Applications open for Klarman fellowships

The three-year fellowships are available to early-career scholars conducting leading-edge research in any of the College’s discipline areas.

Roger Livesay, emeritus professor of math, dies at 95

G. Roger Livesay, professor emeritus of math in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Aug. 1 in Ithaca after a long illness. He was 95.

Livesay received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1948 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and his Ph.D. in 1952 from the same institution.

Xin Zhou

Name and title: 

Xin Zhou, Associate Professor, Mathematics

Academic focus: 

Geometric analysis, calculus of variations, general relativity

Current research project: 

Stillman receives Jenks Prize for developing influential algebra software

Michael Stillman, professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received the 2019 Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for “excellence in software engineering applied to computer algebra” for his work on the Macaulay and Macaulay2 computer algebra systems.

Teaching awards honor Arts & Sciences faculty, graduate students

“Our instructors have shown extraordinary dedication and leadership this year, teaching, advising and inspiring our students despite unprecedented challenges.”

Join us for Virtual Reunion 2020, June 5-6

Ana Smaranda Sandu Awarded Gitner Prize

Ph.D. candidate Ana Smaranda Sandu has been honored by the College of Arts & Sciences with the 2020 Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Annual Prize for Teaching Assistants. The prize is awarded to TAs who have demonstrated their devotion to undergraduate teaching — including classroom presence, course preparation and administration, student...

Marten H. Wegkamp Named IMS Fellow

Marten H. Wegkamp, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Department of Statistics and Data Science, Cornell University, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).  Dr. Wegkamp received the award for fundamental contributions to empirical process theory, copula modeling, and statistical learning theory, and for...

Merrill Scholars near and far honor their teachers, mentors

As a first-generation college student whose family – refugees from Indonesia – arrived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was only a year old, Malikul Muhamad ’20 credits his teachers and professors with helping him chart a successful course through uncertainty and new experiences.

Marta Faulkner: 'College is a time for exploring what inspires you most'

Marta Faulkner
Mathematics & Music
Canyon City, OR

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