Department of Mathematics

MATHEMATICS EVENTS

2024-2025 Bellow Lectures May 7-9

Melanie Matchett Wood (Harvard) will give the 2024-2025 Bellow Lectures in Lunt 105 at 4p May 7-9, 2025.

EMGT 2025

The 2025 Ergodic Method in Group Theory conference, celebrating the mathematics of Alex Furman, will be hosted by Northwestern University May 26-30, 2025. To register, complete the registration form.

Optimal Transport, Heat Flow and Synthetic Ricci Bounds

This conference, in honor of 2024 Nemmers Prize recipient (Luigi Ambrosio, Pisa), will be hosted by Northwestern University June 17 – 21, 2025.

Rachel Greenfeld Wins 2025 Sloan Fellowship

NU Math faculty member, Rachel Greenfeld, has won a 2025 Sloan Fellowship, which is given to scholars representing the most promising early-career scientists working today.

Maksym Radziwill Receives Alexanderson Award and Conjecture Work Recognition

NU Math faculty member, Maksym Radziwill, has received the Alexanderson Award by AIM for his paper, "Higher Uniformity of Bounded Multiplicative Functions in Short Intervals on Average" (jointly with Kaisa Matomaki, Terence Tao, Joni Teravainen, and Tamar Ziegler). Maksym's work on the Kummer-Petterson Conjecture was recognized in the 2024 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize. The prize was won by his co-author and post-doctoral mentee Alexander Dunn.

Math Faculty Win 2025 FSA

The Frontier of Science Award is awarded by the International Congress of Basic Sciences to a recent paper, recognized for a major breakthrough in its field. The following NU Math Faculty Members won a 2025 FSA: Rachel Greeneld, Bryna Kra, John Francis, Xiumin Du, and Gábor Székelyhidi.

We have much to celebrate!

Catch up on NU Mathematics research, announcements, and highlights on our programs, faculty, conferences, graduate students, and other Math news in our annual newsletter. Thank you to all of our donors, whose ongoing support ensures our department will continue to thrive and expand.

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