Henry McKean (1930-2024)
It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing of our esteemed friend and colleague Henry McKean, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics. Read more here.
Henry McKean (1930-2024)
Henry McKean (1930-2024)
Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Every two years, ETH Zurich awards the Heinz Hopf Prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of pure mathematics. This year's honoree is Professor Lai-Sang Young. Congratulations! Read more here.
Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Lai-Sang Young Awarded the 2023 Heinz Hopf Prize
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Lerrel Pinto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has received a 2023 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Read more here.
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Lerrel Pinto Wins Packard Foundation Fellowship
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Yann LeCun has been named as the first recipient of the Jacob T. Schwartz Chaired Professorship in Computer Science. Read more about the honor and inaugural honoree here.
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
Yann LeCun Announced as Inaugural Jacob T. Schwartz Chair
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
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
Professor Raghu Varadhan has been honored with the Padma Vibhusan, the second-highest civilian award distributed by the Republic of India. The medal acknowledges his "exceptional and distinguished service" in the fields of science and technology. Read more.
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan Awarded 2023 Padma Vibhusan Medal
Launching a New Initiative, NYU and DeepMind Clear the Path for Future AI Researchers
Launching a New Initiative, NYU and DeepMind Clear the Path for Future AI Researchers
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Professor Greengard has been honored for his pioneering work on fast algorithms, including the fast multipole method, fast Gauss transform, and fast direct solvers. Congratulations! Read more.
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Leslie Greengard Awarded the 2023 ICIAM Pioneer Prize
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Nina Holden, Assosciate Professor of Mathematics, has won the 2023 Rollo Davidson Prize for her "leading work on random planar maps and Liouville quantum gravity." You can read more about the honor here.
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Nina Holden Wins Rollo Davidson Prize
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Vlad Vicol, Professor of Mathematics, has been chosen as a 2023 Investigator by the Simons Foundation. The selective program is designed to "support outstanding theoretical scientists in their most productive years." Congratulation! You can read more about the honor here.
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Vlad Vicol Named a 2023 Simons Investigator in Mathematics
Sylvia Serfaty Awarded the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics
Sylvia Serfaty, Silver Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics by the National Academy of Sciences. Congratulations! Read more here.
Sylvia Serfaty Awarded the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics
Sylvia Serfaty Awarded the 2024 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics
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
Anirudh Sivaraman Wins 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Anirudh Sivaraman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, has received the 2024 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Read more here.
Anirudh Sivaraman Wins 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Anirudh Sivaraman Wins 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Seminars and Events
Monday, April 28, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1302
April 28, 2025, 3:45PMAlessio Figalli, ETH Zurich
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1314
April 29, 2025, 12:45PMChris Miles, UC Irvine -
Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1314
April 29, 2025, 2:30PMDario Bambusi, Università degli Studi di Milano -
Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1314 in person and on Zoom
April 29, 2025, 6:00PMJie Xue, NYU Shanghai
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1302
April 30, 2025, 3:30PMKaighin McColl, Harvard University
Thursday, May 01, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1302
May 01, 2025, 11:00AMWilhelm Schlag, Yale University
Friday, May 02, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1302
May 02, 2025, 10:00AMAaron Defazio, Meta -
Warren Weaver Hall , Room 512
May 02, 2025, 11:00AMDaniel Stern, Cornell University -
Warren Weaver Hall , Room 1302
May 02, 2025, 11:10AMMikhail Isaev, UNSW Sydney -
Warren Weaver Hall , Room 109,
May 02, 2025, 1:30PM
News & Announcements
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Hong Wang Solves Kakeya Set Conjecture
Hong Wang, Associate Professor of Mathematics, has proven the century-old Kakeya set conjecture in a joint work with Joshua Zahl. Read More
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Kyunghyun Cho Named Glen de Vries Professor of Health Statistics
Kyunghyun Cho, Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, has been named as the recipient of the Glen de Vries Chair for Health Statistics by the Courant Institute. Read More
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Chao Li and Lerrel Pinto Win Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships
Chao Li, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, and Lerrel Pinto, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, have received Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More
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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–the highest honor given by SIAM. Read More
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NYU Announces Chaired Professorships for Eric Vanden-Eijnden and Laure Zanna
Eric Vanden-Eijnden will hold the Paulette Goddard Chair in Mathematics. Laure Zanna will be the inaugural recipient of the Joseph B. Keller and Herbert B. Keller Professorship in Applied Mathematics. Read More
Special Events and Activities
Friday, May 2, 2025
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The 2025 Prizes & Fellowships Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 2nd at 1:30pm in WWH 109 with a reception to follow in the lounge.
Warren Weaver Hall, Room: 109,
May 02, 2025, 1:30PM
Friday, May 9, 2025
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room: 1302,
May 09, 2025, 3PM