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The Department of Mathematics at Cornell University is known throughout the world for its distinguished faculty and stimulating mathematical atmosphere. The 43 tenured and tenure-track faculty represent a broad spectrum of current mathematical research, with a lively group of postdoctoral fellows and frequent research and teaching visitors. The graduate program includes over 60 graduate students from many different countries. The undergraduate program includes several math major programs and a math minor. A wide selection of courses are taught for all types of users of mathematics.

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Jan 28

Tuesday 04:30 PM

AMC 8 Math Competition

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Mar 15

Saturday 09:00 AM

Julia Robinson Math Festival - 2025

Willard Straight Hall 407

Apr 12

Saturday 09:00 AM

Upper NYS Geometric Analysis Workshop

Malott Hall 532

May 02

Friday 09:00 AM

Topology Festival

Malott Hall 253, 532

Jun 16

Monday 08:00 AM

Fractals Conference

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Mathematics News

Mathematician R. Keith Dennis dies at 80

A renowned mathematician, Prof. R. Keith Dennis made significant contributions to algebraic K-theory and group theory, publishing 25 papers.

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Your December 2024 reads

This month’s featured titles include a history Harlem by a government alum and a prof’s memoir about his education under Apartheid.

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Mathematician Allen Hatcher receives inaugural book prize

Allen Hatcher, a geometric topologist, will receive the award for his book, “Algebraic Topology,” published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press.

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Hatcher Awarded Inaugural Prize from AMS

Professor Emeritus Allen Hatcher will receive the inaugural Elias M. Stein Prize for Transformative Exposition for his book Algebraic Topology.

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Stretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell

“Cornell has had a considerable impact across many subfields of topology and across decades."

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Jennifer Lory-Moran, in multi-colored stripped shirt and long blond hair, is smiling while standing next to the controls for the Cornell chimes up in McGraw Tower.

Bells Are Ringing for This Veteran Chimesmaster

The Cornell Chimes' advisor for nearly a quarter-century, Jennifer Courtley Lory-Moran ’96, MAT ’97, recently marked a carillon milestone.

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Mathematician Al Schatz dies at 90

Alfred H. Schatz, an emeritus professor of mathematics who taught at Cornell for nearly 50 years, died at home on Oct. 11 after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.

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University celebrates top faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring

Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 22.

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