Contact Info
Pure MathematicsUniversity of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
Departmental office: MC 5304
Phone: 519 888 4567 x43484
Fax: 519 725 0160
Email: puremath@uwaterloo.ca
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.
News
- May 25, 2022Kathryn Hare named Distinguished Professor Emerita
Kathryn Hare from the Department of Pure Mathematics has been named Distinguished Professor Emerita in recognition of her storied career at Waterloo.
Hare has been a mainstay in Pure Math since 1988 when she first took up a role as an assistant professor. She had previously attended Waterloo as an undergraduate student, completing a BMath in 1981.
- May 20, 2022William Slofstra awarded University Research Chair
A researcher in the Department of Pure Mathematics is among the latest winners of a University Research Chair.
Awarded by the Office of the Provost, a University Research Chair recognizes exceptional achievement and pre-eminence in a particular field of knowledge.
- Apr. 28, 2022Patrick Naylor wins Mathematics Doctoral Prize
Patrick Naylor, who recently completed a PhD in the Department of Pure Mathematics, has won first place in the 2022 Mathematics Doctoral Prize.
Events
- Aug. 19, 2022Geometry & Topology Seminar
Jeremy Usatine, Brown University
"Gromov-Witten theory and invariants of matroids"
- Aug. 23, 2022Algebraic Geometry Working Seminar
Catherine St-Pierre, University of Waterloo
"Borel fixed Ideals (in Krull dimension 0)"