Awards 2007 - The Best of Us

As this academic year draws to a close, the Mathematics Department yesterday had its Spring Picnic. Among the festivities was a recognition of the service and achievements of our best performers over this last year and before. The awards this year went to:

J.J. Sylvester Award for Outstanding Achievement as an Undergraduate:

• David Sher - will start graduate study in mathematics at Stanford University next fall.
• Matthew Sedlock - will start graduate study in Applied Mathematics here at JHU next fall.

Excellence in Teaching for Junior Faculty

• Michael Ching - J.J. Sylvester Assistant Professor

Excellence in Teaching for Teaching Assistants

• Christine Breiner
• Brian Macdonald

William Kelso Morrill Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics

• Michael Limarzi

These people are being honored as our best and brightest. As a department, we thank them for their service and dedication to mathematics education here at JHU.

Teaching Awards

Vote Now! Mathematics Teaching Awards

Nominations are now being accepted from all undergraduate students. Let your voice be heard! Vote for your favorite junior mathematics professor and your favorite teaching assistant (see lists below) . Simply send your vote to award@math.jhu.edu by March 9th. The winner will be announced in May on the Mathematics web page at www.math.jhu.edu.

Thank you for your participation and we look forward to hearing from you,
The Department of Mathematics

Eligible faculty include:

Matthew Blair
Rich Brown
Michael Ching
Daniela DeSilva
Michael Goldberg
Eugene Ha
Jian Song
Florin Spinu
Graeme Wilkin
Qiao Zhang

Eligible teaching assistants include:

Agarwala, Susama
Baber, John
Banerjee, Abhishek
Banerjee, Romie
Breiner, Christine
Chen, Yifei
Choi, Sung Rak
Cutrone, Joseph
Dahl, Jonathan
Hezari, Hamid
Hussey, Caleb
Jiang, Jin-Cheng
Khan, Siddique
Kleene, Stephen
Kramer, Joel
Limarzi, Michael
Lin, Longzhi
Lyzinski, Vince
MacDonald, Brian
Marshburn, Nicholas
McGowan, Michael
Seyyedali, Reza
Sinclair Duncan
Tavakol, Mehdi
Tucker, Matthew
Wang, Shuai
Wright, Thomas
Zhong, Qi
Zrebiec, Scott
Zulkowski, Patrick