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COVID-19 UPDATE

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and updates, please see the MIT COVID-19 Updates

 * COVID-19 Undergraduate Student Policies
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LATEST NEWS

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 * Mathematics in the MIT News


CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S PHDS!

Sept 2022 PhDs:

 * Juncal Arbelaiz Mugica
 * Chun Hong Lo
 * Gregory Parker
 * Yichi Zhang
 * Zhiyu Zhang

February 2023 PhDs:

 * YounHun Kim
 * Ranjan Anatharaman

May 2023 PhDs:

 * Yan Sheng Ang
 * Aaron Berger
 * Sinho Chewi
 * Yuqiu Fu
 * Shengwen Gan
 * Feng Gui
 * Sergei Korotkikh

 * Luis Kumandari
 * Oron Propp
 * Andrew Salmon
 * Ethan Sussman
 * James Tao
 * Lingxian (Rose) Zhang

Congratulations also to this year's 167 new SB recipients who graduate this May.
Four also graduated in February, and another math major received their degree in
September 2022.


TIANYUAN (MARGARET) ZHENG RECEIVES JEROME B. WIESNER STUDENT ART AWARD

Photo by Chen Liu

Math major Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng ’23, who is also majoring in Computer
Science, Economics, and Data Science (6-14) and minoring in Music (21M), was
chosen for the 2023 Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award by the Arts at MIT
Student Art Awards Committee.

Zheng’s artistic involvement on campus is multi-faceted; she is best known for
bringing to life Wide Tim, the illustrated incarnation of MIT’s mascot Tim the
Beaver. “My vision for Wide Tim is that he’s a very happy, very positive
character,” says Zheng.

Her goal is to “spread joy and raise awareness of art and culture aspects of MIT
student life,” she says. As of May 2023, she has created more than 130 artworks
and collaborated with more than 35 MIT departments and organizations.

Established by the Council for the Arts at MIT in 1979, these awards honor past
MIT President Jerome B. Wiesner and Laya Wiesner for their commitment to the
arts at MIT.

Read more about Margaret’s award and about her efforts in MIT Technology Review
and MIT News.

Congratulations, Margaret!


ANQI LI, CARL SCHILDKRAUT, AND DANIEL ZHU RECEIVE BUCSELA PRIZES

The 2023 Jon A. Bucsela Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to senior math
majors, from left, Carl Schildkraut, Anqi Li, and Daniel Zhu, for distinguished
scholastic achievement, professional promise, and enthusiasm for mathematics.

Congratulations to all!


CHIRAG FALOR, SERINA HU, AND NITYA MANI RECEIVE PETER BADDOO COMMUNITY BUILDING
AWARDS

First photo, from left: Steven Johnson, Chirag Falor, and Michel Goemans; second
photo, from left: Michel, Nitya Mani, and Serina Hu.

Three students recently received the Peter Baddoo Community Building Award, for
individuals who have made significant contributions to building and
strengthening our MIT Math community.

Senior Chirag Falor was awarded for his work as the Undergraduate Mathematics
Association Social Chair. “From organizing study groups and workshops to
coordinating social activities, Chirag has consistently put in tremendous effort
to ensure that students feel supported and connected,” says one nominator.

Graduate students Nitya Mani and Serina Hu received this award for their work in
organizing the department retreat, which usually is the work of at least five
people.

This award is named in honor of Peter Baddoo, a Department instructor who was 29
when he died on February 15. Baddoo received the Community Building Award in
2022 for helping to organize tea and coffee hours for the postdoc community.

Congratulations, Chirag, Serina, and Nitya!


PHILIPPE RIGOLLET EARNS MIT’S PERKINS AWARD

Professor Philippe Rigollet has been awarded the Frank E. Perkins Award for
Excellence in Graduate Advising.

Named in honor of Frank E. Perkins, Dean of the Graduate School from 1983-1985,
this award is presented to a faculty member who demonstrates unbounded
compassion and dedication toward students.

Congratulations, Philippe!


ANDREW SALMON RECEIVES JOHNSON PRIZE

The 2023 Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Prize, for a research paper accepted
for publication in a major journal, has been awarded to graduate student Andrew
Salmon for his paper “Unipotent nearby cycles and cohomology of shtukas” in
Compositio Mathematica, Volume 159, Issue 3, March 2023, pages 590–615.

Congratulations, Andrew!


YAN SHENG ANG, YUQIU FU, AND TANG-KAI LEE RECEIVE HOUSMAN AWARDS

From left: Yan Sheng Ang, William Minicozzi, Yuqiu Fu, and Tang-Kai Lee.

