Department of Mathematics

February 4, 2026

Award honors mentor’s legacy, invests in future of math research

Over a storied career at U-M, Mel Hochster has been recognized as one of the world’s leading and most prolific mathematicians, a pioneer in commutative algebra, and a treasured mentor.

October 15, 2025

U-M mathematician Charlotte Chan named 2025 Packard Fellow

Charlotte Chan, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, is one of 20 early-career scientists and engineers who have been named 2025 Packard Fellows.

February 10, 2025

Accolades — February 2025

Awards and honors for faculty and staff from around the university.

October 7, 2024

Obituary — Morton Brown

Morton Brown, professor emeritus of mathematics, died peacefully Aug. 3 in Bellevue, Washington, at age 92.

April 3, 2023

Accolades — April 2023

Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.

February 15, 2022

LSA’s Chan wins Sloan Fellowship for representation theory work

Charlotte Chan, assistant professor of mathematics in LSA, was awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship for her work in representation theory, the study of symmetries using linear algebra.

August 30, 2021

Obituary — Donald Akers Jones

Donald Akers Jones, 90, beloved and treasured husband, father, grandfather and friend, and retired U-M math professor, died in his home in Corvallis, Oregon, on June 25.

May 18, 2021

Remembering LSA professor Charles Doering

Charles Rogers Doering, N.D. Kazarinoff Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Mathematics and Physics and director of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems, died May 15 at age 65.

September 21, 2020

Accolades — September 2020