{"id":1933,"date":"2026-04-27T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:29:50","slug":"prof-simonett-delivers-final-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/2026\/04\/27\/prof-simonett-delivers-final-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Simonett Delivers Final Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Gieri Simonett, who has been on the Vanderbilt faculty since 1995, delivered his last lecture on April 22, 2026. The class was Math 2501: Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra and the topic of the final lecture was the proof of the fabled Stokes theorem for manifolds. Prof. Simonett has been a dedicated teacher in the Department of Mathematics for over three decades, culminating in him being awarded the Madison Sarratt prize from the Provost&#8217;s office in 2025. In honor of Prof. Simonett&#8217;s many contributions, the Department Teaching Award for Research Focused Faculty has been renamed as the Gieri Simonett Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Gieri!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1934\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/2de7dedb-b64e-4b76-a394-beae80f33f34.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1935\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Gieri Simonett, who has been on the Vanderbilt faculty since 1995, delivered his last lecture on April 22, 2026. The class was Math 2501: Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra and the topic of the final lecture was the proof of the fabled Stokes theorem for manifolds. Prof. Simonett has been a dedicated teacher in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":1935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2026\/04\/eccc5f0a-3a25-402d-aef5-021d10972221.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1937,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933\/revisions\/1937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/math\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}