# Welcome to Pure Mathematics

We are home to 25 faculty, four staff, approximately 50 graduate students, several research visitors, and numerous undergraduate students. We offer exciting and challenging programs leading to BMath, MMath and PhD degrees. We nurture a very active research environment and are intensely devoted to both ground-breaking research and excellent teaching.

1. June 5, 2017Matthew Harrison-Trainor wins a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Matthew Harrison-Trainor will be taking up an NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at Waterloo in the fall.  He will be working with Pure Mathematics Professor Barbara Csima.  Harrison-Trainor was an undergraduate student at Waterloo and is currently completing his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. For more about the prestigious NSERC Banting PDF program see http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca.

2. Apr. 24, 2017Brian Forrest wins Fields Institute Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award

Congratulations to Pure Mathematics Professor and Mathematics Faculty Teaching Fellow, Brian Forrest, for winning the Fields Institute Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award. This award recognizes an educator in Canada who has demonstrated innovation and excellence in mathematics education at any level. Brian was cited for his outstanding teaching at all levels, curricular development, and creation of the Masters of Mathematics for Teachers program. Earlier in the year, Brian was also awarded the Mathematical Association of America Seaway Section's Clarence F.

3. Apr. 3, 2017David McKinnon wins University of Waterloo Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor David McKinnon of the Pure Mathematics Department was one of four university faculty members to be awarded the University of Waterloo Distinguished Teaching Award for 2016-17. David is an amazing teacher, who receives glowing evaluations from his students in every course he teaches, from first year through the graduate program. Congratulations, David!

1. Sep. 26, 2017Algebraic Geometry Learning Seminar

Nickolas Rollick, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Message Re-Sheaved"

2. Sep. 26, 2017Model Theory Seminar

Remi Jaoui, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"On the model theory of geodesic differential equations II"

Geodesy is an old and well-established subject in mathematics. Given a smooth manifold S embedded in the Euclidean space R^n and two points on S, the main question is to determine the shortest path (geodesic) drawn on S joining these two points.

3. Sep. 28, 2017Number Theory Seminar

Fan Ge, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"The number of zeros of $\zeta'(s)$

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