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Congratulations to Pure Mathematics Professor Brian Forrest for winning the Mathematical Association of America Seaway Section's Clarence F. Stephens Distinguished Teaching Award. Brian was recognized for his outstanding teaching, both in the classroom and on-line, and for his vision and implementation of the highly successful UW Masters of Mathematics for Teaching program. He will receive this award at the spring conference of the Seaway Section and will be their nominee for the MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.

Congratulations goes to Stanley Xiao for winning the Mathematics Faculty Murray Martin prize for best paper by a graduate student. Stanley was a PhD student of Professor Cam Stewart in the Pure Mathematics Department. He graduated in the summer and now holds an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship at Oxford.

Congratulations to Pure Mathematics Professor Matthew Kennedy for winning the BlueHat Prize at the 2016 Australian Mathematical Society annual meeting. Matt was also the Early Career Lecturer at the meeting. The BlueHat Prize is awarded by students to the best non-student speaker at the meeting.

Well done, Matt!

The CTE has published its latest Teaching Story profiling Brian Forrest, Professor of Pure Mathematics, who aligns learning outcomes, assessment, and instruction in his online and on-campus courses. A former student of his Master of Mathematics for Teachers course said Dr. Forrest "masterfully created a rich online mathematical journey." Learn more about the strategies Dr. Forrest brings to his classes: Brian Forrest - Active Learning On Campus and Online.

Pure Mathematics is pleased to announce the undergraduate award winners for 2015/16! Congratulations go out to Raymond Cheng, Mohamed El Alami, Shouzhen Gu, Jimmy He, Jason Lynch, Kevin Matthews, John Sardo and Lirong Yang. Please see our undergraduate awards page for more information on the recipients and their awards.

The award winners were honoured at a special Pure Math Tea on Monday, July 25, 2016. Congratulations everyone!

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

2016 Undergraduate Award Winners

The Department of Pure Mathematics honoured the 2016 Undergraduate Award winners at a special Pure Math Tea on Monday, July 25th.  Congratulations to Jimmy He, winner of the Math Faculty Jesse Zhou award, John Sardo winner of the Kelland Award, Kevin Matthews, winner of the Berenbeim Memorial Scholarship.  Shouzhen Gu and Lirong Yang were both winners of the 2016 Pure Mathematics Department Silver Award and Mohamed El Alami and Jason Lynch shared the 2016 Pure Mathematics Department Undergraduate Researc

Professor Emeritus Frank Zorzitto was awarded the Honorary Member of the University designation at the Spring 2016 convocation for his extraordinary administrative service to the university. Frank served as the Pure Mathematics Department Chair for over 11 years and has also served on the Senate, the Board of Governors and the FAUW executive.

Frank carries the University mace in the Spring 2016 convocation