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Richard Streit Hamilton 1943-2024

We are deeply saddened to inform you that our colleague Richard Hamilton passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2024. Richard was a giant of mathematics who has inspired generations of […]

Ellis R. Kolchin Lecture

Please join us on Wednesday, October 2 for the distinguished Ellis R. Kolchin Memorial Lecture. Dennis Gaitsgory will give a special talk titled “On the proof of the geometric Langlands conjecture”…(more)

In Memoriam: Walter D. Neumann

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you of the death of Prof. Walter Neumann, who passed away yesterday…(more)

Professor Richard Hamilton wins Chinese Basic Science Lifetime Award in Mathematics.

Please join us in congratulating Professor Richard Hamilton on being awarded the Chinese Basic Science Lifetime Award in Mathematics by the International Congress of Basic Science.  (more)

Columbia News highlights the experience of Ritt Assistant Professor Amadou Bah

In a new publication of “Office Hours”, Columbia News interviews Ritt Assistant Professor Amadou Bah about his experience “Teaching Math on the Global Stage”…(more)

Professor Duong H. Phong elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Please join us in congratulating Professor Duong H. Phong on his recent election to the National Academy of Sciences!

Incoming Class of 2024

Welcome to the 2024 cohort of graduate students! A list of our new PhD students can be found here.

In Memoriam: Lars Tyge Nielsen

It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we inform you of the death of our colleague and friend, Lars Tyge Nielsen. Nielsen joined the Columbia University Department of Mathematics in 2012 as the Director of the Mathematics of Finance MA Program…(more)

Elena Giorgi awarded Sloan Fellowship

Congratulations to Elena Giorgi, recipient of a 2024 Sloan Fellowship award! (more)

Spring 2024 Joseph Fels Ritt Lectures

The Spring 2024 Joseph Fels Ritt Lectures will be held on Feb 15 and 16, 2024. Blaine Lawson (Stony Brook) will deliver two talks, titled “On compact minimal surfaces in S^3” and “Nonlinear PDE’s and Potential Theories”… (more)