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Eighty-four students have been selected as National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows in 2023, comprising the largest group of new fellows Cornell has ever fielded in one year.
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Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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Philippe Sosoe, mathematics, is among those at Cornell who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/08/five-early-career-professors-win-nsf-development-awards
Rachel Bean, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Astronomy and senior associate dean for math and science, has been named interim A&S dean.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/dean-jayawardhana-named-provost-johns-hopkins
The Scientific Artificial Intelligence Center is being launched with a grant from the Office of Naval Research.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/new-center-merges-math-ai-push-frontiers-science
The professorships are possible because of generous gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
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Quanta Magazine profiles math professor Kathryn Mann for her contributions to a series of new papers describing elusive dynamical systems.
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The work, along with a few subsequent papers, ushered in the modern era of network science – the results of which are ubiquitous in today’s world.
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Distinguished mathematician, award-winning teacher and well-known science communicator Steven Strogatz has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Winokur chair.
https://news.cornell.edu
Forty-three student scholars, including nine from Arts and Sciences, were honored at this year’s 35th Merrill Presidential Scholars ceremony on May 23.
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This summer, 101 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in groundbreaking research on campus with 61 faculty as part of the Nexus Scholars Program.
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Ben Caplan is majoring in Spanish and mathematics.
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Jeremy Jung is a mathematics and computer science major.
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Jeffrey Backus is a physics and mathematics major.
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Five faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences were featured on a “Cornell week” on The Academic Minute radio program from May 1-5.
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“Ellenberg is a distinguished mathematician and a master of public communication."
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Three Arts and Sciences professors “have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."
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Karen Vogtmann is among 120 members and 30 international members who were elected in 2022, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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The fourth cohort of Klarman Fellows is the largest since the program’s launch in 2019.
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"Welcoming students to campus and providing them with the opportunity to connect to faculty and each other is a joy."
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Quanta Article Highlights Research by Magill and Weiler
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The National Science Foundation offers approximately 2,000 fellowships per year to research-based master’s and doctoral students pursuing STEM studies.
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The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.
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The program matches undergraduate students with summer opportunities to work side by side with faculty from across the College.
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Four A&S faculty members have been honored for their excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
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Alex Townsend was named a Stephen H. Weiss Junior Fellow on Friday.
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The initiative has supported classes in the humanities, the social and natural sciences, mathematics, information science and engineering.
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“The main idea of the film involves an exploration of infinity from several perspectives: mathematical, physical, philosophical, theological."
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Klarman Fellows pursue research in any discipline in the College, including natural sciences, social sciences, humanities and the creative arts as well as cross-disciplinary fields. The application deadline is October 14.
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Eros Georgiou ’25 is spending the summer exploring a career in banking, with help from a Summer Experience Grant.
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August 8-11, mathematics researchers and college-level teachers will discuss what it takes to communicate effectively among mathematicians, to students, and to the public.
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Christian Gaetz uses his specific focus in mathematics – algebraic combinatorics – to make exciting progress on open problems.
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The online conference Nerode-90, from June 28 to 29, will honor the logician's legacy.
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Heather Wilber, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas’ Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Alex Townsend (Department of Mathematics) at Cornell’s Center for Applied Math.
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The Association for Women in Mathematics announced that the 2022-2023 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize has been awarded to Emily Witt, Associate Professor and Keeler Intra-University Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas.
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A number of special events are planned in the College of Arts & Sciences to celebrate Reunion 2022.
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"These faculty members and graduate teaching assistants have made tremendous contributions for the benefit of our students, guiding their educational paths and molding their experiences."
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Kiara Wang is a Biology and Mathematics major.
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Anthony Nguyen is a physics and math major.
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