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The Wirszup Fellowship was established in 2012 in memory of Izaak Wirszup, a beloved member of our department and of the university community for many years, who had worked tirelessly towards improving the quality of mathematics education over the decades. The award is given to an excellent finishing graduate student.  The recipients this year are Alan Chang and Lvzhou Chen. 

The Kowalsky Fellowship provides support for a graduate student, who is doing excellent research towards her dissertation. The award is established through a bequest from Walter and Yvonne Kowalsky in memory of their daughter Nadine Kowalsky, who died of leukemia in 1996. Nadine graduated from the University of Chicago in 1994 with a dissertation directed by Robert Zimmer. The recipient this year is Mathilde Gerbelli-Gauthier.

Department Chair Kevin Corlette has been named a 2020 Honoree by Mathematically Gifted & Black.

A lecture held by President Robert Zimmer and the official launch of his new book, "Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology:  Selected Papers" which will be published by the University of Chicago Press.

Our new space is now open!

Amie Wilkinson has won the 2020 Levi L. Conant Prize.

Alex Eskin has won the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.