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Karen K. Uhlenbeck
Karen Uhlenbeck, who earned a PhD from Brandeis in 1968, accepted an honorary doctorate during 2008 commencement.
Karen K. Uhlenbeck is widely acclaimed for her achievements in mathematics and her work as a mentor for young female mathematicians.
Uhlenbeck is professor and Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chairholder in Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her current research interests are in integrable systems and geometric evolution equations.
Uhlenbeck received master’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics from Brandeis University, and she has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago. She has held visiting positions at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France; the University of California-San Diego; the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany; Harvard University; the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute; Northwestern University; and the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey.
She has been a Sloan Fellow and a MacArthur Fellow. She is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In 2007, she received the American Mathematical Society’s Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research, as well as an honorary doctorate of science from Harvard University. To further nurture mathematical talent, Uhlenbeck has been involved with the Institute for Advanced Study’s Park City Mathematics Institute and the institute’s Mentoring Program for Women in Mathematics.
Honorary Degree Citation
Educator, pioneering mathematician, inspiration and role model for women in the sciences.
Since receipt of your doctoral degree from Brandeis University, you have set an impressive standard for achievement in higher education. Terms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Illinois, and the University of Chicago, as well as visiting professorships at other prestigious institutions, have been milestones on the way to your position as Professor and Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chairholder in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.
A distinguished researcher, you were awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, and you are a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. In 2007, you received the American Mathematical Society’s Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research in recognition of your foundational contributions in analytic aspects of mathematical gauge theory. As a mentor, you have been active in the Institute for Advanced Study’s Park City Mathematics Institute and the institute’s Mentoring Program for Women in Mathematics.
In recognition of your distinguished academic achievements as a scholar and mentor, Brandeis University is proud to bestow upon you its highest honor.
