2010 June

Staff Member Profiled

June 22, 2010 By

$Beverley Leslie$

Beverley Leslie, Winner of this Year's Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award for Distinguished Service

Recently the Faculty of Arts and Science News sat down with our very own Beverley Leslie to discuss her recent Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Distinguished Service.

In the article Ms. Leslie speaks about her time in the department and her reactions to winning such a prestigious award. As a vital member of the department for almost 25 years she has made significant contributions to the department, and the university, as whole.

When asked about her reaction to winning the award Ms. Leslie is quoted as saying: ““I just try to provide a high-quality environment for teaching and research, and the service that people deserve.”

With a career spanning through multiple areas of the faculty and a current position that touches every aspect of the department and it’s operations it’s no wonder Ms. Leslie was honoured with such an amazing award. We all wish her congratulations on well deserved honour!

The full Faculty article can be found here

Filed Under: Awards, Staff

Student Poster Wins Prestigious CMS Award

June 14, 2010 By

$Xiao Liu's Poster Presentation$

Xiao Liu shows his poster on "Numerical Simulations of Resonant Tunneling of Fast Solitons for Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations"

Xiao Liu, a second year PhD student currently working with Professor Catherine Sulem, was recently honoured by the CMS for his poster presentation on “Numerical Simulations of Resonant Tunneling of Fast Solitons for Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations”.

In the student poster session three posters were chosen to receive a prize; one by AARMS, one by the President of the CMS and one by the CMS Student Committee. Xiao Liu was honoured to receive the CMS President’s Award.

Xiao presented his poster at the 2010 CMS Summer Meeting to attendees. The event itself attracts mathematicians from across the country and is designed to highlight and honour the best mathematicians. It is a series of lectures, seminars, poster presentations and socials designed to bring mathematicians together. This year’s event was held in Fredericton, New Brunswick from June 4 – 6, 2010.

$Xiao Liu's CMS Award$

Xiao Liu's CMS President's Award

Filed Under: Awards, Students

Spring Reunion 2010

June 2, 2010 By

$Professor Kumar Murty (Chair of the Math Department) and Event Participants$

Professor Kumar Murty (Chair of the Math Department) and event participants introduce themselves and tell a bit about their backgrounds

This past Saturday (May 29th) the University of Toronto held it’s Spring Reunion for Alumni who graduated in a year ending in 0 or 5. The Math Department held it’s own event as part of it entitled “A Celebration of Mathematics”. The turn-out was good and participants were treated to a series of three lectures from three distinct speakers.

Participants heard a brief history of the Department from Professor Kumar Murty, Chair. They then heard from one of the department’s undergraduate specialist math students and head of the undergraduate math union. The final talk was a brief taste of Professor Jeremy Quastel’s upcoming International Congress of Mathematics (ICM) talk.

More information on the event, along with more pictures, can be found at: http://www.math.toronto.edu/cms/spring-reunion-201/

Filed Under: Alumni, Events Tagged With: Alumni, Events