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In an effort to keep our community safe while preserving our great traditions, the Department of Applied Mathematics will hold a virtual commencement, and invite graduates from the Class of 2020 to return next spring when we can fully celebrate with special recognition events. The virtual commencement ceremony, PDF versions...

The Applied Math Department would like to congratulate APPM graduate student Kiera van der Sande for being awarded the Sheryl R. Young Memorial Fellowship. This fellowship is given to a graduate student in the memory of Sheryl R. Young, who graduated with her Ph.D. in Psychology from CU in 1984...

This past week, Associate Professor Eric Vance was informed that his collaborative paper, The ASCCR Frame for Learning Essential Collaboration Skills , was selected as the Journal of Statistics Education’s best paper published in 2019. Dr. Vance collaborated with Heather Smith of Cal Poly, who is a lecturer in their...

This past week, Sabina Altus, one of our PhD Students in the Department, was awarded a summer dissertation fellowship by the Graduate School. This summer, Sabina will be given funding to work on her thesis with her advisor, Associate Professor David Bortz in our department. Sabina described that the “fellowship...

In a recent article published in CU Boulder Today, our very own Dr. Zachary Kilpatrick ’s work on decision making was highlighted in the context of electoral decision making. In the article, Dr. Kilpatrick’s ongoing research project on how people make decisions , such as voting, is discussed to understand...

Recently, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) awarded the Department's Dr. Mark Hoefer with the 2020 T. Brooke Benjamin Prize. In a letter from the Department Chair, Dr. Keith Julien expressed that "The SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures (SIAG/NWCS) awards the T. Brooke Benjamin...

Professor Keith Julien, the chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics, has received a Kirk Distinguished Fellowship from the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, England, UK. As part of the upcoming Fall program, Professor Julien will be a member of the program on Frontiers in Dynamo Theory: From...

University of Colorado Boulder Applied Math alumnus Kumar Thurimella has received the Gates-Cambridge Scholarship. This prestigious award, given to 80 people out of 5,500 applicants worldwide, is presented to students with outstanding leadership and academic skills who wish to pursue a postgraduate degree from the University of Cambridge. This $250,000...

Join Spas Angelov, Maria Marquez, and Perrin Ruth on another show about exciting STEM research conducted at the University of Colorado. Participate by e-mailing a question to probablynovel@gmail.com . This week's guest is Jason Silver who will be talking about how skeletal muscle stiffness influences muscle generation. Live Signal Link:...

Professor Silva Chang has recently been given the Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA) Excellence Award in Leadership and Service. According to the BFA , this Excellence Award is given for “professional activities other than teaching and research that are performed by faculty members as part of their University responsibilities or as...