Department of Mathematics

Timea Tihanyi with the UW's School of Art and Jayadev Athreya, associate professor of mathematics at the UW, say art and math are much more similar than we often think. 

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to University of Washington assistant professor Thomas Rothvoss.

The College of Arts & Sciences awarded its 2016 Graduate Medal to three exceptional graduate students.

The Greek economy has shrunk by a staggering 25 percent since 2006, and the unemployment rate closed at 24.4 percent in January and is predicted to rise after the new package of austerity measures.

Faculty across the College recommend a favorite book related to their field.

"Scary-smart" is how one professor describes David Jekel, who majored in math and classics.

A violist, an economist, a poet, and a mathematician share the College of Arts & Sciences’ highest undergraduate honor, the Dean's Medal.

University of Washington professor and associate chair of mathematics, is among 175 new fellows from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation

Toro one of two mathematicians this year to receive the honor for research in geometric measure theory,harmonic analysis, and partial differential equations.

A UW Mathematics professor and Google partner share how they came up with the hit mapping game.

Five University of Washington students were selected as 2015 Sloan Research Fellows. The awards are presented to early-career scientists and scholars who are selected as the next generation of leaders in the sciences, mathematics, and economics.

Once a homeless youth with a devastating addiction to drugs and alcohol, Mark Bennett is on his way to earning his bachelor's in mathematics at the UW - all while giving back to the community that saved him and raising his 9-year-old son.

A mathematician and artist, married for decades, teach a course that explores the creative process at the core of both disciplines.

Soon after arriving at the UW at 15, Reid Dale (Mathematics, 2014) thrived in graduate-level courses in math and philosophy.

From homeless youth to UW math major, Mark Bennett overcame the odds to pursue higher education thanks to support services from the Washington MESA Community College Program.