The faculty is committed to excellence in teaching, is very active in research, and has a strong record of external funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many of our faculty members are frequently invited to lecture at national and international venues, and several of them are involved in the organization of established annual workshops and conferences in their areas of research. According to ISI Web of Knowledge, our faculty member, D. Nualart, is among the 250 most cited mathematicians in the world.

They have strong links to other disciplines. Recent interdisciplinary work includes projects in biology, computer science, economics, engineering, geology, medicine, and physics. Such projects involve interactions with the KU Information and Telecommunication Technology Center, the KU Medical Center, the KU Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, the Kansas Geological Survey, and Sprint.