News & Announcements

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• Welcome Courant's Newest Faculty Members (AY 2026-27)

  The Department of Mathematics is thrilled to welcome seven new faculty members this year. Read through their short bios below to learn more about their bakgrounds and research interests. Read More

• Denis Zorin to serve as Dean of the Courant Institute School

  University leaders have announced that Denis Zorin, Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, will serve as Dean of the Courant Institute School. Read More

• Hong Wang Receives the 2026 Qiu Shi Outstanding Scientist Award

  Hong Wang, Silver Professor of Mathematics, has received the 2026 Outstanding Scientist Award from the Qiu Shi Science & Technologies Foundation. Read More

• Jeff Cheeger Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

  Jeff Cheeger, Silver Professor of Mathematics, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, one of the nation’s newest learned societies. Read More

• Hong Wang Wins the Fields Medal

  Hong Wang, Silver Professor of Mathematics, was awarded the Fields Medal at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read More

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Upcoming Seminars

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• Smooth counterexample to Caratheodory conjecture

  Convexity Seminar
  Micah Warren, University of Oregon
  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314

• Polycubes with small perimeter defect

  Geometry Seminar
  Gill Barequet, Technion, Haifa
  2PM, Online On Zoom only

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• TBA

  Mathematics in the Age of AI
  Daniel Litt, University of Toronto
  3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 109

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• Continuous equations for Transformers and how to use them

  Analysis Seminar
  Borjan Geshkovsky, Inria Paris
  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302

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• TBA

  Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
  Enric Florit-Simon, ETH
  11AM, Online

• Random Matrices and the Roots of (Random) Polynomials

  Probability and Mathematical Physics Seminar
  Andrew Campbell, Lafayette College
  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302

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• TBA

  Convexity Seminar
  Mira Gordin, Brown University
  11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314

• Beyond Berg–Purcell: effects of communication constraints and time-varying signals on precision of cellular sensing

  Mostly Biomathematics Lunchtime Seminar
  Ilya Nemenman, Emory University (currently at Flatiron Institute at Simons Foundation)
  12:45PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314

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