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Hsin-Chieh Liao Awarded AMS-Simons Travel Grant to Advance Mathemathical Research

10.26.26

The Department of Mathematics is proud to announce that Hsin-Chieh Liao has been awarded an AMS-Simons Travel Grant. This prestigious award recognizes promising early-career mathematicians and provides crucial resources to accelerate scholarly output, foster professional development, and expand collaborative networks.

Francesco D’Emilio Awarded Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics

10.1.26

Celebrating excellence in doctoral research: Mathematics Ph.D. student Francesco D’Emilio receives national recognition through the 2026 Simons Dissertation Fellowship.

Mathematics PhD Candidate Tiana Johnson Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

4.30.25 | WashU Office of the Provost

Her research focuses on analyzing neural networks and implementing defensive mechanisms against adversarial examples with applications in tsunami prediction.

Ljupcho Petrov: 2024 Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence Winner

5.15.24

Ljupcho Petrov, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in mathematics, has been honored with the 2024 Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.

Mathematics Graduate Application - Now Open

9.7.23

The Mathematics and Statistics Department at Washington University in St. Louis will start accepting applications for fall 2024 graduate programs (Ph.D. in Mathematics, Ph.D. in Statistics, Master’s in Mathematics and Master’s in Statistics) in early September 2023.
For the Ph.D. programs (Mathematics and Statistics), the application deadline is December 4, 2023.
The Master’s in Mathematics deadline is January 15, 2024. The Master’s in Statistics deadline is March 1, 2024.


Amazon Internship for Graduate Student Eric Pasewark

8.21.19

Eric Pasewark, PhD Student in the Department of Mathematics, interned as an Applied Scientist at Amazon Search Science and AI during the summer.

Summer Internship for Graduate Student Qi Wang

7.11.19

Qiyiwen Zhang Awarded NSF Graduate Internship

5.15.19

Nathan Wagner Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

5.15.19

Graduate Research Assistantships in Developing Countries (GRAID) Program

9.26.17

The Department of Mathematics at Washington University and the University of Yaounde I in Cameroon have received a GRAID award to support graduate students.

Cultivating Faculty Diversity

12.7.16

See how Washington University in Saint Louis' Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program is expanding diversity in academia.

Field of Dreams Conference

11.15.16

University hosts annual conference that helps connect students from underrepresented groups with doctoral programs in mathematics.