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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Arav Karighattam, a '24 Harvard math graduate, is one of 19 chosen recipients of the 2025 Hertz Fellows. In its announcement, the Hertz Foundation emphasized his recent paper, in which he determined the ranks of members of a challenging family...
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Melanie Matchett Wood, William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). "It is a great honor to join so many of my mathematical role models in the NAS," Matchett Wood said. "I look...
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Kate Penner, Harvard math preceptor and Undergraduate Science Research Advisor, was named one of 11 individual recipients of the 2025 Dean's Distinction. This honor recognizes a small number of exceptional staff members for their outstanding citizenship, collaboration, and contribution in...
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Lauren Williams, Dwight Parker Robinson Professor of Mathematics and Sally Starling Seaver Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, was among 20 Harvard faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. "I was quite honored and a bit flabbergasted...
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