Younsi wins international research prize

Math department chair and faculty member, Malik Younsi, was recently awarded the 2026 Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) for his collaborative paper “Rigidity theorems for circle domains” joint with Dimitrios Ntalampekos.

The criteria for the award is: “For the 2026 selection, scientific works in both basic and applied research are chosen in 40 areas of the three basic science fields (mathematics, theoretical physics, and theoretical computer and information sciences) represented at the ICBS. A scientific achievement must meet the following three requirements to be considered: (1) it must have been published in the last 10 years; (2) it must be of highest scientific value and originality and have made an important impact on its area; (3) it must have been evaluated and accepted by scholars in its area. The goal of this award is to encourage young scholars to look to the frontiers of basic science, set goals to obtain breakthrough results as early as possible, and contribute wisdom and energy to humankind’s study of the mysteries of the natural world.

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Meet Bogdan Norkin

We are excited to welcome Bogdan Norkin who is visiting our department as a Fulbright Fellow during 2026.

A permanent member of scientific staff at the Institute for Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine, he is in Hawaii to conduct research on insurance mathematics and risk processes with Hua Chen (Shidler College of Business) and Bjørn Kjos-Hanssen (Math).

The team is pictured during an informal discussion of car insurance.

Math Jam Spring 2026

Math Jam is a huge review session where LAs, TAs and instructors come together to help students prepare before finals week.

The Spring 2026 Math Jam will be Thursday, May 7 from 9am to 2pm on the 3rd and 4th floors of Keller.  All students from Math 134, 140X, 215, 241, 242 and 252A are invited to this event.

Students should sign up here (this will let us order the right amount of snacks).

For more information, you may contact mathjam@math.hawaii.edu

We are looking forward to see you there!

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