NYU Announces Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
“Today, we take the next step in the path that Richard Courant started us on,” President Linda G. Mills said in the University’s official announcement, “The creation of a new school that combines mathematics, its theory and application, with computer science and data science.” Read more here.
NYU Announces Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
NYU Announces Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Yann LeCun Accepts the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Yann LeCun, Jacob T. Schwartz Chaired Professor of Computer Science, received the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering from King Charles III during a ceremony at St. James Palace in London. Read more here.
Yann LeCun Accepts the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Yann LeCun Accepts the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Denis Yarats Keynote Speaker at the NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Denis Yarats, former Courant PhD student and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, was the featured keynote speaker at the 14th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival. Read more here.
Denis Yarats Keynote Speaker at the NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Denis Yarats Keynote Speaker at the NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Welcome New Faculty (AY 2025-26)!
NYU Courant is thrilled to welcome nine new faculty members this academic year—read through their short bios here.
Welcome New Faculty (AY 2025-26)!
Welcome New Faculty (AY 2025-26)!
Hong Wang Awarded Ostrowski Prize and Salem Prize
Hong Wang, Professor of Mathematics, was been awarded the Ostrowski Prize, the Salem Prize, and the 2025 ICCM Gold Medal of Mathematics. Read more here.
Hong Wang Awarded Ostrowski Prize and Salem Prize
Hong Wang Awarded Ostrowski Prize and Salem Prize
Applied Mathematics Laboratory Publishes Breakthrough Research on Melting Icebergs
Leif Ristroph, Associate Professor of Mathematics, and his team in the Applied Mathematics Laboratory have pinpointed factors that cause icebergs to capsize in a new paper published by Physical Review Fluids. Read more here.
Applied Mathematics Laboratory Publishes Breakthrough Research on Melting Icebergs
Applied Mathematics Laboratory Publishes Breakthrough Research on Melting Icebergs
Marsha Berger Awarded the 2025 John von Neumann Prize
Marsha Berger, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Mathematics, has won the 2025 John von Neumann Prize. Read more here.
Marsha Berger Awarded the 2025 John von Neumann Prize
Marsha Berger Awarded the 2025 John von Neumann Prize
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
An in-depth conversation with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder and Research Scientist at OpenAI, about his time at NYU Courant and his vision for the future of artificial intelligence. Read it here.
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Jinyoung Park Awarded the 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize
Jinyoung Park, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, has received the 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize from the American Mathematical Society. Read more here.
Jinyoung Park Awarded the 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize
Jinyoung Park Awarded the 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize
Seminars and Events
Thursday, March 19, 2026
-
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 317
March 19, 2026, 11:00AMChinmay Nirkhe, Washington
Monday, March 23, 2026
-
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 201
March 23, 2026, 12:30PMAidan Lau, NYU Courant -
60 Fifth Avenue, Room 150
March 23, 2026, 2:00PMAmrith Setlur, Carnegie Mellon University.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
-
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302
March 24, 2026, 11:00AMPazit Haim-Kislev, IAS -
TBA — Event canceled
Online,
March 24, 2026, 2:00PMRachel Saban, Ben Gurion U
News & Announcements
-
NYU Courant to Serve as Exam Center for the 2026 USA Mathematical Olympiad
Courant will serve as a regional exam center for the 2026 USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad (USAJMO) on March 21st and 22nd. Read More
-
Dean Search Committee Update—Accepting Applications
The committee—chaired by Professors Laure Zanna and Anupam Gupta—gathered community feedback for the position's description and are officially accepting applications. Read More
-
Florian Schäfer and Joseph Tassarotti Receive 2026 Sloan Fellowships
Florian Schäfer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and Joseph Tassarotti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, have been named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows. Read More
-
Search Committee Formed to Find Dean of Courant School
NYU has formed a search committee—chaired by Professors Laure Zanna and Anupam Gupta—to find a successor to Inaugural Dean Gérard Ben Arous. Read More
-
NYU Launches Simons Center for Computational Geophysical Flows
NYU has announced the creation of the Simons Center for Computational Geophysical Flows, which will be co-led by Laure Zanna and Carlos Fernandez-Granda. Read More