Congratulates to Professor Lue Pan, who won the 2026 David Goss Prize in Number Theory at the fourth JNT Biennial Conference in July 2026.
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.
Congratulations to Professor Andrei Okounkov for being awarded the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics. The award, which is bestowed by Northwestern University, recognizes top scholars for their lasting contributions to new knowledge, outstanding achievements and the development of significant new modes of analysis.
Congratulations to Professor Simon Brendle for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences!
Congratulations to Professor Robert Friedman for being inducted into the 2026 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society.
Congratulations to Professor Mehtaab Sawhney for being named a recipient of the 2025 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering.
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. […]
Congratulations to Prof. George Dragomir for being recognized with the 2025 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by Faculty; the award will be conferred by President Shipman at University Commencement on Wednesday, May 21.
Please join us in congratulating Prof. Michael Harris on being inducted into the American Philosophical Society as a new member.
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 […]