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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

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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

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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

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)!

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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

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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

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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. Read more here.

Marsha Berger Awarded the 2025 John von Neumann Prize

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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

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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