UC Berkeley Mathematics

Happy Pi Day and Big Give 2024! Join us in celebrating today by helping the Department of Mathematics reach it's Big Give donor match goal of 40 gifts to the Friends of Mathematics Fund so we can unlock a $10,000 gift from Doug and Cristina McBeth.

Follow this link (https://givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/76721/donate?des=399616&dept=76846) to donate to the Math Department and show your support for our students.

Thank you for all of your support!

This year, Big Give falls on Pi Day, Thursday, 3/14! As we celebrate this mathematical constant, the entire UC Berkeley community will also come together to show their constant support for their favorite departments and programs in our annual online giving day.

Join us this year in supporting the Friends of Mathematics Fund. Your generosity will enrich all facets of the department's activities, from enabling undergraduates to organize student groups to innovating the facilities where we investigate a multitude of mathematical problems. Each gift makes a difference.

On March 14, follow this link (https://givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/76721/department/76846) to donate to the Math Department and show your support for our students.

Special for this year's Big Give: Once 40 gifts are made to the Friends of Mathematics Fund, we will unlock a $10,000 gift from
Doug '87 and Cristina McBeth!

See you on March 14 for Big Give!

Join us next week as the College of Letters and Science hosts a virtual event starting at 5pm on Wednesday, April 5th, as part of their "Basic Science Lights the Way" series called "Mathematics that Matter." This event will feature members of the Math faculty including Prof. Per-Olof Persson, Prof. Olga Holtz, and Morrey Visiting Assistant Professor Krutika Tawri. To register for the event, go to https://basicscience.berkeley.edu/.

Today is Big Give, the UC Berkeley community's annual opportunity to give back to the departments and programs closest to their hearts. Use this link to support the department and give to the Mathematics Graduate Student Support Fund: https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7398000?ac=129482%0A%0A%0A%0A?ac=129482%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A?ac=12948

This year, be a shining star and participate in Big Give by supporting graduate students in the Math Department. Your generosity will enhance graduate education and research efforts in the department, such as student travel, research equipment, and fellowships. Each gift makes a difference.

Special for this year's Big Give! If we receive 50 gifts by 9 p.m., an anonymous donor from PhD class of 1984 will donate an additional $1,000.

Thank you!!

Thursday, March 9 is Big Give, the annual online giving day when the entire UC Berkeley community comes together to support their favorite departments and programs.

Join us this year in supporting the Math Department Graduate Student Support Fund. Your generosity will enhance graduate education and research efforts in the department, such as student travel, research equipment, and fellowships. Each gift makes a difference.

On March 9th, follow this link (https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7398000) to donate to the math department and show your support for our grad students.

Go Bears!

We are excited to share the news that Assistant Professor Michael Lindsey is the recipient of the 2022 John Todd Award “for his outstanding contributions in the intersection of numerical analysis, applied analysis, statistical physics and quantum physics.” Congratulations, Michael!

John Todd Award John Todd Award https://www.mfo.de/outreach-media/prizes/john-todd-award https://www.mfo.de/@-logo/mfo.png John Todd Award The John Todd Award is awarded about every three years by the Oberwolfach Foundation and the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach to young excellent mathematicians...

Congratulations to the Department of Mathematics' Assistant Professor Yunqing Tang on being selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship. Professor Tang joins five other 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship recipients from UC Berkeley to make up the largest number of fellows this year from any one public university.

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Congratulations to the Berkeley Mathematics Class of 2022! You can celebrate with all of our grads from home on our livestream of the ceremony on Friday, May 20th at 2:00 pm. Please join us virtually here, https://math.berkeley.edu/about/events/commencement! Go Bears!

Commencement | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley Step 1: Complete the Mathematics Undergraduate Exit Survey, which will provide you with a link to the 2022 Mathematics Commencement Registration Form

Still planning your summer? Take a summer math course at UC Berkeley! "Session C" runs from June 21-August 12, 2022 and we have a wide range of math courses to choose from. Enroll today at https://summer.berkeley.edu/apply.

Big Give Update!: You did it! Thank you to everyone who donated to Math's Big Give 2022 program. With your help we surpassed our goal of 60 donations to the Friends of Mathematics fund and unlocked the special $20,000 gift from our anonymous donor. Cheers to you and to everyone for your support of our program. We couldn't have done it without you. Go Math Bears!

Big Give Update!: We are now only 6 donations away from unlocking a special $20,000 donation from an anonymous donor. Big Give 2022 ends at 9pm tonight so if you haven't had a chance to donate yet, you can do so by going to https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000.

Big Give Update!: We are 80% of the way towards unlocking our special "Big Give" gift of $20,000 from an anonymous donor. 12 more donations before Big Give closes at 9pm tonight will unlock this gift for our department! Donate here: https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000. Go Math Bears!!!

UC Berkeley's Big Give is here! Donate now to help the Math Department at UC Berkeley reach 60 gifts by 9pm tonight so we can unlock a special $20,000 gift from a generous anonymous donor. Donate to the Math Department today by going to: https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000. Thank you for your support of our students, our faculty, and our program!

Big Give, the annual online giving day when the entire UC Berkeley community comes together starts tonight at 9pm and runs through to 9pm tomorrow, March 10th. This year we have an exciting special match opportunity and if we receive 60 gifts during our Big Give, we will unlock an additional $20,000 gift from a generous donor!

