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Three University of Georgia faculty members have been named recipients of the Russell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, which recognize outstanding instruction by faculty members early in their academic careers.

Join the Math Peer Mentor Program $(MP)^2$ !

The Math Peer Mentor Program $(MP)^2$ is a peer mentorship program within UGA's Math department.

Mathematics Department Senior Lecturer Toyin Alli has received the 2022 MAASE Distinguished Teaching Award by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member

From the MAA Southeastern Section webpage:

"The MAA Southeastern Section (MAASE) established this award to honor beginning college or 

university faculty whose teaching in the Section has been extraordinarily successful and 

UGA Math Departments Senior Lecturer, Jennifer Royal's PIC Math (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences) students have launched a research collaboration with Rubicon Crypto. You can learn more, and see the interview with Rubicon CEO Gregory Johnson below:

11Alive Interview

The Math Peer Mentor Program (MP)2 was started in Fall 2021 and was a success!

For more information about the program, please visit the Math Peer Mentor Program (MP)2 page. Applications for Spring 2022 for both Mentors and Mentees are open and available on the program page. 

The University of Georgia proposes to name the Science Library as the Shirley Mathis McBay Science Library. McBay earned a doctorate in math from the university in 1966, after earning master’s degrees in math and chemistry from Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University). She began her career as a math professor at Spelman College, and then went on to become MIT’s dean for student affairs and chair of the National Science Foundation’s committee on equal opportunity in science and engineering.

We are excited to share with you that a new scholarship has been established by the Department of Mathematics in honor of Mrs. Kerry Rushin Miller. After graduating from UGA, Mrs. Miller pursued a career in telecommunications. In 1967, she was the second African American woman hired as an engineering associate at the Western Electric regional engineering headquarters in Atlanta, GA. She was selected in 1975 to join the BellSouth management team in Charlotte, NC. Among her many contributions at BellSouth, Mrs.