The Hayden-Howard lecture was inaugurated in the spring of 2001 by a generous contribution from a friend of the Department of Mathematics. The lecture series was established in honor of mathematics professors Thomas Hayden and Henry Howard. Each year, the lecture series brings a research mathematician of international stature to the University of Kentucky.
2023-24, Guo-Wei Wei, Michigan State University
Previous Hayden-Howard lecturers
- 2022-23, Emily Riehl, Johns Hopkins University
- 2021-22, Elisa Gorla, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- 2020-21, Tatiana Toro, University of Washington
- 2019-20, Rekha Thomas, University of Washington
- 2018-19, Laura DeMarco, Northwestern University
- 2017-18, Mike Hill, University of California, Los Angeles
- 2016-17, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Arizona State University and Yachay Tech University, Ecuador.
- 2015-16, Yitang Zhang, University of New Hampshire
- 2014-15, Robert Lazarsfeld, State University of New York at Stony Brook
- 2013-14, Jill Pipher, Brown University
- 2012-13, Michelle Wachs, University of Miami
- 2011-12, Doug Ravenel, University of Rochester
- 2010-11, Luis Vega, Universidad del Pais Vasco
- 2009-10, David Eisenbud, University of California at Berkeley
- 2008-09, Carlos Kenig, University of Chicago
- 2007-08, Joachim Rosenthal, University of Zurich
- 2006-07, John Neuberger, University of North Texas
- 2005-06, Fang-hua Lin, New York University
- 2004-05, Gang Tian, Princeton University and MIT
- 2003-04, Doron Zeilberger, Rutgers University
- 2002-03, Craig Huneke, University of Kansas
- 2001-02, Craig Evans, University of California at Berkeley
- 2000-01, Richard Stanley, MIT