General Rules
- Department Head Titles
- Department Head Responsibilities
- Department Head Pay
- Department Head Clue
- Department Head Job Description
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Proper nouns and official names are capitalized.
Common nouns and informal forms of official names are not capitalized.
Academic and Nonacademic Units and Bodies
Capitalize only the official and complete names of colleges, schools, departments, divisions, offices and official bodies.
- Examples: Department of Aerospace Engineering; Colorado Center for Policy Studies; Office of Admissions; School of Education & Human Development; Board of Regents
Do not capitalize informal and shortened versions of schools, colleges, departments, divisions, offices and official bodies.
- Examples: developmental biology department; education policy analysis center; admissions office; school of education; regents
Committees, Groups, Centers, Programs, Initiatives and Institutes
Avoid capitalizing a committee, center, group, program, institute or initiative unless it is officially recognized and formally named.
- Examples: search committee, admissions committee, doctoral review committee
Capitalize the official, proper names of long-standing committees and groups and formally developed programs and initiatives.
- Examples: Blue Ribbon Commission, Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly
Course Titles
When referring to official course titles, use initial caps. Do not use quotation marks, italics or any other formatting with course titles.
- Example: She was required to take Fundamentals of Nursing during her first year.
When referring to a course using the course title and course number, use commas to set off the course title.
- Example: Six students who registered for CMMU 4760, Computer Mediated Communication, were placed on a waiting list because the course was full.
Degrees / Programs of Study
Do not capitalize degree names when spelled out.
- Example: She earned a bachelor of science degree from UCCS.
Capitalize degree abbreviations.
- Example: He has a Ph.D. in toxicology.
Do not capitalize major names, minor names or programs of study.
Department Head Titles
- Example: He studies biology and math, but his minor is music.
Job Titles
Capitalize a job title if it immediately precedes a name.
- Examples: Professor Ann Jones; Dean and Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs Richard Krugman
Do not capitalize titles that follow names or stand alone.
- Examples: John Smith, professor in biology; the chancellor of the university
Placing the title after the name, lower case, is preferred.
Publication and Presentation Titles
Department Head Responsibilities
Which words should not be capitalized in a title?
- Articles: a, an, & the.
- Coordinate conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet & so (FANBOYS).
- Prepositions, such as at, around, by, after, along, for, from, of, on, to, with & without. (According to the Chicago Manual of Style, all prepositions should be uncapitalized in a title. NIVA and I recommend capitalizing prepositions 5+ letters long).
Which words should be capitalized in a title?
- The first and last words should always be capitalized, even if they’re in the above list.
- All nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs should be capitalized.
- Subordinate conjunctions, such as after, as, because, how, who, if, than, what, why, that, when, where, whether & while.
- Commonly missed words: it (pronoun), is (verb), be (verb) and their/our/my (adjective) should all be capitalized.
Schools and Colleges / Department Names
Capitalize only the official and complete names of colleges, schools, departments, divisions and offices.
- Examples: Department of Biology, School of Dental Medicine
Do not capitalize informal or general references.
- Examples: biology department, dental school
Seasons and Semesters
Do not capitalize semester names or seasons.
- Examples: spring semester, spring 2008, fall commencement
Structures and Places
Capitalize the full, official names of buildings and places on campus. Examples: Old Main, North Classroom, University Center
University References
Department Head Pay
Do not capitalize university unless using the complete proper name of the university. See university references for a list of proper names.
Department Head Clue
- Examples: He is a senior at the University of Colorado Boulder. There are more than 70,000 university alumni in the Denver area.
NOTE: This rule also applies to schools, colleges, departments, centers, institutes, etc.
- Faculty
Department Head Job Description
| Name / Contact | Title / Interests |
|---|---|
| Artin, Michael 2-274 x3-3689 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Geometry, Non-Commutative Algebra |
| Bazant, Martin 66-350 x4-2036 | Professor of Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics, Electrokinetics, Microfluidics and Electrochemistry |
| Berger, Bonnie 32-G574 x3-4986 2-373 x3-1827 | Simons Professor of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Biological Modeling |
| Bezrukavnikov, Roman 2-470 x3-2684 | Professor of Mathematics Representation Theory, Algebraic Geometry On Leave Spring semester |
| Borodin, Alexei 2-280 x3-4998 | Professor of Mathematics Integrable Probability |
| Bush, John 2-446 x3-4387 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Fluid Dynamics |
| Cheng, Hung 2-379 x3-3663 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Theoretical Physics |
| Chernoff, Herman off-campus | Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Statistics, Probability |
| Cohn, Henry 2-341B x3-3662 | Adjunct Professor Discrete Mathematics |
| Colding, Tobias Holck 2-369 x3-3215 | Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Pure Mathematics Committee Chair Differential Geometry, Partial Differential Equations |
| Collins, Tristan 2-273 | Assistant Professor of Mathematics Geometric Analysis, PDEs |
| Demanet, Laurent 2-247 x4-2614 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Applied analysis, Scientific Computing |
| Dunkel, Jörn 2-381 x3-7826 | Associate Professor of Mathematics Physical Applied Mathematics On Leave Spring semester |
| Dyatlov, Semyon 2-377 x3-4057 | Associate Professor of Mathematics Scattering theory, microlocal analysis, dynamical systems, general relativity |
| Edelman, Alan 2-349 x3-7770 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Parallel Computing, Numerical Linear Algebra, Random Matrices On Leave Spring semester |
