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Ravi Vakil, Robert Grimmett Professor of Mathematics, has been elected president of the American Mathematical Society for 2025-27. Vakil will start his president-elect year in 2024.Read the full…
Eugenia Malinnikova, Professor of Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for 2024. Each year, AMS designates 40 mathematical scientists for their contribution to…
On October 17, the School of Humanities and Sciences appointed Ravi Vakil with the Robert Grimmett Professorship in recognition of his academic achievements and commitment to teaching. The Robert…
We are happy to welcome 11 new PhD students to the department (listed alphabetically): Elina Chatzidimitriou, Hongrui Chen, Yizhen Chen, JungTao Cheng, Miles Cua, Jiahao Niu, Fred Rajasekaran, Kevin…
Derek Khu, Shintaro Fushida-Hardy and Alexandra Stavrianidi, Mathematics PhDs, have been awarded Centennial Teaching Awards from the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford. Each year, the CTL…
Math majors Jake Kaplan, Wenqi Li, and Gautam Manohar are being awarded for their honors thesis work this year. Jake Kaplan has been awarded the Undergraduate Research Award for his thesis, titled “…
Gene Kim (lecturer) has been awarded the Mary Sunseri and Harold Bacon Mathematics Teaching Award for his contribution to teaching in the Math Department. The department established this new teaching…
On Thursday, June 8, the Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel and Gores Award Winners were announced.  Lernik Asserian (Lecturer, Mathematics) won the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award which is awarded to individuals…
In a recent article, The Stanford Daily highlighted the Math Department's efforts to better support incoming students through the introduction of Math 18: Foundations for Calculus. Full Article: "…
We are pleased to announce that Professor Brian Conrad, Department of Mathematics, has received a 2022-2023 H&S Dean's Award for Achievements in Teaching. We would like to congratulate Professor…