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In Memory of Professor Emeritus Shlomo Sternberg

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...
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Faculty Spotlight: Dick Gross, Professor Emeritus

Dick Gross’ contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, modular forms, and group representations earned him a MacArthur Fellowship in 1986. In 1987, he received the Cole Prize of the American...
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Undergraduate Prizes and Awards 2023-2024

Congratulations to this year’s prize and award recipients! Captain Jonathan Fay Prize The annual award for the top theses of Harvard College’s graduating class. The recipient of the prize with...
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Simons Foundation Co-Founder, Mathematician and Investor Jim Simons Dies at 86

It is with great sadness that the Simons Foundation announces the death of its co-founder and chair emeritus, James Harris Simons, on May 10, 2024, at the age of 86,...
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Melanie Matchett Wood Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences

Melanie Matchett Wood—William Caspar Graustein Professor of Mathematics and Director of Graduate Studies—becomes the first female faculty member of the Harvard Department of Mathematics to be elected to the American...
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Harvard Makes Strong Showing at 84th Putnam Mathematical Competition

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...
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Math Department Representing at Harvard Staff Art Show

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...
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Using math as bridge within disciplines

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....
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Emmy Noether Takes Center Stage

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...
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Andrew Gleason in Black and White

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...
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