On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ken Davidson received the Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision at the morning convocation ceremony. The award was established by the Graduate Studies Office in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association to recognize exemplary faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in graduate student supervision. Congratulations, Ken!
Congratulations goes out to Yu-Ru Liu for winning the 2013 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching. Yu-Ru's accomplishment will be recognized at the Fall Faculty Banquet.
The other recipient of this year's award also has a tie to Pure Mathematics – Dan Wolczuk completed his MMath degree in Pure Mathematics in 2003. Congratulations to both Yu-Ru and Dan!
This marked the first year that Waterloo participated in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and PhD student, Collin Roberts, stepped up to the challenge. Check his presentation out here:
