Student Spotlight: Yaw Owusu-Agyemang! From a Sandia National Labs internship and published paper to presentations at IMSI & ICERM—and now a Wells Fargo internship for Summer 2026! Yaw is passionate about using math to solve real-world challenges. Congratulations, Yaw! 🎉

Student Spotlight: Julia Seay!Congratulations to Julia on co-authoring “3D Printing of Invariant Manifolds in Dynamical Systems,” a cover article in the January 2026 issue of AMS Notices! Julia is also active in Mason Math MakerLab, bringing math to life through 3D printing. 👏

Student Spotlight! Jeanie Schreiber received the 2026 CMAI Graduate Award for Excellence in Research. With one paper published and two more underway, she also explores how mathematics can inform policy through her COVES Fellowship. Congrats, Jeanie! science.gmu.edu/news/george-…

Student Spotlight! Congrats to Elisha Erzoah on presenting at the ICM 2026 Satellite Conference at Morgan State University! His research focuses on mathematical modeling of cancer systems and MAPK dynamics. We’re proud of your achievements—keep it up, Elisha! 👏 #ICM2026 #STEM

Student Spotlight: Congrats to Anthony Pizzimenti, winner of the 2026 Clarke Family Award for Research Excellence in Algebra, Analysis & Topology! NSF GRFP Fellow, 2 forthcoming papers, and invited talks at FOCS & the AMS Sectional. Congratulations, Anthony! 👏

An exciting spring semester for our Mathematics Department!We’re proud to celebrate our students’ achievements,our faculty’s national recognition,and the continued success of our graduate program. #Mathmason t.e2ma.net/webview/an641ub/d…

Shrunal Pothagoni received the 2026 Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award and the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research. His work at NITMB led to new collaborations in molecular biology. He will present at FoCM in Vienna this summer. #masonmath #mathscience

Allison Kohne won the 2026 T.C. Lim & Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Awards. She will attend SL Math Summer School and PASCA 2.0 (CIMPA, Mexico) and present a poster. She was the first president of the revived AWM chapter, active with events and a career panel #masonmath – at George Mason, VA

Congratulations to Dr. Cigole Thomas on joining Bates College as a tenure-track Assistant Professor! Her work bridges algebraic geometry, number theory, and dynamics, while also advancing mathematics education. Wishing her continued success! #Mathematics #STEM

Sayomi Kamimoto, PhD (George Mason University), Clark Award (IIP Fellowship). Postdocs at Naval Research Laboratory and NYU. Now Assistant Professor at Howard University! Research: nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory, swarming, and mathematical biology. – at George Mason, VA

Emmanuel Fleurantin welcomed high school students during the EPPIC-STEM campus outreach event, as hundreds of students visited campus to explore STEM pathways and discover the opportunities George Mason University has to offer.STEM begins with curiosity—and math is its foundation

Sixteen faculty members from GMU’s Department of Mathematical Sciences were honored in the 10th annual Thank-A-Teacher Program by the Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning. They represent nearly 20% of College of Science honorees this year, highlighting their strong commitment

Hurry up! We still have a few open spots in Mason Math Odyssey Summer Enrichment Camps! If your family or friends have students entering grades 6–9, this is a fantastic opportunity to explore mathematics beyond the classroom — from ancient discoveries to modern-day applications!

On April 11, 2026, @GeorgeMasonU hosted the 4th Annual Mason Calculus Olympiad, welcoming 100+ DMV students for rigorous calculus problem-solving in individual & team rounds, celebrating math excellence and STEM. #mathfaculty #mathscience #gmumath

Professor Harbir Antil’s plenary talk at the Joint Mathematical Meetings 2026 is available here:  youtube.com/watch?v=XgPB_VcJ… JMM is the largest annual meeting of mathematicians in the world! #math #gmu #mathscience

Exciting news! Four math graduate students have been selected to attend SL Math Graduate Summer schools this year: Anthony Pizzimenti- Columbia University, Nathaniel Fink-Humes - Okinawa, Japan, Allison Kohne - SLMath, Morgan Shuman - UC Berkeley! #math #masonmath #mathgraduate

The article "3D Printing of Invariant Manifolds in Dynamical Systems" by Patrick Bishop, Summer Chenoweth, Emmanuel Fleurantin, Alonso Ogueda, Evelyn Sander, and Julia Seay made the cover of the January Notices of the American Mathematical Society. science.gmu.edu/news/faculty…

📢 Join the 4th Annual Mason Calculus Olympiad! 🗓 April 11 | 9 AM–3:30 PM 📍 Fairfax Campus, Dewberry Hall 🏆 Individual & team prizes 🍽 Free lunch + parking validation Open to everyone & free to participate! Register by April 3: science.gmu.edu/events/calcu…

Jessica Masterson has received a prestigious Provost's Dissertation Completion Grant for Fall 2026, a competitive award that allows her to focus full-time on research and writing in her final dissertation semester science.gmu.edu/news/jessica… #gmumath #gmumathfaculty #gmuPhD

Professor Anton Lukyanenko gave a well-attended talk at the high visibility OLSUME seminar series, highlighting our MEGL activities olsume.org/event/from-studen… #mathfaculty #mathscience #mathfacultygmu