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This year, the list of graduating Math Majors that head to a PhD program in the fall includes:

• Jared Able will be at Michigan State University pursuing a PhD in Mathematics.
• Jesse Clifton is heading to NC State for a PhD in Statistics.
• Amanda Mayhall is also going to NC State for a PhD in Applied Mathematics.
• Colleen Robichaux decided on the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for a PhD in Mathematics.
• Shawn Williams will be at Rice University pursuing a PhD in Mathematics.
• Dustin Wright is heading to Texas A&M for a PhD in Mathematics.

Dustin Wright, Amanda Mayhall, Colleen Robichaux

Professor Pramod Achar received a 2016 LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award for outstanding research, teaching, and service. Pramod Achar joined LSU in 2004.

Professor Maria Chudnovsky, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, will deliver the 2016 Porcelli Lecture Series. Maria Chudnovsky received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2012, and the Fulkerson Prize in 2009.

Professor Milen Yakimov received a 2016 LSU Distinguished Faculty Award for his sustained records of excellence in research, teaching and service.

Milen Yakimov joined LSU in 2008. Currently he is the Michael F. and Roberta Nesbit McDonald Professor of Mathematics. He is a Sloan Research Fellow.

Professor Shawn Walker received a 2016 LSU Alumni Rising Faculty Award for his outstanding record of scholarship and published research. 

Shawn Walker joined LSU in 2010. He recently was awarded an NSF Career grant.

Professor Gestur Olafsson is the recipient of the 2016 LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. The award recognizes superior graduate-level teaching and related activities.

Gestur Olafsson joined LSU in 1993. Currently, he is an Alumni Professor.

At the 2016 Choppin Honors Convocation of the LSU College of Science Phoebe Rouse received a TAF Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Phoebe Rouse is a Senior Instructor in the Math Department, and the Director for Precalculus Mathematics. She joined LSU 35 years ago.

Neal Livesay's poster on the "Local Theory of Meromorphic Connections" received the best poster award at the Texas-Oklahoma Representations and Automorphic Forms Conference TORA VII.

Neal Livesay's PhD advisor is Professor Daniel Sage.

The scores for last December's Putnam Mathematical Competition have been released, and LSU students performed well. The top performer was Shawn Williams, whose score of 20 points placed him in the prestigious Top 500 List, with a rank of 343 out of 4275 competitors from 554 colleges and universities nationwide. LSU also had a total of six students earn a positive score, while the national median was 0. Prof.