Hong Wang wins the Fields Medal
Hong Wang, Silver Professor of Mathematics, was awarded the Fields Medal—mathematic's highest honor—at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hong Wang wins the Fields Medal
Hong Wang wins the Fields Medal
Announcing the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
"An independent school devoted to scientific research and education has been a shared goal among our community members for decades," said Dean Gérard Ben Arous, "and with today’s announcement, it has become a reality."
Announcing the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Announcing the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Read our in-depth conversation with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder and Research Scientist at OpenAI, about his time at Courant and his vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence.
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Alumni Q&A with Wojciech Zaremba, Co-Founder of OpenAI
Courant's Applied Mathematics Laboratory publishes breakthrough research on melting icebergs
Leif Ristroph, Associate Professor of Mathematics, and his team in the Applied Mathematics Laboratory have identified factors that cause icebergs to capsize in a new paper published by Physical Review Fluids.
Courant's Applied Mathematics Laboratory publishes breakthrough research on melting icebergs
Courant's Applied Mathematics Laboratory publishes breakthrough research on melting icebergs
Yann LeCun accepts the 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.
Yann LeCun accepts the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Yann LeCun accepts the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Denis Yarats selected as the Keynote Speaker at NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Denis Yarats, former Courant PhD student and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, served as the featured keynote speaker at the 14th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival.
Denis Yarats selected as the Keynote Speaker at NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Denis Yarats selected as the Keynote Speaker at NYU Entrepreneurs Festival
Laure Zanna to lead NYU's new Earth Systems Institute
The new multidisciplinary hub—led by Courant Professor Laure Zanna—will deploy AI and computational tools to better predict environmental changes and prepare our responses.
Laure Zanna to lead NYU's new Earth Systems Institute
Laure Zanna to lead NYU's new Earth Systems Institute
Subhash Khot joins IBM Research as Senior Mathematician
Subhash Khot will join IBM Research as a Senior Mathematician in a dual appointment with the Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science, where he will remain Silver Professor of Computer Science.
Subhash Khot joins IBM Research as Senior Mathematician
Subhash Khot joins IBM Research as Senior Mathematician
Announcing the new Courant Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (CPAM)
Courant has announced its new flagship journal the Courant Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (CPAM) will begin publication in early 2027.
Announcing the new Courant Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (CPAM)
Announcing the new Courant Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (CPAM)
Seminars and Events
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Warren Weaver Hall, Room 517 (Note unusual room!)
November 17, 2026, 6:00PMPablo Soberon, Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center
Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Kimmel Center, Room 912 and 914
November 19, 2026, 9:30AMAlex Dunlap, Duke University and Aukosh Jagannath, University of Waterloo -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 317
November 19, 2026, 11:00AMYael Kirkpatrick, MIT -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1314
November 19, 2026, 12:30PMFrancois Gallaire, EPFL, Switzerland -
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1314
November 19, 2026, 12:30PMFrancois Gallaire, EPFL, Switzerland
News & Announcements
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Announcing the Center for Mathematics and AI at Courant (MAIC)
Joan Bruna and Vlad Vicol will co-direct the new Center for Mathematics and AI at Courant (MAIC) alongside consortium lead Tristan Buckmaster. Read More
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Gautam Kamath Receives the FOCS'26 Test of Time Award
Gautam Kamath, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and his co-authors received the FOCS'26 Test of Time Award for their 2016 paper "Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability." Read More
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Jeff Cheeger Invested as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters
Jeff Cheeger, Silver Professor of Mathematics, was invested into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in Washington, DC yesterday. Read More
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Romain Lopez and Juan Carlos Perdomo Selected as AI Fellows by Schmidt Sciences
Romain Lopez, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Biology, and Juan Carlos Perdomo, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, were named among Schmidt Sciences’ fifth cohort of AI2050 Fellows. Read More
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Tristan Buckmaster Constructs Finite-Time Blowup for 3D Euler with Smooth Forcing
Tristan Buckmaster, Professor of Mathematics, and collaborators announced their significant step towards the resolution of the Millennium problem for 3D Navier-Stokes. Read More