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The Department of Mathematics at Cornell University is a world leader in graduate and undergraduate mathematics education, and mathematical research. The 43 tenured and tenure-track faculty represent a broad spectrum of current mathematical research, while a lively graduate student population represents the global reach of department.
Topologists study geometric objects and how they hold up when deformed by stretching, twisting or bending. They explore how these objects fit together, how you can reshape them and what you can do with them in any number of dimensions.
Click here to read more about the impacts Cornell mathematicians have made on the field of topology over decades.
Cornell’s College of Arts & Sciences honors the winners of its 2026 teaching and advising awards. Faculty members Nicole Giannella, Karola Mészáros and Landon Schnabel stand out this year, earning major awards for excellence; many instructors and teaching assistants received recognition, as well.
Alexander Won is majoring in physics and mathematics.
A study from Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences finds that dead bacteria can shape infection outcomes via immune responses. Researchers Alex Vladimirsky and Stephen Ellner developed a mathematical model showing how microbial corpses sequester antimicrobial peptides.
Bilal Afzal Shafi is majoring in computer science, mathematics and philosophy.
Sami Wolf is a computer science and mathematics major.
Abra Geiger is majoring in physics and mathematics.
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Mathematics is the language of modern science; basic training in the discipline is essential for those who want to understand, as well as for those who want to take part in, the important scientific developments of our time.
The Department of Mathematics at Cornell University offers a rigorous graduate program, leading to the Ph.D. degree, that combines study and research opportunities under the direction of an internationally known faculty.