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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!

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Tuesday, June 3, 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.

Zahra Aminzare Shares Research Insights at 2025 SIAM Conference in Denver

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Honoring Achievement: End-of-Year Math Department Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
On Tuesday, April 29th, Mathematics faculty, students, and staff gathered in Muhly Lounge to celebrate the school year and present awards to undergraduate and graduate students.
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Inaugural Daniel D. Anderson Memorial Research Conference

Thursday, July 17 to Friday, July 18, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Pentacrest
Conference participation can be in person or hybrid. Conference will be held at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA.Focus on Commutative Algebra with special focus on Ring Theory, Lattice Theory, Semirings and Ordered Algebraic Structures.Conference website is open.https://bit.ly/DDAndersonConferenceTo submit a presentation:https://forms.office.com/r/UUPzdr6Crs?origin=lprLink

Inaugural Daniel D. Anderson Memorial Research Conference

Friday, July 18, 2025 (all day)
University of Iowa Pentacrest
Conference participation can be in person or hybrid. Conference will be held at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA.Focus on Commutative Algebra with special focus on Ring Theory, Lattice Theory, Semirings and Ordered Algebraic Structures.Conference website is open.https://bit.ly/DDAndersonConferenceTo submit a presentation:https://forms.office.com/r/UUPzdr6Crs?origin=lprLink

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

Tuesday, May 26 to Saturday, May 30, 2026 (all day)
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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