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Alex Townsend, Goenka Family Assistant Professor of mathematics, is among the 11 Cornell faculty members who have recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
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Math major Nikita Borisov '22 has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a national award for students pursuing careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Borisov is one of only 51 of this year's Scholars who are mathematics and computer science majors. He is a junior, an active member of the Math Club and a tutor in the...
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Working in the field of logic, James Walsh, a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in philosophy, studies the axiomatic method, a central methodology in mathematics whereby claims are proven from axioms.
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First year Mathematics Ph.D. student Diana Halikias has received a 2021 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Diana's research is on applied probability theory, random matrices, and randomized linear algebra. Many congratulations! The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding...
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Writer, activist and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola will discuss her upcoming book, Travelling while Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, as part of Global Cornell’s Race and Racism Across Borders webinar on April 12.
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The incoming cohort of fellows will explore subjects ranging from the evolution of primate lifespans to urban public art in China to the effects of uncertainty and debt on financial decision-making.
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The Winter 2020-2021 edition of Math Matters is available to view and download. Read about this year's achievements by Cornell mathematicians past and present, and about how we carried out the Department's mission in this most unusual and challenging year.You can also view and download previous issues of Math Matters, dating back to 2010-2011.
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To the members of the extended Cornell Mathematics Community,On 1 January 2021, I took over from Ravi Ramakrishna '88 as Chair of the Department. I am proud to be leading our team and grateful for the strength of our community. This period has been a challenge for everyone, but we have continued to work hard on our key priorities: teaching,...
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"In mathematics, somehow the truth often appears beautiful. It’s nice to have something where beauty and the truth usually coincide.”
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Lionel Levine, the Frank Spitzer and Narahari Umanath Prabhu Associate Professor of Mathematics, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).Levine was invited to join this year’s class of AMS Fellows for contributions to research and exposition in probability theory and combinatorics.The Department of Mathematics...
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