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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 will be 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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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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A sophomore and a two juniors have won Goldwater Scholarships, the top undergraduate award for students pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
Jeffrey Backus, ’23 and Abhi Sarma ’24, both in the College of Arts and Sciences,
Éva Tardos, Chair and Professor of Computer Science and a Mathematics Field member, has been named as the 2022-2023 Athena Lecturer by the Association for Computing Machinery. She was recognized by the ACM for fundamental research contributions to combinatorial optimization, approximation algorithms, and algorithmic game theory, and for her...
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This machine-human partnership is a step toward the day when artificially intelligent deep learning will enhance scientific exploration of natural phenomena such as weather systems, climate change, fluid dynamics, genetics and more.
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These professorships continue the College’s priority to recognize faculty excellence and accomplishments.
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On Cornell’s eighth Giving Day, held March 16, 15,905 alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends from more than 80 countries made gifts totaling a record-breaking $12,268,629.
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Richard Nally will spend his three-year fellowship seeking to understand the mathematical structures at the root of gravity and quantum mechanics.
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"These outstanding physicists and mathematicians are pushing the boundaries of our understanding," said Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
/news/six-professors-named-2022-simons-fellowsThree Cornell Mathematics faculty have been named 2022 Simons Fellows in Mathematics: Laurent Saloff-Coste, Michael Stillman, and Alex Townsend. The Simons Foundation website says, "The Simons Foundation congratulates the outstanding mathematicians and theoretical physicists who have been awarded Simons Fellowships in 2022. The Simons Fellows...
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Gifts allow the College to fulfill its mission: preparing students to do the greatest good in the world.
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Eight graduate students, including four studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, were awarded 2022 Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships.
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Assistant professors Pamela Chang, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, Daniel Halpern-Leistner and Peter McMahon have won 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Everywhere Steven Strogatz goes in the city, he sees math.
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The research-sharing platform is a free resource for scholars around the world in fields including physics, math and computer science, who use the service to share their own cutting-edge research and read work submitted by others.
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A&S faculty offer book and poetry recommendations for the new year.
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Robert Strichartz, professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on December 19 after a long illness. He was 78.
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The Math Department is saddened to share that our colleague and friend Professor Robert Strichartz died on December 19, 2021, after a long illness. He was 78.Bob Strichartz earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1963 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1966, where he worked with Elias Stein. His thesis was entitled, Multipliers on...
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The 2021 Math Department awards recipients were announced at the annual department holiday party, held in person in the Statler ballroom.Junior Faculty Teaching Awards were presented to Phil Sosoe and Katie Mann. Adrian Lewis and Tim Riley received Senior Faculty Teaching Awards. Graduate Teaching Awards went to Trevor Jones and Mark Walth.The...
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