To learn more or to donate once Big Give goes live, visit the fund page: https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000

Congratulations to Sophia Lee (UC Berkeley Mathematics Class of 2012) for earning her Doctorate in Education from Cal State University, Fullerton!

Happy Birthday to the late, great Maryam Mirzakhani! Today the mathematical community honors her by celebrating women in mathematics.

LEARN MORE: https://www.ams.org/women-mathematicians

Professor Shiing-Shen Chern (known as "the father of modern differential geometry") in 1974. Photo by Professor George Bergman.

Congratulations to UC Berkeley Applied Math major Emily Smith for being named 2020 Pac-12 Conference Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year!

California's Smith named 2020 Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year California's Emily Smith named 2020 Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Congratulations to Dr. Kelli Talaska and Dr. Alexander Paulin for receiving UC Berkeley's Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award for their work in developing the Pre-Calculus Essentials program to serve students in gateway Mathematics courses! For more information and a list of other awardees please see: https://rtl.berkeley.edu/extraordinary-teaching-extraordinary-times-award

Powerful essay from Michael Lu, dean of Berkeley Public Health.

Michael Lu: We must lift the veil on anti-Asian racism in America Amid an upsurge of violence against Asian Americans, the dean of Berkeley Public Health reflects on the deep roots of anti-Asian violence in this nation.

"Turns out, math is kinda funny—and so are philosophy and computer science, at least judging by the fact that three Cal alumni with advanced degrees in those subjects—including Cohen, J. Stewart Burns, and Eric Kaplan—have logged long, impressive careers writing for The Simpsons and Futurama, the Matt Groening franchises that practically redefined American humor."

A Formula for Funny: The Surprisingly Smart Humor of The Simpsons FOR CENTURIES, FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM defied mathematicians to prove that there are, in fact, no natural numbers for x, y and z that can satisfy the equation xn+yn=zn when n is greater than 2. Countless great minds tried and failed, until 1995, when mathematician Andrew Wiles, after years of monk-lik...

Happy Pi Day to our math community including our students, alumni, and friends! 💙🐻💛
(Illustration by Frida Hernandez '20)

Big Give closes at 9 PM PST! Thanks to your generous donations we have unlocked the match from alumnus Doug Yoon and we have surpassed last year's Big Give giving total of $19,600 by almost $1000! And there is still 1 hour to go! https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000 Math alumni are great!

Today's the day! Big Give is our annual opportunity to come together as a campus community to support our favorite departments and programs.

This year, seize the moment and participate in Big Give by supporting the Department of Mathematics. https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000

Special for this year's Big Give: if we receive 50 gifts by 9 p.m., we will unlock a $5,000 gift from mathematics alum Doug Yoon, class of '73!

Thank you to all of our alumni and friends for your continued support of the department. Any gift, big or small, makes a difference and is much appreciated.

Big Give Update!: We are 80% of the way towards unlocking our "Big Give" Match of $5000 from Alumnus Doug Yoon (Class of '73)! 10 more gifts (of any size) to UC Berkeley Mathematics will unlock this match! https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000 Go Math Bears!

Today's the day! Big Give is our annual opportunity to come together as a campus community to support our favorite departments and programs.

This year, seize the moment and participate in Big Give by supporting the Department of Mathematics. https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000

Special for this year's Big Give: if we receive 50 gifts by 9 p.m., we will unlock a $5,000 gift from mathematics alum Doug Yoon, class of '73!

Thank you to all of our alumni and friends for your continued support of the department. Any gift, big or small, makes a difference and is much appreciated.

Today's the day! Big Give is our annual opportunity to come together as a campus community to support our favorite departments and programs.

This year, seize the moment and participate in Big Give by supporting the Department of Mathematics. https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FN7221000

Special for this year's Big Give: if we receive 50 gifts by 9 p.m., we will unlock a $5,000 gift from mathematics alum Doug Yoon, class of '73!

Thank you to all of our alumni and friends for your continued support of the department. Any gift, big or small, makes a difference and is much appreciated.

The Department of Mathematics at UC Berkeley invites applications for the following position with an expected start date of July 1, 2021:

Temporary 1 semester Lecturer for Summer and Fall 2021 and
Spring 2022

Applications for this position are welcomed in all fields of Pure and Applied Mathematics.

For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, please go to: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02858

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, s*x, s*xual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For questions please contact: [email protected]

Lecturer - Department of Mathematics - College of Letters and Science University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

March is Women's History Month! To celebrate we encourage you to take some time to learn more about the experiences and contributions of women to mathematics. To get you started, check out the stories, links, posters, and resources we've collected. We'll be adding more content later this month, including a page dedicated to profiles of UC Berkeley women in mathematics so keep an eye out for our next announcement. (Art in posters of Pamela E. Harris, Maryam Mirzakhani, and Julia Robinson is by PhD student Madeline Brandt with design by PhD student Claire Mirocha) https://math.berkeley.edu/news/march-womens-history-month-and-celebrate-we-invite-you-learn-more-about-experiences-and-contrib

Profile of Lecturer Dr. Khalilah Beal-Uribe, who received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 2015, on the Mathematically Gifted and Black website!

Khalilah Beal-Uribe - Mathematically Gifted & Black   Where are you from? Stone Mountain, GA   Please describe an experience (or 2) that helped you discover/cultivate your interest in the mathematical sciences. I had always enjoyed puzzles and problem solving, so I entered Howard University as a...