Undergraduate News

The math department will host the SIAM TX-LA Sectional Meeting and LSU-UH-TAMU Undergraduate Conference, October 5–7, 2018

This fall the Undergraduate Math Problem-Solving Seminar will meet Wednesdays at 5pm.

Colleen Robichaux, LSU Math B.S. 2016, was awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship in the "Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics" Field of Study Category.

Colleen Robichaux is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At LSU she was mentored by Frank Neubrander.

Matt Barnes is the recipient of the 2018 Alumni Association Teaching Assistant Award.

This award recognizes outstanding teaching ability and service to students.

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.

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

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.