Mathematics
![Jan Pilko (center) and her husband, George (left) attend the 25th anniversary gala of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, where they visited with Brady Bramlett, director of development for the Honors College. Jan Pilko has announced a $1.5 million planned gift to the Honors College as part of Giving Day 2024. Photo by Bill Dabney/UM Foundation](https://libarts.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2024/04/fi-Pilko-gift-ucimg-3030-2-150x150.jpg)
Alumna Commits Major Gift to Honors College
Pilko announces $1.5 million gift on Giving Day APRIL 16, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT Janet Jones Pilko, of Houston, Texas, and Park City, Utah, is investing a $1.5 million planned gift in the future of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi. Pilko, with her husband, George, announced their […]
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Searights Make Major Gift to Enhance Student Support
IMPACT ON GRADUATE STUDENTS, NEW BUILDING FEBRUARY 7, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT A Dallas, Texas, couple is helping strengthen the University of Mississippi’s academic reputation with a $250,000 gift for graduate student stipends and a matching gift of $162,500 for the Patterson School of Accountancy Building Fund. “Working with university leadership, we learned […]
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Grove Scholars Promotes Equity
Investments Sought to Expand Proven UM Program JANUARY 8, 2024 BY TINA H. HAHN/UM DEVELOPMENT The University of Mississippi Grove Scholars program — which helps Mississippians from underrepresented demographic groups earn degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or health care — is growing in numbers as it enriches lives and makes the state’s […]
![Ken Lackey of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his wife, Carol](https://libarts.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/11/fi-Lackeys_web-150x150.jpg)
Encouraging Advanced Education
Couple’s Gift Establishes Fund to Support Doctoral Students in Mathematics NOVEMBER 27, 2023 BY BILL DABNEY/UM FOUNDATION With a $100,000 gift, University of Mississippi alumnus Ken Lackey of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his wife, Carol, hope to enhance UM’s R1 mission by supporting doctoral stipends for students in the Department of Mathematics. The couple’s gift establishes […]
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Oxford Student Makes Voter Registration Honor Roll
Alex Mobley among 175 recognized nationally for efforts and success JUNE 2, 2023 BY EDWIN B. SMITH The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge has named University of Mississippi sophomore Alex Mobley to its 2023 Student Voting Honor Roll for his efforts to register new voters. The Chinese and mathematics major from Oxford is among 175 […]
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Three UM Students Win Goldwater Scholarships
Prestigious STEM scholarships awarded to Mississippi natives APRIL 3, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT For the second year in a row, three University of Mississippi students have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships in a single year. All native Mississippians, Christian Boudreaux, of Oxford; Noah Garrett, of Madison; and Alyssa Stoner, of Gulfport are the university’s 22nd, 23rd […]
![Mathematics professor Ayla Gafni teaches a class in Hume Hall. Gafni, who is involved in cutting-edge research in number theory, has been awarded a $210,430 fellowship that will enable her to work with a world-class research group at UCLA. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services](https://libarts.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2020/10/Ayla-Gafni-300x300.jpg)
Math Professor Awarded National Science Foundation EPSCoR Fellowship
Ayla Gafni and doctoral student to learn from ‘Mozart of Math’ at UCLA FEBRUARY 9, 2023 BY DEBBIE NELSON AND JASON HALE Ayla Gafni, assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Mississippi, has been named a research fellow by the National Science Foundation‘s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, known as EPSCoR. Her fellowship […]
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Professor Awarded CAREER Grant to Study Pure Mathematics
$400,000 National Science Foundation grant to fund research of L-functions, high school outreach DECEMBER 21, 2022 BY CLARA TURNAGE The mathematics behind prime numbers, which have been studied since the time of the ancient Greeks and which form the foundation of secure data transfer in computer science, is dictated by a highly complex set of […]