University of Virginia Mathematics Department
Petch Chueluecha and Max Sanchez Garza Receive Outstanding Mathematics GTA Awards
Congratulations to Petch Chueluecha and Max Sanchez Garza on receiving the Outstanding Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! This department award recognizes graduate teaching assistants for their exceptional dedication to teaching and their positive impact on students.
Mikhail Tikhonov Receives All-University Graduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Mikhail Tikhonov on being awarded an All-University Graduate Teaching Award! This university-wide award recognizes outstanding graduate teaching assistants across all schools at the University of Virginia.
Max Sanchez Garza named Jefferson Fellow
Congratulations to Maximiliano Sanchez Garza on being named a Jefferson Fellow!
UVA Math at the JMM Graduate School Fair
Event date: 2026/01/06
The JMM 2026 Graduate School Fair on January 6, 2026 in Washington, D.C. was a great success! We talked to at least a hundred students, spreading the word about the PhD program in Mathematics at the University of Virginia.
Huanchen Bao Receives Multiple ICCM Awards
UVA Mathematics PhD alumnus Huanchen Bao has received three prestigious awards at the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM 2025), held in Shanghai, including the ICCM Best Paper Silver Award for the paper “Canonical bases arising from quantum symmetric pairs of Kac-Moody type” (Compos. Math. 157, 2021), joint with Weiqiang Wang .
Bao also received the ICCM Silver Medal of Mathematics and the ICCM Best Paper Gold Award (joint with Xuhua He).
Huanchen Bao is currently an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore.
UVA Math Tournament (UVAMT) 2026
Event date: 2026/03/14
The University of Virginia Math Competition for high schoolers will be held on March 14, 2026 at the University of Virginia. Problems are written by UVA top Putnam scorers, and events include an individual & team round, optimization round, and game round.
Details and registration can be found at the UVAMT website.
2026 Mathematics Diploma Ceremony
Event date: 2026/05/16
May 2026 Mathematics Diploma Ceremony
Saturday | May 16th | 2:30 – 4:00 P.M.
The Rotunda | 1826 University Avenue | Charlottesville, VA 22904
In the case of inclement or severe weather, the ceremony will be held at Warner Hall at the same time. Check the Weather Plans site for updates.
- Fair-Weather Location: The Rotunda
- Inclement-Weather Location: Warner Hall
- Department Contact: Malvika Rajagopal: [email protected]
Please visit the Office of Major Events for the complete schedule of events for finals weekend, including the Lawn Ceremony.
Information about the ceremony »Thesis defense: Mikhail Tikhonov
Event date: 2026/04/17
Mikhail Tikhonov will defend the Ph.D. thesis on Friday, April 17. The title is
“Etudes in Integrable Probability”.
The defense will be held at Kerchof 317 at 2:00 pm.
Zoom link: https://virginia.zoom.us/j/92756559638?pwd=Lg9knrt9MzxhRdpVA3HAZJzqCf9tUo.1
Everyone is invited to attend.
Applied Mathematics Colloquium, April 9: Karen Kafadar (UVA Statistics)
Event date: 2026/04/09
“Statistical Modeling: Two real-world examples”
On Thursday, April 9, 2026, the Applied Mathematics Colloquium presents Commonwealth Professor Karen Kafadar from the Department of Statistics at the University of Virginia. The talk is at 3:45 PM in Ridley Hall, Room G008, with a pre-talk coffee break from 3:00 to 3:30 PM in Kerchof Hall 314.
16th Southeastern Lie Theory Workshop — ICM 2026 Satellite Conference
Event start date: 2026/07/17
The 16th Southeastern Lie Theory Workshop, an ICM 2026 Satellite Conference, will be held at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA from July 17–21, 2026. The workshop is funded by the NSF and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at UVA. Registration is free and open.
Conference website with details
Organizers: Pramod Achar (LSU), Kailash Misra (NCSU), Daniel Nakano (UGA), You Qi (UVA)
Applied Mathematics Colloquium, March 12: Jose Perea (Northeastern University)
Event date: 2026/03/12
“Topological Methods for the Analysis of Data”
On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Applied Mathematics Colloquium presents Professor Jose Perea from the Department of Mathematics and Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. The talk is at 3:45 PM in Ridley Hall, Room G008, with a pre-talk coffee break from 3:00 to 3:30 PM in Kerchof Hall 314.
Rich Schwartz - Virginia Mathematics Lectures - March 23-25, 2026
Event start date: 2026/03/23
Rich Schwartz (Brown University)
- Lecture 1 - The Optimal Paper Moebius Band: Monday, March 23, 2026 | 5-6pm | Wilson 402
- Lecture 2 - The Most Efficient Origami Tori: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 5-6pm | Wilson 402
- Lecture 3 - Universality and Collapsibility in Vertex-Minimal Origami Tori: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | 5-6pm | Nau 101
2026 Blue Ridge Probability Day
Event date: 2026/03/13
The second Blue Ridge Probability Day will occur on Friday, March 13, 2026 in Kerchof 111. The speakers are
- Yu Gu (University of Maryland)
- Eva Loeser (UNC Chapel Hill)
- Mark Meckes (Case Western Reserve University)
- David P. Herzog (Iowa State University)