Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Nicole Hao ’24, MEng ’25
“Nexus, to me, was also a professional development experience."
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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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| Faculty Positions | math_recruit@cornell.edu |
| Graduate Program | emo75@cornell.edu |
| Undergraduate Program | mmk8@cornell.edu |
| Course Enrollment | hko1@cornell.edu |
| General Inquiries | mathmail@cornell.edu |
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Mathematics News
Portraits honor 8 Cornell faculty as ‘new heroes’
Eight Cornell faculty, including Provost Kavita Bala, are featured as “New Heroes” in a portrait 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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Podcast embraces an urban-rural archetype: The 'Cidiot'
Hosted by Mat Zucker ’92, the show chronicles the joys of country living—and helps other city folk make the leap
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