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Mathematician No. 1 in current "Best Occupation" rankings according to The Wall Street Journal article here.
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Congratulations to our 2009 Graduates!
We've put together a page of their pictures here.
What's happening around the Department
Duncan Achievement Award for Outstanding Faculty - We are pleased (and proud) to announce that Professor Brendan Hassett has won the 2009 Charles Duncan Jr. Award which honors achievement in both scholarship and teaching. An article with the details can be found here. He will also become our new Chair on July 1.

2007 Professor of the Year Frank Jones gets a surprise Birthday Party from his students.
2009 Graduate Student Awards Announced - Congratulations to Christopher Davis, winner of the Tracy Thomas Award, and Helge Krüger, winner of the Nettie S. Autry Fellowship.
Current and previous winners of awards and fellowships are here.
2009 Hubert E. Bray Prize in mathematics was awarded to Chris Fraser. This award is given annually to the outstanding junior mathematics major. The Bray Prize webpage is here and previous winners are here.
Scholarship recipient Jennifer Trejo (2010 graduate) started her career as a customer accounts manager but thanks to the Leo M. Acker Memorial Scholarship she's now a math major in our department. More on her story here.

NSF Fellowship - Peter Horn, who will graduate this May, has received a prestigious (and rare) National Science Foundation Fellowship to continue his research in topology and knot theory at Columbia University. An article from the Rice News is here.
Master's Thesis Award - We are happy to announce that one of our graduate students, Helge Krueger, has received the honor of having the best Master's Thesis or Diplom in Mathematics in Austria for the year. A copy can be found on his web page here. A recent article appeared in the Sallyport magazine here.

Houston Marathon - Graduate student Colin Carroll placed 11th in the 2009 Houston Marathon with a time of 2:30:26 - the fastest time of any local competitor. An article from the Rice News is here and the Rice Thresher has an article here.
Fermat's Last Theorem - Sir Andrew Wiles, the first person to prove Fermat's Last Theorem, presented a wonderful Presidential Lecture entitled "The Story of an Equation" at Rice on November 11. We were privileged to have some time with him during a Departmental Tea that afternoon.
Photos of the Tea with Sir Andrew
Lecture photos and slides
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University Dates
July 3-6 - Independence Day Holiday (Campus Closed)
August 16-21 - Orientation week for new students
August 24 - First day of classes
September 7 - Labor Day Holiday (Campus Closed)
Colloquia/Seminars
Math Calendar
Special Events
Summer Workshop for Young Women
2009 Mathematical Institute for Young Women on June 8-19, 2009
DIRECTIONS TO GET TO CLASS
Application Deadline was March 13, 2009
Meetings
Rice Math Club - Homepage
GMACS - Homepage
Past Events
2008-09 Porter Lectures on February 16-20, 2009
Pictures from the week
2009 Wolfe Lecture in Mathematics
on March 26, 2009
Pictures from the Tea
2008-09 Salomon Bochner Lectures on April 6-10, 2009
Pictures from the week
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