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April
DMS Recipients of 2025 Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Fellowship
04/23/2025
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Dr. J. Earl Perry Endowed Summer Graduate Fellowship:
Owen Henderschedt
Nicholas Gaubatz
Li Zhou
Each will receive a $2,000 fellowship to help support their work during the summer. These awards, selected by the Graduate Studies Committee, recognize outstanding graduate students in our department for their academic promise and research potential.
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2025 Department of Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Awards

04/17/2025
2025 Department of Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Awards recognize excellence at different stages of an academic career.
CONGRATULATIONS to Paul, Michael, and Ginny:
Jack B. Brown Endowed Faculty Award
Winner: Yuming (Paul) Zhang
This two-year award goes to a faculty member who shows a strong commitment to students and excellence in both teaching and research.
Robert K. Butz Award for Excellence in Teaching
Winner: Michael Brown
This annual award honors an assistant professor for outstanding undergraduate teaching in mathematics.
Marie Kraska Award for Excellence in Teaching
Winner: Jingyi (Ginny) Zheng
This award goes to an associate or full professor for excellence in teaching mathematics or statistics.
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04/17/2025
Dr. Melinda Lanius has received the 2025 MAA Southeastern Section Distinguished Teaching Award by a Beginning College Mathematics Faculty Member.
The award recognizes early-career college mathematics faculty for outstanding teaching and for making a positive impact beyond their own classroom.
CONGRATULATIONS MELINDA!
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34th Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing May 17 and 18
04/03/2025
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