Undergraduate

Mathematics is the language of modern science; basic training in the discipline is essential for those who want to understand, as well as for those who want to take part in, the important scientific developments of our time. Acquaintance with mathematics is also extremely useful for students in the social sciences and valuable for anyone interested in the full range of human culture and the ways of knowing the universe in which we live.

Important Undergraduate Resources

First Steps in Math Life After Calculus The Mathematics Major The Mathematics Minor Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Be a Teacher! Careers and Internships Math Club

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Mathematics News

Nexus Scholar alumni profile: Nicole Hao ’24, MEng ’25

“Nexus, to me, was also a professional development experience."

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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.

promotional image showing three faculty head shots and a picture of students taking an exam in a very large hall

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.

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.

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.

Cox in academic regalia. Howard University, Cox Centennial Celebration

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.