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Ellis R. Kolchin Memorial Lecture | Nov. 12: Haruzo Hida (UCLA)

Please join us on Wednesday, November 12th
for the distinguished Ellis R. Kolchin Memorial Lecture.

Haruzo Hida (UCLA) will give a special talk titled
“Adjoint L-value and the Tate conjecture”

Time & Location:
Wednesday, November 12 @ 4:30pm
Mathematics Hall, Room 520
2990 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10027

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Professor Mehtaab Sawhney awarded 2025 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

Congratulations to Professor Mehtaab Sawhney for being named a recipient of the 2025 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. read more »

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Professor Duong Phong appointed as Davies Chair of Mathematics.

Congratulations to Professor Duong Phong on his appointment as Davies Chair of Mathematics.

Previous holders of the Davies Chair include Lipman Bers, Masatake Kuranishi, and Richard Hamilton.

Professor Phong joined Columbia in 1978. He has made fundamental contributions to many areas of mathematics, including harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, complex differential geometry, and mathematical physics. His contributions include his work with Charles Fefferman on subelliptic operators; his work with Elias Stein on singular integrals and Radon transforms; and his recent work on a-priori estimates for the complex Monge-Ampère equation.

Professor Phong has received many awards and distinctions for his work, including the André Aisenstadt Chair of the Université de Montréal (2000), the Bergman Prize of the American Mathematical Society (2009), and the Frontiers of Science Award (2024). He was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013) and the United States National Academy of Sciences (2024).

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SEPT. 3rd COLLOQUIUM: Eric Zaslow (Northwestern University)

Title: Combinatorial Perspectives in Stringy Geometry

Speaker: Eric Zaslow (Northwestern University)

Date, Time, Location: WednesdaySept. 3rd @4:30PM – 5:30PM in Math Hall 520

Abstract:

I will give a tour of some places in modern mathematical physics where classical combinatorial objects of discrete math arise.  More specifically, I will explore how counting points (of various moduli spaces) and surfaces (holomorphic curves) in symplectic topology can be related to the enumeration of graph colorings (chromatic polynomial), triangulations (Catalan numbers) and quiver structures (clusters).
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Remembering the Life and Work of Richard Streit Hamilton: Memorial on 9/28/25

A memorial for Professor Richard Streit Hamilton will be held on Sunday, September 28th. Please complete this form to attend by 9/14. Find the schedule of events for “Remembering the Life and Work of Richard Streit Hamilton” here.

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Juan Muñoz Echániz (GSAS ’23) awarded 2025 Vicent Caselles Prize by the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society and the BBVA Foundation

Congratulations to alum Juan Muñoz Echániz (’23) for being awarded the 2025 Vicent Caselles Prize by the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society and the BBVA Foundation for his work at the intersection of gauge theory, low-dimensional topology and contact geometry. The award recognizes “creativity, originality and achievement in the early years of the scientific profession”, and is conferred each year to six Spanish mathematicians under 30 years old.

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George Dragomir honored with 2025 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by Faculty

Congratulations to Prof. George Dragomir for being recognized with the 2025 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by Facultythe award will be conferred by President Shipman at University Commencement on Wednesday, May 21.

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Michael Harris elected to join the American Philosophical Society

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Michael Harris on being inducted into the American Philosophical Society as a new member.

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Ioannis Karatzas honored with Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Please join us in congratulating Prof. Ioannis Karatzas on being honored with a Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award for profound contributions through his lifetime of teaching and research in the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, his field-defining scholarship in the area of Probability Theory and its applications, his keen ability to make complex concepts accessible and inspiring to his students, and his patience, dedication, and care as a mentor, instructor, and colleague.

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Michael I. Weinstein elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Please join us in congratulating Prof. Michael I. Weinstein on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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