DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

PROF. AUFFINGER AND PROF. AVNI AWARDED 2023 SIMONS FELLOWSHIPS

PROF. XIUMIN DU RECEIVES CAREER AWARD FROM NSF

ARTHUR PANCOE, BENEFACTOR AND FRIEND OF NU MATHEMATICS PASSED AWAY JAN 16, 2023

Arthur Pancoe, benefactor and longtime friend of the mathematics department, died on Jan 16, 2023 at the age of 97.  Arthur Pancoe received a Masters degree in mathematics at Northwestern after returning from service in the Pacific in the second world war.  In 1995, Arthur and Gladys Pancoe endowed the Pancoe Chair of Mathematics.  In 1997 Arthur gave a colloquium talk in our department, titled “Some Reflections on Mathematics, Technical Analyses and the Efficient Market Theory”.   He was a philanthropist and generous donor to Northwestern.  In 2003, the Arthur and Gladys Pancoe NSUHS Life Sciences Pavilion was opened at Northwestern and dedicated to his granddaughter Beth Elise Pancoe.

The first Pancoe chair was held by our former colleague, Professor Emeritus Donald Saari, who wrote the following:“I met Art and his family at the ceremony where I received the inaugural “Pancoe Chair of Mathematics.”  It was there that his and my family immediately bonded.  From our many interactions, I learned that he lived a full, meaningful life, that included his Masters degree in Math from Northwestern where he analyzed issues raised by Painleve about differential equations; his suing the federal government, and winning, over a defense policy concern. His work on the market was so successful that a trade journal asserted “take two Pancoe stocks in the evening and wake up rich in the morning.”  An active person, who in his 70s, was still participating in ski races at Vail.  Above all, a friendly person who definitely embraced Northwestern.  He enjoyed talking with students when he would give guest lectures in my Math of Finance course, and he would gab away with colleagues at parties at my home.  Even after I left NU,  every fall we would have long phone conversations discussing the performance of the current year’s “NU football team.”  A good man with a full, rich life who made strong contributions to Northwestern and elsewhere.  He will be missed!”

The Pancoe Chair is currently held by Prof. Zhihong Jeff Xia who wrote, “Art was a very dedicated professional and passionate person.  I have a lot of fond memories of the times my wife and I spent together with him and his wife Hap. We will miss him greatly.”

BRYNA KRA ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE CHILEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Jan 18, 2023

NU Mathematics faculty member, Prof. Bryna Kra, has been elected a Corresponding Foreign Member of La Academia Chilena de Ciencias, the Chilean Academy of Sciences. The members of the Academy are of four categories: Number, National Correspondents, Foreign Correspondents, and Honoraries.

MMMM2023 MAY 20-21

Jan 10, 2023.  

Northwestern University will host the 2023 May Midwestern Microlocal Meeting on May 20-21, 2023.  The MMMM2023 organizers are Kiril Datchev (Purdue University), Antônio Sá Barreto (Purdue University), David Sher (DePaul University), and Jared Wunsch (Northwestern University).

The MMMM23 Conference is free and open to the mathematical public but participants are asked to register online.

PROF. YURI I. MANIN, 1937-2023

Nov 1, 2022

The Associated Student Government (ASG) collects nominations for the annual Faculty & Administrator Honor Roll from NU UG students. In the past year, over 100 students provided thoughtful and complex portraits of 2021-2022 faculty and staff who they believe made a powerful and exceptional impact on their Northwestern experience. NU Mathematics faculty members Prof. Aaron Peterson, Prof. John Alongi, Prof. Ursula Porod, Prof. Michael Maltenfort, and Prof. Santiago Canez received award nominations.