Junxian Li | News from the Department of Mathematics

Two smiling graduate students standing before a UC Davis research poster titled Cryptology: the RSA cryptosystem.

Graduate Program, 2026

by Adam Jacob, Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs
May 15, 2026

Graduate Program Update

As we approach the end of the Spring quarter, let's take a moment to look back over our accomplishments from the past year. During the 2024–2025 academic year, 11 GMAT students completed their Ph.D., and four students were awarded a Master's degree. So far during the current academic year, two GMAT students have received a Ph.D. and four have been awarded a Master's degree, with more expected at the end of the Spring quarter.

A person gestures towards a presentation on fluid dynamics, explaining concepts with diagrams.

Breathing New Life into Undergraduate Research

February 24, 2026

UC Davis has had a long history of fostering research for all it's members and students. It's always important to revisit and adjust programs over time, and now a greater focus is being directed once again at undergraduate opportunities.

Finding inspiration for math research

by Cassandra Hopkin, mathematics undergraduate

Letter from the Editor, Winter 2026

by Jennifer Schultens, Faculty Newsletter Editor
February 24, 2026

Gentle reader, you are reading the second issue of our new quarterly newsletter! As you may have noticed, the format of our newsletter has changed. We have retired our annual printed newsletter and hope you are enjoying our new digital quarterly newsletter. We encourage you to comment and make suggestions, especially since we are still working on the format of the digital newsletter and eager to improve.