Ahlgren, Reznick, and Wahl receive
campus and college honors
Alison Ahlgren has been awarded a Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award for 2009. The CAPE Award is designed to recognize the importance of contributions made by academic professionals, and six are awarded annually. Alison also received the College of LAS Academic Professional Award this spring.

Bruce Reznick has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2008-2009 LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. He has also been awarded the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - Faculty.

Katherine Wahl received the 2008-2009 LAS Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Instructional Staff. She was also awarded the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching - Instructional Staff.

In the News
Wolfgang Haken, Professor Emeritus, challenged students in Urbana High School’s math club this spring with a coloring project involving one of the most famous math problems in history—the four-color theorem. Wolfgang Haken, along with fellow U of I mathematician Kenneth Appel, made world news in 1976 when they proved the four-color theorem, which says that any map can be colored using only four colors. Now he is sharing some of the excitement of math with high school students. Read the complete article in LAS News.

Other News
Read more about what's going on in the Department of Mathematics in the Math Times.

Math Placement at Illinois
In order to better assess the prerequisite knowledge of individual students, the University of Illinois uses a pre-calculus learning and placement tool called the U of I Math Placement Exam through ALEKS for its pre-calculus and all beginning calculus courses. Read more about math placement.

Mathematics Excellence Fund
The Department of Mathematics announces a new $300,000 endowment, the Mathematics Excellence Fund, created by the generosity of our supporters. This endowment will be used for the advancement of the department, especially by supplementing and helping create endowed scholarships, fellowships, professorships, and endowed chairs. Visit our Give online website for more information about how you can help support excellence in the Department of Mathematics.