Students in the News

• Student Laurels and Honors 2008
  Goldwater Scholar: Mark Hallen
  Menger Prize: Tirasan Khandhawit, Aaron Pollack, Lingren Zhang
  Fift place Putnam team: Tirasan Khandhawit, Peng Shi, Lingren Zhang
  Julia Dale Prize: Tirasan Khandhawit, Charles Staats III; Mikhail Lavrov, Tanawit Sae Sue
  Outstanding MCM teams:
  Jason Chen, Joonhahn Cho, Brian Choi
  (Duke News, May 12, 2008)


• Duke Teams Lead Math Modeling Contest
  (Duke News, April 25, 2007) Video


• Duke Senior wins Churchill Scholarship: Brandon Levin
  (Duke News, April 9, 2007)


• Student Laurels and Honors 2007
  Churchill Scholar: Brandon Levin
  Gates Scholar: James Zou
  Menger Prize: Jason Ferguson, Tirasan Khandhawit, Peng Shi, Lingren Zhang
  Julia Dale Prize: Brandon Levin, James Zou
  Outstanding MCM and ICM teams:
  Arnav Mehta, Qianwei Li and Aaron Wise;
  Michael Bauer, Kshipra Bhawalkar, Matthew Edwards;
  Brandon Levin, Russell Posner, Nikifor Bliznashki;
  Matthew Rognlie, Peng Shi, Amy Wen
  (Duke News, May 12, 2007)


• Is "dark matter" smooth or clumped up?: Luke Stewart
  (Duke News, November 27, 2006)
  


• Student Laurels and Honors
  Rhodes Scholar: Adam Chandler
  Goldwater Scholar: Brandon Levin
  Menger Prize: Kshipra Bhawalkar, Nikifor Bliznashki, Lingren Zhang
  Third place Putnam team: Nikifor Bliznashki, Jason Ferguson, Lingren Zhang
  Julia Dale Prize: Adam Chandler, Lee Yok Wong
  Outstanding MCM teams:
  Arnav Mehta, Qianwei Li and Aaron Wise;
  Tyler Huffman, Barry Wright III, Charles Staats III;
  Matt Fischer, Brandon Levin and Nikifor Bliznashki
  (Duke News, May 12, 2006)


• Mighty Mathematicians
  Three Math Contest teams at Duke named Outstanding:
  Arnav Mehta, Qianwei Li and Aaron Wise;
  Tyler Huffman, Barry Wright III and Charles Staats III;
  Matt Fischer, Brandon Levin and Nikifor Bliznashki
  (Duke News, April 3, 2006)


• Undergraduates in Graduate Math courses: Nikifor Bliznashki
  (Duke Chronicle, February 16, 2006)


• All USA College Academic Team: Jackie Ou & Adam Chandler
  (USA Today, February 14, 2006)


• The mathematics of toolbooths: Baliga, Chandler and Mian win MCM
  (Duke News, June 30, 2005)


• Student presentations on how gravity warps starlight
  (Duke News, June 16, 2005)


• Peter Blair receives Minister's Cup
  (The Nassau Guardian, May 20, 2005)


• Outstanding Math Modelling Team: Baliga, Chandler, Mian
  (The Chronicle, Vol. 100, No. 141, Wednesday, April 27, 2005)


• Goldwater Scholarship to Blair, Chandler and Hwang
  (Duke News, April 4, 2005)


• Duke junior wants to be a millionaire: Jason Shapiro
  (The Chronicle, Vol. 100, January 21, 2005)


• Count Down, The International Math Olympiad
  Dick Gordon of The Connection interviews author Steve Olson
  and IMO contestants Melanie Wood and Gabriel Carroll
  (National Public Radio, April 23, 2004)


• Melanie Wood wins Morgan Prize
  (MAA Online, 2004)


• Melanie Wood: The Making of a Mathematician
  (Duke Dialogue, May 8, 2003)


• David Arthur: TopCoder Champion
  (TopCoder News April 5, 2003)


• Melanie Wood: Having her number retired
  (Duke Chronicle, March 31, 2003)


• Kevin Lacker: The Math of Puzzles
  (Duke Dialogue, May 15, 2002)


• Trustees honor math team, Rhodes Scholar and men's basketball titlists
  (Duke News, May 18, 2002)


• All USA College Academic Team: Sam Malone
  (USA Today, February 27, 2002)


• Duke wins Math 'Final Four'
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol. 15, No. 37, March 23, 2001)


• Curto mixes math, physics in string theory
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol. 15 No. 26, December 15, 2000)


• King Arthur's Quest
  David Arthur wins gold at the International Olympiad in Informatics
  (The Chronicle, Vol. 96, No. 43, Thursday, October 26, 2000)


• The Girl who Loved Math
  Melanie Wood at the International Math Olympiads
  (Discover, Vol 21, No 2, June 2000)


• Math students master modeling contest
  Malone, Mermin and Neill win MCM
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 15, No. 1, April 21, 2000)


• Beasley's studies win him a Churchill award to go to Cambridge
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 13, No. 39, April 9, 1999)


• Math undergraduates score big in Putnam
  Curtis and Lacker named Putnam Fellows
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 13, No. 38, April 2, 1999)


• Duke sweeps Virginia Tech Contest
  (Math Battle: Duke Dialogue, Dec 11, 1998)


• Math team wins math contest in modeling and another places second in Putnam Competition
  Mitchener, Mermin and Thacker present solution to grade inflation
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 12, No. 38, April 10, 1998)


• Math team takes national title in Putnam
  Team of Dittmer, Shazeer and Schneck win for second time
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 11., No. 36, March 28, 1997)


• Robert Schneck wins Churchill Scholarship
  (Duke Dialogue, Vol 11., No. 36, March 28, 1997)