The 2023 Charles and Holly Housman Award for Excellence in Teaching was awarded
to graduate students Yan Sheng Ang (18.03 recitation instructor as well as the
Communication-Intensive Project Lab, 18.821 TA), Yuqiu Fu (recitation leader for
our Communication-Intensive Real Analysis class 18.100P), and Tang-Kai Lee
(18.02 TA).

This award is presented to graduate students in mathematics for their skill and
dedication in undergraduate teaching.

Congratulations, Tang-Kai, Yan Sheng, and Yuqiu!


ALASDAIR HASTEWELL AWARDED BENNEY PRIZE

Graduate student Alasdair Hastewell ’18 is the recipient of the inaugural David
J. Benney Prize.

This award recognizes excellence in applied mathematics, with preference given
to students in physical applied math, computational science, numerical analysis,
computational biology, or theoretical physics. Alasdair is a PhD candidate in
Jörn Dunkel’s group.

This award honors David Benney, an applied math professor who died in 2015.
Benney chaired the Applied Mathematics Committee from 1983-1985, and served as
Department Head for two terms, 1989-1999.

Congratulations, Alasdair!


TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARDS

First photo, from left: Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu and Esha Bhatia; second photo,
from left: Giada Franz, Bill Minicozzi, and Andrew Horning.

The Department of Mathematics recognized four math community members with
Teaching and Learning awards for their contributions to teaching, mentoring, and
student support in our math subjects.

Math majors Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu and Esha Bhatia were recognized for their
work as a PRIMES Circle mentor and 18.03 teaching assistant, respectively.

Giada Franz taught her first MIT class, 18.100B, and Andrew Horning was the
primary instructor for 18.335 while also co-teaching 18.06 with nearly 500
students.

Congratulations, Andrew, Esha, Gabrielle, and Giada!


RUPERT LI & AUDREY XIE RECEIVE GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPS

Third-years Rupert Li & Audrey Xie each received a Barry Goldwater Scholarship
for 2022-2023. Rupert is mentored by professors Henry Cohn, Joseph Gallian of
University of Minnesota Duluth, and James Propp of UMass-Lowell. Audrey is
working on research related to the latent spaces of generative models and last
year developed methods for gradient-based hyperparameter adaptation as part of
Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelly's group at CSAIL. They were among 413 college
students selected on the basis of academic merit, from a nationwide field of
candidates.

Congratulations, Audrey and Rupert!


PHI BETA KAPPA INDUCTS 33 MATHEMATICS SENIORS

The Xi Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has elected 33 mathematics majors, among 102
electees from MIT's Class of 2023, to become members.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society with a very
selective invitation process. Membership is awarded to students in recognition
of excellent academic records and commitment to the objectives of a liberal
education.

Full list of Mathematics Inductees

Congratulations to our newest members of Phi Beta Kappa!


EVENTS

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 * Seminars

 * Friday, September 08, 2023 3pm Richard P. Stanley Seminar in Combinatorics
   
   Speaker:  Jonathan Boretsky  (Harvared University)
   
   Title:  The Totally Nonnegative Tropical Flag Variety
   
   Location: Harvard University, Harvard Science Center - 232 -- One Oxford
   Street, Cambridge, MA
 * Monday, September 11, 2023 4pm Algebraic Topology Seminar
   
   Location: Building 2, 2-131
 * Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4pm MIT PDE/Analysis Seminar
   
   Featured Speaker: Gaétan Leclerc (Sorbonne Universite)
   
    Title:  Fourier dimension and dynamical fractals.
   
   Location: MIT, 2-136
 * Tuesday, September 12, 2023 4:30pm MIT Number Theory Seminar
   
   Title:  Harris–Venkatesh plus Stark
   
   Abstract:  The class number formula describes the behavior of the Dedekind
   zeta function at s = 0 and s = 1. The Stark and Gross conjectures extend the
   class...
   
   Location: MIT, 2-449
 * Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4pm Geometric Analysis Seminar
   
   Speaker: Ruojing Jiang (MIT)
   
   Title: Average Area Ratio and Minimal Surface Entropy of Hyperbolic Manifolds
   
   Location: Building 2, 2-131
 * Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4pm MIT Lie Groups Seminar
   
   Speaker:  David Vogan (MIT)
   
   Title:  Generalizing endoscopic transfer
   
   Location: Building 2, 2-142
 * Wednesday, September 13, 2023 4:30pm MIT Math Program Mentor Recruitment
   Social
   
   MIT PRIMES Program staff is hosting an MIT Mathematics Department mentor
   recruitment happy hour social.  This event is in support of all MIT Math
   programs that require vital grad student and postdoc...
   
   Location: Building 2, 2-290
 * Thursday, September 14, 2023 4pm Applied Math Colloquium
   
   Speaker:  Afonso S. Bandeira (ETH Zurich)
   
   Title:  Globally Synchronizing Graphs
   
   Location: MIT - Math Dept., Building 2, Room 190

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