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Project to study clustered cell movement

Scope of the supported project Dr. Brad Peercy's most recent NSF grant continues his work on representing the movement of clustered cells through a challenging geometric landscape. In...

August 17, 2026 · 7:14 PM

Dr. Justin Webster awarded a new NSF grant

Studies the mathematics of motion in fluid-saturated media

Scope of the supported project Dr. Justin Webster's most recent NSF grant is on the mathematical foundations of the motion of a fluid through a deformable medium. An integral part of the award...

August 12, 2026 · 7:21 PM

Dr. Matthew Kvalheim wins AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award

Award for research on hybrid systems

Scope of the supported project Dr. Matthew Kvalheim is the recipient of a Young Investigator Progam (YIP) Award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The award is to support a...

August 12, 2026 · 7:19 PM

Photos from the 2026 PME Induction

Ten students inducted to PME Mathematics Honors society

May 13, 2026 · 4:56 PM

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...

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...

November 14, 2025 · 2:59 PM

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,...

September 20, 2025 · 1:17 PM

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:...

August 5, 2025 · 4:38 PM

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...

May 28, 2025 · 4:14 PM

Cell Migration

A collaborative Math-Bio research

Naghmeh Akhavan defended her doctoral dissertation last month. The interdisciplinary research, under the supervision of her mentor, Dr. Brad Peercy, and in collaboration with fellow graduate...

May 28, 2025 · 2:17 PM

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