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Dennis Gaitsgory Receives 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics

Congratulations to former Harvard math professor Dennis Gaitsgory, currently of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematic, for receiving the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics! Gaitsgory won the prize for his...
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Harvard Makes Strong Showing at 85th Putnam Mathematical Competition

Harvard scored second place among the winning teams at the 85th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Almost 4,000 students from over 477 institutions participated in the highly competitive exam...
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Harvard Math Professor Melanie Matchett Wood Awarded PECASE

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...
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Harvard Math Concentrator Katherine Tung Awarded 2025 AWM Schafer Prize

Katherine Tung ’26, a Harvard math concentrator, is one of three chosen recipients of the 35th annual Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Alice T. Schafer Prizes for Excellence in...
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Harvard Ph.D. Graduate Naomi Sweeting Awarded AWM Dissertation Prize

Naomi Sweeting, a '24 Harvard math Ph.D. graduate, is one of three chosen recipients of the ninth annual Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Dissertation Prize. The award, established in...
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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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