Hausel -- Whitehead Prize for 2008
Prof. Tamas Hausel has just been recognized by receiving a Whitehead Prize for 2008. The citation reads "for his investigations into hyperkähler geometry which have led him to prove deep results in fields as diverse as the representation theory of quivers, mirror symmetry and Yang-Mills instantons."

Dr J. Rath has been chosen as the AMS Congressional Fellow for 08-09
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has chosen James Rath as the AMS Congressional Fellow for 2008-09. This Fellowship program is administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). It provides a unique public policy learning experience, to demonstrate the value of science-government interaction, and to bring a technical background and external perspective to the decision-making process in Congress.

Community Outreach
About every fourth Saturday, high school students from across the state meet to get down with Mathematics. The Saturday Morning Math Group was begun by Mathematics Professor Karen Uhlenbeck and Dan Freed in fall 1993, and is now a popular outreach program bringing extra-curricular education to students across the state.

Education In Texas
UT Austin provides leadership for educators in Texas, assisting communities with primary, middle school and secondary education. Under the direction of nationally recognized Mathematics Professor Uri Treisman, the Dana Center for Education Research has led the state in reforming school curriculum.

Emerging Scholars
The Emerging Scholars Program is a nationally known program for furthering the education of students from non-traditional backgrounds. Students from high schools with a weak mathematics program find themselves challenged by the demands of an honors environment. And, they succeed in Mathematics as well as in the University.