| Etingof, Pavel 2-282 x3-3669 | Professor of Mathematics Representation Theory, Quantum Groups, Noncommutative Algebra |
| Freedman, Daniel off-campus | Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Theoretical Physics, Supergravity, Supersymmetry |
| Goemans, Michel 2-474 x3-2688 4-172B | Department Head Professor of Mathematics Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization |
| Greenspan, Harvey 2-253A | Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics |
| Guillemin, Victor 2-270 x3-4983 | Professor of Mathematics Differential Geometry |
| Guth, Larry 2-278 x3-4326 | Claude Shannon Professor of Mathematics Metric geometry, harmonic analysis, extremal combinatorics |
| Helgason, Sigurdur 2-253A x3-3668 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Geometric Analysis |
| Hintz, Peter 2-265 | Assistant Professor of Mathematics General relativity, partial differential equations, microlocal analysis On Leave Fall semester |
| Hosoi, Anette 3-262 x3-4337 | Professor of Mechanical Engineering Associate Dean of Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Analysis |
| Jerison, David 2-272 x3-4394 | Professor of Mathematics Partial Differential Equations, Fourier Analysis |
| Johnson, Steven 2-345 x3-4073 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Waves, PDEs, Scientific Computing |
| Kac, Victor 2-176 x3-2945 | Professor of Mathematics Algebra, Mathematical Physics |
| Kelner, Jonathan 2-344 x3-4344 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science |
| Kim, Ju-Lee 2-442 x3-7576 | Professor of Mathematics Representation Theory of p-adic groups |
| Kleiman, Steven 2-172 x3-4996 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Geometry, Commutative Algebra |
| Kleitman, Daniel 2-172 x3-1796 | Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Combinatorics, Operations Research |
| Lawrie, Andrew 2-267 | Assistant Professor of Mathematics Analysis, Geometric PDEs |
| Leighton, Tom 2-444 x3-3662 32-G594 x3-5876 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science, Combinatorics On Leave Spring semester |
| Lusztig, George 2-365 x3-4398 | Abdun-Nur Professor of Mathematics Group Representations, Algebraic Groups |
| Mattuck, Arthur 2-383 x3-4345 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Geometry |
| Maulik, Davesh 2-346 x3-1796 | Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Geometry |
| Melrose, Richard 2-480 x3-2950 | Professor of Mathematics Partial Differential Equations, Differential Geometry |
| Miller, Haynes 2-478 x3-7569 (617) 413-2419 | Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Topology |
| Minicozzi, William 2-371 x3-3299 | Academic Officer Associate Department Head Singer Professor of Mathematics Geometric Analysis, PDEs |
| Minzer, Dor | Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Moitra, Ankur 2-472 x3-4129 | Associate Professor of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science, Machine Learning |
| Mossel, Elchanan 2-434 x3-4382 | Professor of Mathematics Probability, Algorithms and Inference |
| Mrowka, Tomasz 2-440 x3-2857 | Professor of Mathematics Gauge Theory, Differential Geometry |
| Munkres, James 2-172 x3-2948 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Differential Topology |
| Neguț, Andrei 2-269 x3-6770 | Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor Algebraic Geometry, Representation Theory |
| Parrilo, Pablo 32-D724 x4-1542 | Professor of EECS and Mathematics Optimization, Control Theory, Computational Algebraic Geometry, Applied Mathematics |
| Piccirillo, Lisa 2-275 | Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Poonen, Bjorn 2-243 x8-8164 | Distinguished Professor in Science Professor of Mathematics Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry |
| Postnikov, Alexander 2-367 x2-2876 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Algebraic Combinatorics |
| Rigollet, Philippe 2-279 x4-2809 | Professor of Mathematics Statistics, Machine Learning |
| Rosales, Rodolfo 2-337 x3-2784 | Professor of Applied Mathematics Nonlinear Waves, Fluid Mechanics, Material Sciences, Numerical pde |
| Seidel, Paul 2-276 x3-3773 | Levinson Professor of Mathematics Mirror Symmetry |
| Sheffield, Scott 2-249 x3-4350 | Leighton Family Professor of Mathematics Postdoc Officer Probability and Mathematical Physics |
| Shor, Peter 2-375 x3-4362 | Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics Committee Chair Quantum Computation, Quantum Information |
| Singer, Isadore x3-5601 | Emeritus Institute Professor Differential Geometry, Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics |
| Sipser, Michael 2-438 x3-4992 | Donner Professor of Mathematics MacVicar Faculty Fellow Algorithms, Complexity Theory |
| Staffilani, Gigliola 2-251 x3-4981 | Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of Mathematics Analysis: Dispersive Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations |
| Stanley, Richard 2-380 x3-7930 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Algebraic Combinatorics |
| Stark, Harold off-campus | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Number Theory |
| Strang, Gilbert 2-245 x3-4383 | MathWorks Professor of Mathematics Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations |
| Stroock, Daniel 2-380 x3-4354 | Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Probability, Stochastic Analysis |
| Sun, Nike 2-432 | Associate Professor of Mathematics Probability, statistical physics |
| Sutherland, Andrew 2-341B x3-4381 | Principal Research Scientist Computational number theory and arithmetic geometry |
| Toomre, Alar 2-253A x3-1796 | Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Astrophysics, Stellar Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics |
| Vogan, David 2-355 x3-4991 | Norbert Wiener Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Group Representations, Lie Theory |
| Xu, Chenyang 2-468 x3-6544 | Professor of Mathematics Algebraic geometry On Leave Fall and Spring semesters |
| Yun, Zhiwei 2-436 x4-7659 | Professor of Mathematics Geometric Representation Theory, Number Theory |
| Zhang, Wei 2-476 x8-7180 | Professor of Mathematics Number Theory, Automorphic Forms, Algebraic Geometry |
| Zhao, Yufei 2-271 x3-4380 | Class of 1956 Career Development Assistant Professor Combinatorics |
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