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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…
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…
It is with great pleasure that we announce that several of our undergraduate students have been named as winners of the prestigious Sterling Award this year! On April 22, 2023, the annual Sterling…
Sourav Chatterjee, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Each year, exceptional scientists are elected as fellows to the society which is…
Amir Dembo, Professor of Mathematics, has been elected to the 2023 class of new members to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Each year, the Academy's board elects outstanding leaders in…
Eleny Ionel, our former department chair and professor of mathematics, has been appointed to the Robert Grimmett Professorship in Mathematics in recognition of her exceptional scholarship. We are…
Benjamin Przybocki, a junior majoring in mathematics, has been awarded the 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The Goldwater Scholarship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious national…
Stanford’s Putnam Team (Quanlin Chen, Matthew Riedman and Rahul Thomas) have placed 3rd in the 2022 Putnam competition. This is the best result in Stanford’s history, tied with its…