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2026 Mathematics and Statistics Departmental Awards

please congratulate our 2026 winners!

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics has selected its 2026 Award Winners! Students with outstanding records were vetted by the UPC and names were circulated among the faculty.  Our...

Posted: March 7, 2026, 12:48 PM

Naghmeh Akhavan recognized by AWM

Receives AWM's 2026 Best Dissertation Award

Naghmeh Akhavan, who defended her doctoral dissertation in  April 2025, has been awarded the Association for Women in Mathematics's 2026 Dissertation Prize.  Dr. Akhavan, who was mentored by...

Posted: November 14, 2025, 2:59 PM

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The department welcomes new faculty and postdocs

Four new faculty and seven postdocs join the department

In Fall 2025 the department welcomed four new faculty members and seven postdocs.  They are Faculty Dr. Daniel Reynolds, Professor of Mathematics Dr. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi,...

Posted: September 20, 2025, 1:17 PM

New faculty and postdocs, Fall 2025

Matthew Kvalheim Presents at Smale's Conference

Stephen Smale's 95th birthday celebrated at Berkeley

In July 2025 Dr. Matthew Kvalheim presented an invited talk at Stephen Smale's 95th birthday conference at Berkeley.  The video of the talk is available on YouTube:...

Posted: August 5, 2025, 4:38 PM

Smale's Horseshoe

Building Bridges in STEM

UMBC Mathematics Partners with the Ingenuity Project

In early 2024, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UMBC launched an exciting partnership with the Ingenuity Project, a premier STEM magnet program housed at Baltimore Polytechnic...

Posted: May 28, 2025, 4:14 PM