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Irene Fonseca to be SIAM President

Prof. Irene Fonseca, the Mellon College of Science Professor of Mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, has been elected president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Prof. Fonseca obtained her Ph.D. degree in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota in 1985 under the direction of Prof. David Kinderlehrer, now also at Carnegie Mellon University. SIAM is the leading professional organization for applied and industrial mathematics, with over 13,000 individual members and almost 500 institutional members worldwide.   Dec. 20, 2011

Bobkov and Voronov named Simons Fellows

Professors Sergey Bobkov and Alexander Voronov were both named Simons Fellows in Mathematics for 2012-13 by the Simons Foundation.

Prof. Bobkov's project is on "High Dimensional Phenomena and Information Theory", and will be undertaken at Yale University, University Paris 6, University of Bielefeld, and Tel Aviv University.

Prof. Voronov's project is on "Categorical Foundations of Topological Quantum Field Theory", and will be pursued at the Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo, where he has the position of Visiting Senior Scientist, and IHES, France.   Dec. 15, 2011

Odlyzko Elected Vice-President of AMS

Prof. Andrew Odlyzko was elected to be Vice-President of the American Mathematical Society, beginning in 2012 for a three year term. The American Mathematical Society, founded in 1888 to further the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, has over 30,000 individuals and 570 institutional members in the U.S. and around the world.   Nov. 22, 2011

Garcia Receives Scholarship from AMS

Xavier Eduardo Garcia received the Trjitzinsky Scholarship Award from the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Xavier moved to the U.S. from Colombia when he was twelve years old. He is a mathematics major in the University Honors Program, serves as a tutor in the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence on campus, and intends to pursue a Ph.D. in mathematics.   Nov. 8, 2011

David Storvick

Emeritus Professor David Storvick passed away in Minneapolis on November 5. David received his Ph.D. degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan in 1956 and came to the University of Minnesota in 1957. He was promoted to full professor in 1966, and served as Associate Head of the School of Mathematics from 1964-70, Associate Dean of the Institute of Technology from 1979-83 and 1993-94, and as Acting Director of the Gray Fresh Water Biological Institute from 1989-90. He retired in 2004. David will be missed by his colleagues, students, friends, and family.   Nov. 8, 2011