The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space. Professor Curtis T. McMullen received the 1998 Fields Medal, deemed the most...
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Earlier this month, the Simons Foundation announced the inaugural recipients of its Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. Among the graduate student names were those of Harvard’s own Anda-Sorana Tenie and Matthew King. The fellowship—named in honor of foundation co-founder Jim...
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Janet Chen, a Harvard math senior preceptor, was awarded a 2025 Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Harvard Office of Undergraduate Education. The award is designed to highlight the integral role that non-ladder faculty play in...
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Congratulations to this year’s prize and award recipients! Alexander Prize Each year, this award recognizes a deserving student who will use the money for research and travel to math conferences. Quinn Brussel ‘25. Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in...
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Denis Auroux, Herchel Smith Professor of Mathematics, was one of five faculty members awarded a Harvard College Professorship for excellence in undergraduate teaching in fields ranging from high-dimensional geometry to comparative politics. Auroux describes his teaching style as classical—lectures, plenty...
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