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This award recognizes graduate assistants in the Department of Mathematics for their outstanding undergraduate teaching.

2026 - Neelarnab Raha

2022 - Emily Hammett

2021 - Jesus Sanchez

2020 - Ana Chavez Caliz

2019 - Dmitrii Pedchenko

2018 - James Kowalski & Dominic Veconi

2017 - Jake Pardo & Mike Harrison

2016 - Alena Erchenko

2015 - Shilpak Banerjee & Adam Zydney

2014 - Daniel Droz & Ehssa Khanmohammadi

2013 - Phil Hudelson

2012 - Seunghun Hong

2011 - Tyrone Crisp

2010 - Vivek Srikrishnan

2009 - Jonas Kibelbek

2008 - Heiko Todt

2007 - Hengguang lI

2006 - Yuliya Gorb

2005 - Dima Matsnev

2004 - Nestor Handzy

2003 - Stephen Binns

2002 - Jeff Raven

2001 - Roland Gunesch

2000 - Alistair Windsor

1999 - Jeremy Lovejoy

1998 - Alexander Mezhirov

1997 - Eric Johnson

1996 - Jim Andtony, Moisey Guysinsky & Ling Shen

1990 - Oksana Lassowsky, Hossein Movahedi-Lankarani & Jose Santos

1988 - Frank Arlinghaus & Gunnar Stefansson

1987 - Joe Conrad & Phan-Hung Loi

1986 - Maddtew Coleman, Tzu Chiao Huang, Daniel Otero, Faraj Shielban & Jim Strayer

1983 - Elizabedt Bator, Jean Pierre Matet, Dwayne Presler & Clifford Reiter

1982 - Jorge Almeida, Michael Gass & Benjamin Sunderland

1981 - Lance Littlejohn & Blair Spearman

1979 - John Herring, Robert Mignone & Galen Weitkamp

1978 - Kevin Kadell, Sheau-Dong Lang & Rick Smidt

1977 - Evelyn Obaid, Samih Obaid & Richard Stout

1976 - Edward White

1975 - Elaine Milito, Margaret Morton & Russell Myers

The ZZRQ Award honors outstanding achievement by a doctoral candidate who has contributed to the sense of community within the department. This award is made possible through annual contributions from alumni and friends of the Department of Mathematics.

Recipients are:

2026 - Jacob Canel

2024 - Kieran Cavanagh, Jeffrey Katen and Violet Neutgens

2023 - Patrick Donaghue & Joshua Paik

2022 - Jacob Bradd

2021 - Caleb Springer

2020 - Caitlin Lienkaemper

2019 - Ana Chavez Caliz & Dmitrii Pedchenko

2018 - Dominic Veconi

2017 - Matt Mizuhara

2016 - William Wright

2015 - Ayla Gafni

2014 - Shahrzad Sara Jamshidi

2013 - Kurt Vinhage

2012 - Zhan Huang

2011 - Paul Siegel & Yanxiang Zhao

2010- Vaughn Climenhaga & Yanping Ma

2009 - Rufus Willett

2008 - John Ethier & Li Hengguang

2007 - Vivek Srikrishnan

2006 - William Keith

2005 - Dima Matsnev

2004 - Carl Mummert

2003 - Filiz Dogru & Ilie Ugarcovici

2002 - Jeff Raven

2001 - Linda Smolka & Bin Zhang

2000 - Kim Roth

1999 - Kresimir Josic

1998 - Rachel Hall

1997 - Moisey Guysinsky

1996 - Jim Humphreys

1995 - Hwai-Ling Shan

Raymond and Christine Ayoub Award was established due to the generosity of Christine Ayoub. The purpose is to recognize a graduate student for an outstanding thesis in algebra or number theory.

