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Among the 2013 graduates in math that are leaving LSU, and are heading to a PhD program, are Nathan Bush (Math, Texas A&M), Daniel Case (Physics, Northwestern University), Donovan B. Myers (Physics, Urbana-Champaign), Thomas Naugle (Math, University of Mississippi), and Sarah Seger (Math, Rice University).

See our Placement of Undergraduate Students at Graduate Programs page for more examples on the placement of recent undergraduates.

Professor Jimmie Lawson (Boyd Professor Emeritus) and Professor Yongdo Lim (Sung Kyun Kwan University; LSU PhD 1996) have been notified that their paper "Weighted means and Karcher equations of positive operators" has been accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The LSU math department begins its 2013 Graduate Education and Acclimation to University eXperience (GEAUX) program, a two-week orientation aimed at preparing new graduate students for their time at LSU.  Included will be preliminary lectures covering background material for the first semester courses, introductions to the departmental staff, and panels in which current students share their experiences from years past.

Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University, was elected First Vice President of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Her term will last from February, 2014 through January, 2016.

For the fifth time the math department will host SMILE@LSU, a five week undergraduate summer program. This year it starts Monday June 10th and ends July 12th.  Participants are 24 undergraduates from the southern region; specifically: Morehouse College, UNO, University of Alabama,  Ole Miss,  University of South Alabama, Xavier University, Mississippi State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Southern, ULL, and LSU.

Six graduate students from LSU will be mentors.

The 1997 Porcelli Lecture series of Professor Avner Friedman is now available on the YouTube channel of the Department.

Professor Susanne Brenner has been invited to deliver a plenary address at the Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, November 8-9, 2014.

This will be her second invited address at a Sectional AMS meeting.

Professor Susanne Brenner has been invited to deliver a plenary address at the Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, November 8-9, 2014.

This will be her second invited address at a Sectional AMS meeting.

For the 21st time the Math Department hosts the annual Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). From June 2 to July 26 thirteen students will be working with Professors Neal Stoltzfus, Jorge Morales and Bill Hoffman as well as postdoc Greg Muller on projects centered around the theme 

The Porcelli Lecture series of Carl Pomerance (1998) and Louis H. Kauffman (1995) are now available on the YouTube channel of the Department.

As a bonus: Carl Pomerance on Hank Aaron, Ruth-Aaron Pairs and Paul Erdős.