2012 Commencement Ceremonies

On Saturday, May 19, 4 Ph.D. students in Mathematics received their diplomas at the UR Doctoral Degree Commencement in Eastman Theater:

Hyunjoo Cho (advisor: Sema Salur)

Kalyani Madhu (advisor: Tom Tucker; degree granted October, 2011)

Krystal Taylor (advisor: Alex Iosevich)

Adam Towsley (advisor: Tom Tucker)

On Sunday, May 20, in Interfaith Chapel, the Department held its 2012 Diploma Ceremony.

Eight Masters of Arts in Mathematics were conferred, to Dillon Ethier, Denitza Gintcheva, Ozgur Ince, Wending Li, Brendan Murphy, Patrick Papadopulos, Xiaoqing Tang and Meg Walters.

Three Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics with Honors, were conferred, as were 45 BAs, 24 Bachelors of Science, 17 Bachelors of Science-Applied Mathematics, and four BAs in Mathematics/Statistics, for a total of 93 mathematics degrees.

Seniors Matej Penciak and Xiaoqing Tang shared the Arthur S. Gale Prize.

Senior Seri Link shared the Doris Ermine Smith Award.

Senior Lucia Petito was given the Outstanding Student Award.

Sophomores Peihong Jiang, Alexander McDonald and Vincent Yu shared the Stoddard Prize.

Graduate students Mike Bennett and Meg Walters shared the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.