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In Memoriam – Masatake Kuranishi

It is with deep sadness that Columbia Mathematics Department has learned of
the passing of Masatake Kuranishi, who was a member of the Department for
over forty years (more…)

CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Birman; emeritus research professor, department of mathematics, Barnard College

Professor Joan Birman was elected as a new member of the National Academy of Sciences (MORE).

ANDREI OKOUNKOV ELECTED TO ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

On February 12, Samuel Eilenberg Professor of Mathematics Andrei Okounkov was elected to Foreign Membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (More…).

Memorial Conference for Patrick Ximenes Gallagher

A memorial conference for Patrick Ximenes Gallagher will be held on Thursday, October 10…(MORE)

Michael Harris elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Please congratulate Professor Michael Harris, who was recently elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!

CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Dusa McDuff

Congratulations to Professor McDuff who was selected as the 2018 Sylvester Medal winner. The Sylvester Medal is now awarded annually for an outstanding researcher in the field of mathematics (MORE…).

CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Corwin

Professor Corwin, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. An induction ceremony will take place on July 2, 2018, at the IMS Annual Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania(More…).

CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Weinstein!

Congratulations to Professor Weinstein who was selected as the 2018 Martin Kruskal Prize Lecturer. The prize will be awarded by the SIAM Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures (SIAG/NWCS) at their meeting in June 2018(More…).

Wei Zhang awarded a New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

“Recognizing the Achievements of Early-Career Physicists and Mathematicians”

Simon Brendle awarded the 2017 Fermat Prize

“Results of researches accessible to the greatest number of professional mathematicians in fields where the contributions of Pierre de Fermat have been decisive (Statements of variational principles,  Foundations of probability and analytic geometry, Number theory)” More…