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faculty members

4,000

undergraduate students taught each semester

(2018-2020 data)

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News and announcements

Math faculty member adapts to meet growing enrollment

Thursday, October 9, 2025
In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Department of Mathematics, College Algebra now serves nearly 780 students across 22 sections, an increase from the usual 18 to 20 sections. Cynthia Farthing, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of instruction, coordinates weekly meetings with all 22 instructors to discuss challenges and teaching strategies.

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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Calculating the solution

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
PhD student Nuzhat Nuari Khan Rivu uses math to solve real-world problems

Daniel Drimbe Awarded NSF Grant

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Frauke Bleher Awarded NSF Grant

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ionut Chifan Awarded NSF Grant

Thursday, June 26, 2025

Math Faculty and TAs Well Represented on Seniors’ List of Impactful People

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2025 recognizes these UI faculty and staff members for making a positive difference in their lives during their time at the University of Iowa. President Barbara Wilson, Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel, and Vice President for Student Life Sarah Hansen join in thanking all the faculty and staff members who work every day to make a difference for our students. And congratulations to the class of 2025!

Three CLAS mathematics faculty members offer a math club at an Iowa City junior high school

Monday, June 2, 2025
Since October 2024, Department of Mathematics faculty members Ionut Chifan, Hao Fang, and Keiko Kawamuro, and then-graduate student Adriana Fernandez Quero have been organizing math club meetings with students at Southeast Middle School.

Events

Operator Theory Seminar - Andrew Barsky, Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 1:30pm to 2:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Operator Theory Seminar
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Mathematical Physics Seminar - Salvatore Quaid

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 2:30pm to 3:20pm
Van Allen Hall
Mathematical Physics Seminar
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PDE Seminar - Lihe Wang; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 3:30pm
MacLean Hall

Title: PDE and the hydrogen atom

The 46th Annual Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium (GPOTS 2026)

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 (all day)
Department of Mathematics

The Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium. From a modest beginning in 1981, the Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium (GPOTS) has become a major annual conference. It rotates between Universities in the U.S., with a new host university every year, and with NSF funding. For Spring 2026, it will be at the University of Iowa, a founding university. By now, GPOTS has evolved into a major international conference on operator theory and operator algebras. The symposium focuses on recent developments...

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