Mathematicians win 3.4m to study sun
Eric Priest (centre) signing the EU contract with co-researchers Alan Hood and Ineke De Moortel.
Eric Priest (centre) signing the EU contract with co-researchers Alan Hood and Ineke De Moortel.
Professor Priest being presented with the Robinson medal by Lord Eames and accompanied by Professor Bailey, director of Armagh Observatory.
Mathematicians at the University of St Andrews hosted a special lecture recently in memory of a former professor.
A group of maths experts from the University of St Andrews is hosting a major international conference to discuss the achievements of an award winning space mission which is helping to further mankind's understanding of the Sun.
Dr Ineke De Moortel and Dr Sophie Huczynska, young researchers in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, have both been awarded four-year Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships.
Professor Alex Craik retired today (Tuesday 30th September) after 40 years as a member of staff in the University of St Andrews' School of Mathematics and Statistics.
CAPTION: Professor Tom Blyth (left) with the Parisian doctoral robes he has gifted to the University's museum, with Professor Kenneth Falconer (right).
CAPTION: Professor Priest wearing the red robe gifted to him by Japanese colleagues.
The role of mathematics in cricket bats has been highlighted by a University of St Andrews mathematician who has been awarded a prestigious prize for her honours project.
An Applied Mathematician from the University of St Andrews has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society - a highly prestigious honour which represents the greatest academic recognition for a scientist in the United Kingdom.