Mészáros elected to American Mathematical Society
Mészáros’ research focuses on algebraic and geometric combinatorics.
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Mathematics News
Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Nicole Hao ’24, MEng ’25
“Nexus, to me, was also a professional development experience."
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Portraits honor 8 Cornell faculty as ‘new heroes’
The portraits are part of a series by Christopher Michel, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s inaugural artist-in-residence.
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Academic integrity and generative AI focus of PWGIA event 
A keynote and faculty panel on Nov. 12 will focus on how faculty can communicate their generative AI-related expectations to students, how students can take accountability for their work, and what this looks like in practice.
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Which discipline should survive the end of the world?
Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save for the future in the annual Apocalypse Debate Nov. 6.
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Cracking the code of chaos
Using time-delay snapshots, researchers led by mathematician Yunan Yang have introduced a new way to identify the underlying dynamics of unpredictable systems, such as the atmosphere and turbulent fluids.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Black PhD Mathematicians
On Saturday, September 27, Professor Laurent Saloff-Coste, the Cornell Math Department historian, will give a presentation at the Cox Centennial Celebration Sept 26-27, 2025, at Howard University.
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