Mathematics professor Jennifer Morse will be an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia in July 2026. Held every four years, the ICM is the premier mathematics conference in the world and is the setting for the awarding of the Gauss Prize, the Chern Medal, the IMU Abacus Medal, and the Fields Medal.

A new UVA Arts & Sciences article highlights how Professor Morse is being recognized for her groundbreaking work in algebraic combinatorics, including solving a problem she first encountered over 20 years ago as a graduate student.

The Mathematics Department will hold a special welcome reception this Thursday, August 29, at 3:15 PM in Kerchof 314 (Math Lounge), and resume regular tea time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:15 PM in the Math Lounge.

This Thursday, we will

• Welcome all faculty, staff, and students back for the new academic year
• Introduce new department members
• Honor departing staff members Katie Coleman and Gina DiGuilio

All members of the department community are warmly invited to attend this Thursday, and each Tuesday and Thursday at 3:15 PM in the Math Lounge. We look forward to seeing everyone.

The Department of Mathematics has launched a new Meeting Room Booking System (MRBS) to manage all departmental room reservations. Bookings made through MRBS are official—the department office uses this calendar as the authoritative source for scheduling.

• You should have received a link to create your MRBS username and password.
• Anyone may view the calendar without logging in.
• Logged-in users may create up to five non-recurring bookings.
• To request a recurring booking (e.g., weekly meetings or a course pattern), please contact the Mathematics Department office.

Links

• View the calendar (no login required) at the link on the right of the main page: MRBS Main Calendar
• How to book / FAQs: MRBS Help

Contact

• Department Office: Kerchof Hall, Room 216
• Technical Support: Leo Petrov — petrov@virginia.edu

Please use MRBS for all room requests going forward. This will keep our shared spaces organized and ensure that schedules are accurate and up to date.

Congratulations to Felipe Flores Llarena on being awarded an inaugural Simons Foundation Dissertation Fellowship! Felipe is among the first class of recipients of this prestigious new fellowship program.

Ken Ono’s 2024 paper “Integer partitions detect the primes” in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, with former UVA student William Craig and collaborator Jan-Willem van Ittersum, has been recognized as a finalist for the Cozzarelli Prize. The paper was selected as a runner-up in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics category from among 3,200 papers published in PNAS last year. This marks the first time a paper in pure mathematics has been recognized by this prestigious award since 2005.

An article describing this work appeared in Scientific American in June 2025.