2026

Andy Day

Neelarnad Raha

2025

Kevin Ho

Runqiao Li

Bryce Orloski

2024

Emily Hammett

Raymond Tana

2022

Ali Alp Uzman

2021

Seokbong Seol

Chien-Hua Chen

Dmitrii Pedchenko

Caleb Springer

Shane Chern

2020

Sumita Garai

2019

None

2018

Hsuan-Yi Liao

Travis Morrison

2017

None

2016

William Chen

Daniel Droz

Ayla Gafni

Kurt Vinhage

2015

Jeff Yelton

Haining Wang

Departmental Teaching Award for Graduate Assistants

Fall 2025 - Chiara Libera Carnevale, Louis Diaz and Neelarnab Raha

Fall 2024 - Neelarnab Raha and Louis Diaz

Spring 2024 - Neelarnab Raha, Margaret Brown, Mariia Kiyashko and Ke Wang

Spring 2023 - Sebastian Calvo & Peter Debello

Fall 2022 - Juliana Londono & Joshua Paik

Spring 2022 - Yitzchak Shmalo

Fall 2021 - Raymond Friend & Anastasiia Sharipova

Spring 2020 - None

Fall 2019 -  Alex Safsten & Jesus Sanchez

Spring 2019 - Hai Chi & Daren Wei

Fall 2018 - Dmitrii Pedchenko & Farruh Shahidi

Spring 2018  - Juan Batista & Ana Chavez Caliz

Fall 2017 - Arkadz Kirshtein & William Wright

Spring 2017 - Scott Conrad & Dominic Veconi

Fall 2016 - Jim Kowalski & Jake Pardo

Spring 2016 - Michael Harrison & Adam Telatovich

Fall 2015 - Damien Broka & Alena Erchenko

Spring 2015 - Alok Bakshi & Pichkitti Bannangkoon

Fall 2014 - Russell F. deForest, Kurt Vinhage & Aleksey Zelenberg

Spring 2014 - Sonny Arora & Shilpak Banerjee

Fall 2013 - Shahrzad Sara Jamshidi & Adam Zydney

Spring 2013 - Daniel Dorz & Noopur Pathak

Fall 2012 - Ehssan Khanmohammadi & Pavlo Tsytsura

Spring 2012 - Phil Hudelson & Shawn Ryan

Fall 2011 - Paul Siegel & Shilin Yu

Spring 2011 - Wen Cheng & Yaping Ma

Fall 2010 - Andong He & Yanxiang Zhao

Spring 2010 - Sankha Basu & Ge Mu

Fall 2009 - David Koslicki & Allan Yashinski

Spring 2009 - Serge Ballif & Andriy Gogolev

Fall 2008 - Vaughn Climenhaga & Rufus Willett

Spring 2008 - Juan Reyes & Vivek Srikrishnan

Fall 2007 - Michael Higley & Daniele Signori

Spring 2007 - Tyrone Crisp & Steve Hair

Fall 2006 - Hengguang Li & Mike Rowell

Spring 2006 - Chris George, Jonas Kibelbek & Heiko Todt

Fall 2005 - Mike Rowell & Rolf Ryham

Spring 2005 - John Ethier & Bo Yu

Fall 2004 - Ekaterina Fuchs & Chad Griep

Spring 2004 - Chris George & Yuliya Gorb

Fall 2003 - David Shoenthal & Lynn Vandemuelebroeke

Spring 2003 - Ben Chacon & Carl Mummert

Fall 2002 - Tom Masser & Bob Yuncen

Spring 2002 - Mike Dancs & Ilie Ugarcovici

Fall 2001 - Hee Jung Kim, Kim Roth, Matt Sosa & Bill Wagner

Spring 2001 - Nicolae Tarfulea & Roland Gunesch

Fall 2000 - Filiz Dogru & Ilie Ugarcovic

Teresa Cohen Mathematical Service Award

The purpose of this award is to recognize annually faculty members of the Mathematics Department at University Park as well as the Commonwealth Campuses for their outstanding service contributions to the department and to the students enrolled in its courses.

Teresa Cohen received her PhD in Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University in 1918. She was a pioneer who paved the way for this generation of women mathematicians. She came to Penn State in 1920 where she taught Mathematics for over 60 years. She was the first female member of the university's mathematics department and the only woman for her first three-and-a-half years.

Cohen was promoted to assistant professor in 1921, to associate professor in 1939, and to full professor in 1945 (one of only a few university full professors in the country at that time who were female.) Due to university regulations, she officially retired from Penn State at the end of 1961 but spent much of the next twenty-four years tutoring math students for free. As she once said, "I just like the pleasure of explaining and seeing someone understand." She continued devoting her time and energy to students until an accident at the age of 94 forced her to enter a nursing home in Baltimore. She died in 1992 at the age of 100.

Recipients are:

Mary Lister McCammon Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching

The purpose of this award is to recognize teaching assistants, instructors, or faculty in the Department of Mathematics who have established themselves as an exemplary undergraduate mathematics instructor, preferably in the freshman or sophomore level courses, in the Eberly College of Science at The Pennsylvania State University.

Mary McCammon, Professor Emerita of Mathematics, played a key role in the development of the Penn State undergraduate mathematics curriculum. She taught mathematics at the University from 1954 to her retirement in 1998, introducing such new classes as numerical analysis and computer programming. In the 1960s, she developed the mathematics department's precalculus courses, made changes to the calculus-course series, and introduced the use of graphing calculators and personal computers. She also was involved with the establishment of computer-science courses in the Department of Mathematics and went on to help establish the Department of Computer Science in 1965. Throughout her career, McCammon has been well known for her personal concern for her students and her excellent and exacting teaching methods. "I was tough but fair and I loved teaching," she says. "

Recipients are:

Donald C. Rung Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching in Mathematics

The purpose of this award is to recognize annually a faculty member who is dedicated to excellence in teaching undergraduate mathematics courses.

Don Rung, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, taught Mathematics from 1961 until his retirement in 1998. His dedication and excellence in teaching touched the lives of many students over the years.

Recipients are:

Teresa Cohen received her PhD in Mathematics at Johns Hopkins University in 1918. She was a pioneer that paved the way for this generation of women mathematicians. She came to Penn State in 1920 where she taught Mathematics for over 60 years. She was the first female member of the university's mathematics department and the only woman for her first three-and-a half years.

Cohen was promoted to assistant professor in 1921, to associate professor in 1939, and to full professor in 1945 (one of only a few university full professors in the country at that time who were female.) Due to university regulations, she officially retired from Penn State at the end of 1961 but spent much of the next twenty-four years tutoring math students for free. As she once said, "I just like the pleasure of explaining and seeing someone understand." She continued devoting her time and energy to students until an accident at the age of 94 forced her to enter a nursing home in Baltimore. She died in 1992 at the age of 100.

In 1987 the department established the Teresa Cohen Tutorial Endowment Fund to foster undergraduate tutoring.

Enhancement Funds provide financial support for Mathematics education and research. These funds provide seed monies for new initiatives, for student research, for attendance to professional meetings. They provide support for renowned visitors for collaborations, seminars and short courses.

Enhancement Funds provide financial support for Mathematics education and research. These funds provide seed monies for new initiatives, for student research, for attendance to professional meetings. They provide support for renowned visitors for collaborations, seminars and short courses.

Enhancement Funds provide financial support for Mathematics education and research. These funds provide seed monies for new initiatives, for student research, for attendance to professional meetings. They provide support for renowned visitors for collaborations, seminars and short courses.

Enhancement Funds provide financial support for Mathematics education and research. These funds provide seed monies for new initiatives, for student research, for attendance to professional meetings. They provide support for renowned visitors for collaborations, seminars and short courses.