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Professor John E. McCarthy elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

3.27.26

Professor John E. McCarthy is one of eleven WashU faculty members among the nearly 500 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.

Professor John Shareshian Invited to Speak at American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting

3.16.26

Professor John Shareshian will speak at the American Mathematical Society's 2026 Spring Southeastern Sectional Meeting.

Professor Martha Precup named the 2026-2027 Ruth I. Michler Prize Recipient by the Association for Women in Mathematics

11.24.25

Martha Precup is the recipient of the 2026-2027 Ruth I. Michler Prize for her research interests which center on the rich combinatorics and algebraic geometry that arise in the study of flag varieties. In her semester at Cornell, she plans to expand on her recent work on Hessenberg varieties and Springer fibers.

Professor Brett D. Wick and Team Awarded A$591k Grant by the Australian Research Council

11.10.25

Professor Brett D. Wick, in collaboration with Macquarie University Professor Xuan Thinh Duong and others, submitted work in harmonic analysis and spaces of functions on manifolds to the Australian Research Council. Their work was selected as a 2026 ARC Discovery Project, garnering over A$591k (US$384k) in grant funding.

Professor Rachel Roberts named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

10.31.25

The Department of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis is proud to announce that Professor Rachel Roberts has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2026.

Fiona Vaughn named 2025 A&S Outstanding Staff Award Winner

10.16.25

Fiona Vaughn was one of seven staff members to be named a 2025 Outstanding Staff Award Winner in Arts & Sciences.

Professor Brett D. Wick named Inaugural Robert G. and Maxine W. Scheibe Professor of Mathematics

10.16.25

The Department of Mathematics is delighted to announce that Professor Brett D. Wick has been appointed as the inaugural Robert G. and Maxine W. Scheibe Professor of Mathematics, effective October 1, 2025.

Parker Evans awarded AMS-Simons Travel Grant

10.3.25

Math Department Welcomes Back Colleagues and Families With BBQ

9.8.25

The WashU Department of Mathematics enjoyed a relaxed afternoon of food, games, and conversation with friends, colleagues, and families. It was a great chance to connect outside the classroom and enjoy the start of the semester together.

Matt Kerr awarded NSF grant

8.8.25

Mathematics PhD Candidate Tiana Johnson Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

4.30.25 | WashU Office of the Provost

Her research focuses on analyzing neural networks and implementing defensive mechanisms against adversarial examples with applications in tsunami prediction.

Expanding Pathways in Harmonic Analysis

2.28.25

The Expanding Pathways in Harmonic Analysis (EPHA) conference will be held on campus at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in Saint Louis, MO from Friday, April 5, 2025 until Saturday, April 6, 2025.