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LSU performed well on Putnam Exam

LSU performed well on the 2016 Putnam Mathematical Competition, earning a Team Rank of 62nd out of the 415 North American colleges and universities
that participated. This prestigious competition is comprised of a written exam that is administered annually each December, and is widely known as
one of the world's most difficult scientific competitions.

2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for Susanne C. Brenner

Susanne Brenner

Professor Susanne C. Brenner is among the fourteen 2017 SEC Faculty Achievement Awardees. These awards honor one individual from each SEC university who has excelled in teaching, research and scholarship.

Susanne C. Brenner is the Nicholson Professor of Mathematics, and an AMS, SIAM and AAAS Fellow. 

NSF Graduate Fellowship for Daniel Bourgeois

Math Major Daniel Bourgeois received a prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship. He plans on taking it at the Statistics Department at Rice University.

Daniel Bourgeois was mentored by Professor Susanne C. Brenner.

Workshop: From Solid Mechanics to Mathematical Analysis in Paris, June 2017

Solid Mechanics Workshop Paris 2017 

Professor Blaise Bourdin is co-organizing the workshop From Solid Mechanics to Mathematical Analysis at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris, June 15-16, 2017.

The workshop is on the occasion of Gilles Francfort's 60th. birthday,

Joshua Fallon receives 2017 Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award

Joshua Fallon 

Joshua Fallon is the recipient of the 2017 Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award. This award recognizes outstanding teaching ability and service to students.

Susanne C. Brenner Elected AAAS Member-at-Large

Susanne Brenner 

Professor Susanne C. Brenner was elected Member-at-Large for the Section on Mathematics of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her term will begin on February 21, 2017.

Susanne C. Brenner is the Nicholson Professor of Mathematics, and an AMS, SIAM and AAAS Fellow. 

Susanne C. Brenner Co-organizes Trimester Program at Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics

Susanne C. Brenner

Professor Susanne C. Brenner, together with Björn Enquist (UT Austin), Max Gunzburger (FSU), Daniel Peterseim (Bonn) and Marc Alexander Schweitzer (Bonn), is co-organizing a Trimester Program at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics at the University of Bonn.

Yuri Antipov's visit to England sponsored by the London Mathematical Society

Yuri Antipov 

Professor Yuri Antipov's visit to England in November 2016 is supported by an LMS Scheme 2 grant of the London Mathematical Society. He will deliver lectures at Cambridge, the University of Liverpool, Imperial College, Brunel University and the University of Bath.

Yuri Antipov joined the LSU Department of Mathematics in 2002.