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A photo of a graduation ceremony, down the center aisle. Graduates in motorboards sit on each side, with a large UC Davis logo at the end, and several faculty in robes speaking to the group.

Alumni Updates Fall 2025

Updates on Steven T. Abell, B.S., 1979 — Programming DragginMath for iOS; Richard Bode, A.B., 1970 — A legacy of teaching, from math to sports; Jacob A. Miller, Ph.D., 2016 — Data science and family; Harry David Price, B.S., 1974 — From math to physics; Noppakan Sirikul, B.S., 2023 — Delving statistics and connecting alums.
Duane Kouba stands with a group of young men at an outdoor public basketball half-court in the Philippines. Two young men hold up basketballs proudly, and one holds a thumbs up.

Life After Retirement: Duane Kouba

I started my Lectureship in the Department of Mathematics at UC Davis in 1982 and reluctantly retired in the spring 2021. During that time I also spent 18 years as a member of the UC Davis Men’s Basketball coaching staff, highlighted by a Division II National Championship in 1998, an exciting four-year transition from Division II to Division I, and becoming a member of the Big West Athletic Conference. It was a long, busy, and rewarding journey with many ups and downs.

Albert Schwarz stands in front of a projected slide, explaining math.

Life After Retirement: Albert Schwarz

I retired on July 1, 2019 and immediately started a long trip: seven countries in seven months. (I had needed to stay in Davis since 2012.) I visited the Simons Center (Stony Brook, NY), the Institute for Theoretical Physics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), IHES (Bures-sur-Yvette, France), Skolkovo (Moscow, Russia), MPIM (Bonn, Germany), a conference in Luxembourg, Hebrew University (Jerusalem, Israel), Weizmann Institute (Rehovot, Israel), and University of Warwick (UK).

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