Math Department Summer 2022 Newsletter

Undergraduate News and Awards

The 2022 Cantrell Lecture Speaker will be Professor Akshay Venkatesh. 

A new course at the University of Georgia is helping math students explore the wide variety of careers open to graduates in their field. Jennifer Royal, senior lecturer in UGA’s math department, teaches students how to think critically and address these real-world problems through her inaugural Preparation for Industrial Careers (PIC) in Mathematical Sciences course.

Read Full Article in UGA Today HERE!

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.

Kerry Rushin Miller graduated with a BS in Mathematics in 1966. She was one of the first three Black students to be accepted as freshmen in 1962.

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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.