MIT Math’s Henry Cohn gave the Laudatio for Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska, a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology professor who earned the Fields Medal for her theorems on sphere packing. She is also only the second woman ever to win the Fields Medal, after Stanford mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani in 2014. “I feel sad that I’m only […]
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Ananya Gurumurthy and Omomayowa A. Songonuga Recognized by 2022 MIT Awards Convocation
June 30, 2022
Ananya Gurumurthy ’23, at left, received MIT’s William L. Stewart Jr. Award for outstanding contributions to extracurricular activities and events. Omomayowa A. Songonuga ’22 received the Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award established in Dr. McNair’s honor by the Black Alumni/ae of MIT, to recognize a Black undergraduate who has demonstrated strong academic performance and who has made a considerable […]
Ariana Park Receives Community Building Award
June 30, 2022
Junior Ariana Park received the Community Building Award for her work in developing the peer mentoring program. Congratulations!
MIT Mathematics Awards for Service to the Math Community
June 30, 2022
Awards were presented recently to several MIT Mathematics members for their outstanding contributions to building and strengthening our mathematics community: Graduate students Marisa Gaetz and Mary Stelow were recognized by the Department of Mathematics for their work as co-directors of PRIMES Circle and for many additional mentoring and managing roles. Postdocs Peter Baddoo and Charlotte Kirchhoff-Lukat were recognized for their work in bringing […]
New model helps identify mutations that drive cancer
June 20, 2022
The system rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells, could help researchers find targets for new drugs. Bonnie Berger, the Simons Professor of Mathematics at MIT and head of the Computation and Biology group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is a senior author of the study. Read more here