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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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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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—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 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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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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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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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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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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At a press conference in Hong Kong earlier this week, the Shaw Prize Foundation awarded the 2023 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences in equal shares to Vladimir Drinfeld, Harry Pratt...
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