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Apr 1, 2026

NC State Putnam Team Ranks in Top Percentile

The NC State Putnam team placed in the 81st–82nd percentile out of 487 institutions in the 2025 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, the top undergraduate math contest in the U.S. and Canada. Top scorers Coleman Hines, Everett Tucker, and Stephanie Lindgren received prizes and certificates in recognition of their outstanding performance.
A photo of Dr. Erik Bates

Mar 23, 2026

Erik Bates Receives LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence

Erik Bates has been honored with the LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence, a prestigious recognition celebrating outstanding contributions to the College of Sciences’ teaching mission. The award is presented annually to assistant professors who demonstrate exceptional dedication to teaching and student success. Established in 2001 by the late LeRoy Martin Jr., a…
Image of math faculty at the awards celebration

Mar 18, 2026

Sciences Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Advising

The Department of Mathematics was prominently represented at the recent Sciences Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Advising, with several faculty members earning nominations across a range of prestigious awards. The annual event recognizes outstanding contributions to teaching, mentoring, and academic excellence. This year, multiple members of the department were honored for their dedication and…

Mar 11, 2026

Andrea Hayes Pennix and Susan Uy nominated for NC State Cornerstone Award

Andrea Hayes Pennix and Susan Uy were nominated for the inaugural NC State Staff Senate Cornerstone Award. The inaugural cohort of the Staff Senate Cornerstone Awards was presented on March 4, 2026. More than 50 staff members from across the university were nominated for this award by fellow faculty and staff colleagues at NC State.…

Feb 19, 2026

Paris Lewis Presents Research “Noise Quantification in Dynamical Systems”

Math major Paris Lewis presented her research poster, “Noise Quantification in Dynamical Systems,” at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, held January 30–February 1, 2026. Her work highlights the strength of the undergraduate research in applied mathematics in our department. We are proud of Paris for representing our department and our undergraduate programs…

Feb 4, 2026

Rachel Levy was made a Fellow of the Association of Women in Mathematics

Dr. Rachel Levy was made a Fellow of the Association of Women of Mathematics along with Dr. Rebecca Segal, Department Head at Virginia Commonwealth University. Both were PhD advisees of Dr. Michael Shearer at NC State. She was chosen as a 2026 Fellow for her exceptional leadership and her contributions to knowledge, education, mentorship, communication,…

Jan 26, 2026

Andrew Sageman-Furnas and Collaborators’ Discovery Featured in Quanta Magazine

Andrew Sageman-Furnas’s recent discovery, in collaboration with Tim Hoffmann (TU Munich) and Alexander Bobenko (TU Berlin), is featured in Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent online publication of the Simons Foundation that covers major developments in physics, mathematics, biology, and computer science for a broad audience.

Jan 21, 2026

Radmila Sazdanovic Presents “The Art of Knot Data” at Joint Mathematics Meetings

Radmila Sazdanovic gave a talk at the Mathematics and the Arts special session at the Joint Math Meetings titled “The Art of Knot Data”. In a twist on the theme of representing knots artistically, Radmila and her collaborators created beautiful images not of the knots themselves, but the data associated with knot invariants from millions…

Jan 8, 2026

Several faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings

Several faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students attended the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), held January 4–7th in Washington, D.C. The Joint Mathematics Meetings is the world’s largest annual gathering of the mathematics community. Hosted jointly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the conference brings together mathematicians from…

Dec 11, 2025

Zixuan Cang receives a Goodnight Early Career Innovator Award

 Zixuan Cang has been selected for NC State’s 2025–26 class of Goodnight Early Career Innovators. This university-wide honor recognizes early-career faculty whose work is making important contributions in STEM and STEM education. The 25 faculty selected will receive $22,000 ­for each of the next three years to support their scholarship and research endeavors. “The Goodnight’s commitment…