Harvard scored second place among the winning teams at the 84th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Over 3,400 students from over 450 institutions participated in the highly competitive exam administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) this past...
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The 2024 Harvard Staff Art Show celebrates the creative work of the Harvard University staff through an online exhibition, local shows, and artist events across the University. This year's show features over 400 artworks by 240 artists, including our very...
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Anne J. Manning, Harvard Gazette Dan Freed was as serious about perfecting his skills as a trombone player as he was about solving partial differential equations in the late 1970s. The math concentrator got special dispensation from then-Faculty Dean Raoul...
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Just over a year ago on a warm September Saturday, the Harvard Department of Mathematics and the Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (CMSA) hosted a unique event celebrating the life and achievements of renowned German mathematician Emmy Noether. Produced...
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Found Film Offers Glimpse of Department Past It was a business-as-usual day in the fall of 2022 when a small but meaningful piece of department history was unearthed while cleaning out a third- floor office in the Harvard Science Center....
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