Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Postdoc Postions Available

The Department of Mathematics anticipates the appointment of a tenure-track assistant professor, effective August 2013. Preference will be given to researchers working in the following two areas:
1. Abstract dynamical systems and ergodic theory,
2. Geometric group theory / Kleinian groups / Teichmüller theory,
however outstanding candidates in other fields will be considered. In addition, the department anticipates the appointment of a postdoctoral associate, effective August 2013. The position is for two years and is intended for a new or recent (within five years) Ph.D. with outstanding potential in research and excellent teaching. The post-doc will be expected to teach two courses per year. Please see www.mathjobs.org/jobs/596 for full application information about either position.

Changes to Department Administration

The department welcomes its new Chair, David Hemmer. Professor Hemmer is taking over from Brian Hassard, who served two three-year terms as Chair. At the same time, Bernard Badzioch will take over the duties of Director of Undergraduate Studies, replacing David Hemmer who served in that position for three years. The department particularly thanks Brian Hassard for his 6 years of dedicated service to the department in capacity of Chair, and extends its gratitude to Professors Hemmer, Faran, Biondini and Badzioch who will be serving the department in administrative roles.

Professor Ringland Wins MAA Distinguished Teaching Award

Please join us in congratulating Professor John Ringland who is this year's winner of the 2012 Clarence F. Stephens Distinguished Teaching Award from the Mathematical Society of America Seaway Section. In 1991, the Board of Governors of the MAA established the Section Awards for distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics to recognize teachers of Mathematics at the post-secondary level who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful. Their teaching effectiveness must be documented and must have had influence beyond their own institutions. As sectional winner, Professor Ringland will be automatically nominated for the national MAA Haimo Award. Congratulations!

Books Written by Department Faculty

Two Math Dept faculty members have recently had books published. Prof. Jonathan Dimock's is "Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory: A Mathematical Primer", published by Cambridge University Press. Prof. Mohan Ramachandran's is "An Introduction to Riemann Surfaces", published by Birkhauser.

URGE to Compute Program for Undergraduate Research

URGE to Compute provides apprenticeships worth $10,000 to each of 12 students annually to conduct research of a computational nature in mathematics and the mathematical sciences. URGE stands for Undergraduate Research Group Experiences, and it is the implementation in Buffalo of the National Science Foundation's CSUMS program. It is a collaboration of the UB and Buffalo State Mathematics Departments, the UB Physics Department, the UB Center for Computational Research, and the Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute. Students accepted to the program will conduct a year-long program of research, closely mentored by faculty, and engage in many activities that support the research and their intellectual and personal development. Please visit the URGE to Compute website for more information.