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Alumni Andishe Dadashi receives UNM Branch Campus Tenure-Track Teacher of the Year award
March 28, 2025
Branch Campus Tenure-Track Teacher of the Year
Andisheh Dadashi, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science, UNM Valencia
Andisheh got her MS in Statistics in 2016 from our department, and she got her PhD in... read more
UNM-PNM Math Contest 2nd round
March 25, 2025
The second round of the UNM-PNM Math Contest was held in the afternoon of February 8th, 2025. About 150 students from grades 6-12 (and even a few 4th and 5th graders) congregated in the SMLC Auditorium to take the three and half hour exam. That... read more
Patrick Denne receives 2024-2025 Weber Award for Teaching Excellence
March 25, 2025
Visiting Lecturer Patrick Denne has been selected to receive the 2024-2025 College of Arts and Sciences Weber Award for Teaching Excellence in Science or Math. This award honors Lecturers or Part-Time Instructors who exemplify excellence in... read more
Math alumnus McNerney Wins Seat in California State Senate
December 26, 2024
Jerry McNerney, an alumnus of the University of New Mexico Department of Mathematics and Statistics who earned his PhD in mathematics in 1981 under Alex Stone, has been elected as a California State Senator, beginning his term in January 2025. He... read more
Mohammad Motamed featured in Advance at UNM's Faculty Fanfare
December 17, 2024
Prof Mohammad Motamed featured in Advance at UNM's Faculty Fanfare on December 16, 2024.
UNM Mathematics and Statistics Associate Professor Mohammad Motamed is co-leading two federal grants totaling $500,000 to advance quantum computing by... read more
2024-25 UNM-PNM Math Contest first round
December 11, 2024
The first round of the UNM-PNM Statewide High School Mathematics Contest took place over the weekend of November 22-25, 2025. This year about 35 middle and high schools in New Mexico participated, including schools from Albuquerque, Las Cruces,... read more
