A woman with shoulder-length blond hair wearing glasses and a burgundy cardigan over a white shift is sitting at a desk, holding a pen and smiling at the camera. Behind her is a wall of bookshelves with academic journals, textbooks, and trinkets.

Harvard Math Professor Melanie Matchett Wood Awarded PECASE

01/27/2025

Harvard William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics Melanie Matchett Wood was honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) earlier this month. She received the award for her research into arithmetic statistics and spanning probability, random...
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A black and white photo of Harvard mathematician Shlomo Zvi Sternberg in the 1970s as he gives a lecture leaning against a blackboard with math formulae.

In Memory of Professor Emeritus Shlomo Sternberg

09/06/2024

It is with heavy hearts that we say farewell to Professor Emeritus Shlomo Zvi Sternberg, who passed away surrounded by friends and family in Israel on August 23, 2024. Shlomo joined the Harvard Department of Mathematics in 1959 and was named...
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A 1972 black-and-white image of Harvard math professor emeritus Dick Gross hitching across Kenya, standing under a traffic sign.

Faculty Spotlight: Dick Gross, Professor Emeritus

07/30/2024

[caption id="attachment_10081" align="alignleft" width="294"] This polaroid of Dick Gross served as his entry on the bulletin board of department faculty members, long before the specially designed and printed poster visitors of the Harvard Science Center can see today.[/caption] Dick Gross’...
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