After 40 years of service to DePaul University, Professor Carolyn "Lynn" Narasimhan is retiring.
Professor Narasimhan earned her PhD in Mathematics in 1977, before joining the faculty at DePaul University in 1979. She was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1983 and then to the rank of Professor in 2006. In her time at DePaul, Professor Narasimhan held numerous leadership positions, including Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences (1987-1989), Associate Dean of the College of LIberal Arts and Sciences (1989-2011), Director of the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center (2000-2011), and most recently Chair of the STEM Studies Department and Director of the STEM Center (2011-present). Through her work with the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Center and later the STEM Center, Professor Narasimhan was awarded grants from such organizations as the NSF, Space Science for Illinois Teachers, Algebra Common Core Leadership Program, Department of Education/Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago STEM Education Consortium, Building a STEM Pipeline in Chicago, National Science Foundation, Funding Undergraduate Women Scientists, and the Luce Foundation. Professor Narasimhan was recognized with the DePaul Excellence in Teaching award in 1992, with the Spirit of DePaul award in 2010, and the Service and Leadership Award from the Illinois Louis B. Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in 2013.