph Gomez, were featured in the 2020 Lathisms Calendar.
Dr, Jessica Deshler received her PhD in mathematics under the supervision of Kristin Umland in 2008. Jessica is now Professor of Mathematics... read more
