The New York Times published a profile on Professor Emeritus Joan BirmanThe New York Times published a profile on Professor Emeritus Joan Birman “The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice” on Sept. 6, 2026.
Professor Lue Pan won the 2026 David Goss Prize in Number Theory at JNT Biennial ConferenceCongratulates to Professor Lue Pan, who won the 2026 David Goss Prize in Number Theory at the fourth JNT Biennial Conference in July 2026.
Professor Joan Birman and collaborators “unraveled a century-old braid mystery”In July 2026, Professor Joan Birman and collaborators proved that the Burau representation of the classical braid group is faithful for n=4, resolving the last remaining open case for this longstanding problem.
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