The Department of Mathematics recognized four math community members with Teaching and Learning awards for their contributions to teaching, mentoring, and student support in our math subjects. Math majors Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu and Esha Bhatia were recognized for their work as a PRIMES Circle mentor and 18.03 teaching assistant, respectively. Giada Franz taught her first MIT […]
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Serina Hu and Nitya Mani Receive Peter Baddoo Community Building Awards
June 6, 2023
Graduate students Nitya Mani and Serina Hu recently received the Peter Baddoo Community Building Award, which rewards students for significant contributions to building and strengthening our MIT Math community. They received this award for their work in organizing the department retreat, which usually is the work of at least five people. Congratulations, Serina and Nitya! This award is named […]
Anqi Li Receives Bucsela Prizes
June 6, 2023
The 2023 Jon A. Bucsela Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to senior math major Anqi Li for distinguished scholastic achievement, professional promise, and enthusiasm for mathematics. Congratulations Anqi!
Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng Receives Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award
June 6, 2023
Math major Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng ’23, who is also majoring in Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (6-14) and minoring in Music (21M), was chosen for the 2023 Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award by the Arts at MIT Student Art Awards Committee. Zheng’s artistic involvement on campus is multi-faceted; she is best known for bringing to […]
In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride Month
June 5, 2023
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Audrey Xie named 2023-24 Goldwater Scholar
May 30, 2023
MIT undergraduate Audrey Xie has been selected to receive Barry Goldwater Scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year. Audrey is a third-year undergrad majoring in mathematics and computer science. Her research focuses on using gradient-based optimizers to train neural networks. Xie plans to pursue a PhD in computer science and hopes to one day conduct research […]