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Department of Mathematics
2020 Spring Awards
Congratulations to all recipients!
Undergraduate Scholarship Awards These are competitive scholarships available to math majors and non- majors with a strong concentration in math classes that are currently enrolled at KU. All scholarships are based on merit. However, some funds have restrictions based on level, major, gender, residency and financial need. These scholarships have been made possible through private donors who include alumni, friends and family of the Mathematics Department. Scholarship funds are managed by the KU Endowment Association on behalf of these generous donors. Charles H. Ashton Scholar 2020-21 John Johnston Charles Ashton / Charles Hobbs Scholar 2020-21 Mitchell Harger Charles Ashton / Edith Kornbleet Scholar 2020-21 Maksym Patiiuk Wealthy Babcock Scholar 2020-21 Claire Dopp Wealthy Babock / T.P. and Saroja Srinivasan Scholar 2020-21 Zachary Atkins Black-Babcock Scholars 2020-21 Muhammad Ahsan Gregory Landgraf Ryan Lundquist Jui Nagarkar Michael Svoren Black Babcock / Rollin S. Wade Scholars 2020-21 Grant Gollier Daniel Schmidt
Black-Babcock / Joan Kirkham Scholar 2020-21 Taylor Himelhoch Joan Kirkham Scholarship for Women Scholars 2020-21 Sofia Berrospi Jordan Bramble Myra Dotzel Alaura Custard Ariel Wyatt Edith S. Kornbleet Scholars 2020-21 Morgan Cassidy Noah Mohabbat Evan Whited Rollin S. Wade Memorial Scholars 2020-21 Jared Bramble John Higgins Jonathan Downs Albert F. Zernickow-Barbara Kile / T.P. and Saroja Srinivasan Scholars 2020-21 John Childress Florencio Perez T.P. and Saroja Srinivasan Scholar 2020-21 Cameron Harris
R.D. Brown Award for Undergraduate Excellence
This award is established in memory of Professor Robert Brown by gifts
from his family and friends to provide awards for a senior majoring in
mathematics who has demonstrated the most impressive overall
achievement in the field of mathematics during his or her undergraduate
career.
Professor Brown was a faculty member of the Department of Mathematics
from 1963 to 2009 and served as Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies from
1980 to 2001. He was the recipient of KU’s Chancellors Club Career Teaching Award for 2000.
Recipient: Pierce Giffin
Kansas Algebra Program Outstanding Assistant Award
This award is presented to undergraduate and graduate assistants in the
Kansas Algebra Program for their outstanding contributions in teaching,
tutoring and extra duties.
Recipients: Hannah Bachman
Claire Bexten
Graduate Summer 2020 Scholarship Awards
These are competitive scholarships available to math graduate
students currently enrolled at KU. This scholarship is available for
math Ph.D. graduate students who have passed both qualifying exams.
This scholarship is awarded so that advanced graduate students can
concentrate on research and/or prepare for their preliminary oral
comprehensive exam.
Several scholarships are used to fund this award:
Florence Black Scholarship
Joan Kirkham Mathematics Opportunity Fund
Joan Kirkham Scholarship for Women in Mathematics
May Landis Scholarship
U.G. Mitchell Scholarship
Elbert Walker Scholarship
Rashleigh Family Scholarship Fund in Math
Recipients:
Trevor Arrigoni
Dylan Beck
Raul Bolanos
Mark Denker
Souvik Dey
Ryan Frier
Harrison Gaebler
Sien Gong
Lucian Grand
Vishnu Iyer
Kevin Marshall
Bibekananda Mishra
Jayan Mukherjee
Abraham Pascoe
Wesley Perkins
John Portin
Abba Ramadan
Debaditya Raychaudhury
Bhargobjyoti Saikia
Majed Sofiani
Prashanth Sridhar
Yanru Su
Ning Wan
Xiang Xu
Yi Yan
Mehmet Yenisey
Graduate Summer 2020 Research Assistants Scholars
Faculty who have research grants can choose to support their
graduate students with summer support. The assistantship is
awarded so that students can concentrate on research and/or prepare
for preliminary or oral comprehensive exams.
Summer research awards were made by grants held by Professors
David Nualart and Xuemin Tu.
Recipients: Sefika Kuzgun
Panqiu Xia
Jinjin Zhang
Paul F. Conrad Graduate Scholarship
This award was established in 2008 in memory of Professor Conrad by
gifts from his family and friends to provide awards for deserving graduate
students in mathematics.
In 1981, Professor Conrad was named the first Henry J. Bischoff Professor
of Mathematics at KU. He retired in 1992.
Recipients: Hamid Mofidi
Amanda Wilkens
Ralph Byers Student Award
This award was established in 2008 in memory of Professor Byers by gifts
from his family and friends to honor his long-time commitment to
numerical analysis. This award is presented to outstanding graduate
students in numerical analysis.
Professor Byers was a faculty member of the Department of Mathematics
from 1987 to 2007.
Recipient: Aaron Barrett
Charles J. and Mary Pat Himmelberg Graduate Student
Award
This award is established by a gift from the family of Charlie and Mary Pat
Himmelberg. The award is used to support graduate students with merit in
the Mathematics Department.
Professor Charles Himmelberg was a faculty member of the Department of
Mathematics from 1959 to 2005 and served as Chairman from 1979 to
1999.
Recipients Jayan Mukherjee
Wesley Perkins
Debaditya Raychaudhury
John Bunce Memorial Award
This award was established in 1992 in memory of Professor Bunce by
gifts from his family and friends to provide awards for deserving
graduate students in mathematics. The award commemorates his
extraordinary concern for the welfare and intellectual development of
graduate students.
Professor Bunce was a faculty member of the Department of
Mathematics from 1970 to 1991. He served as director of graduate
studies.
Recipient: Panqui Xia
Florence Black Award for Excellence in Teaching
In December, 1960, Paul Endacott made a contribution to the Endowment
Association from which an annual Florence Black Award for excellence in teaching
on the part of graduate students in the Department of Mathematics is made. This
gift to the department was most appropriate in giving recognition to Professor
Black’s many years of service in teaching at the University of Kansas.
Recipient: Mikal Nelson
Finalists: Abraham Pascoe
Celso Carranza
Sefika Kuzgun
Amanda WilkensG. Baley Price Award for Excellence in Teaching Each year since 1970 the Mathematics Graduate Students Association has presented an award for excellence in teaching to the faculty member who displays the greatest ability and effectiveness in teaching graduate mathematics courses. In 1976, in order to honor an individual whose teaching has exemplified the spirit of this award, the MGSA elected to change the name of the annual award to the G. BALEY PRICE AWARD. The recipient of this award is elected by the mathematics graduate students themselves. Those faculty who are eligible must have taught a regular class in a Math course numbered 700 or above during the current academic year and have not won the award sometime during the last four years. Recipient: Mathew Johnson Max Wells Teaching Award This award was established in 2002 in recognition of outstanding or exemplary teaching in the field of mathematics by a KU faculty member in the Department of Mathematics. Max Wells received a B.S. degree (1969) in mathematics from KU and a M.S. degree (1971) in mathematics from the University of Michigan. He received a M.D. degree from KU in 1974. He is currently residing in Austin, Texas, after a successful career as a pathologist. Recipient: David Nualart Morrison FoundationTeaching Award This award was established in 2008 by the Don and Pat Morrison Foundation to recognize outstanding teaching in mathematics. Recipient: Daniel Hernández
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