$Hong Wang Awarded the 2026 Fields Medal$

Hong Wang Awarded the 2026 Fields Medal

$Vlad Vicol has received the 2025 Fermat Prize and been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences$

Vlad Vicol has received the 2025 Fermat Prize and been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

$Sylvia Serfaty has received the 2025 Riemann Prize in Mathematics$

Sylvia Serfaty has received the 2025 Riemann Prize in Mathematics

$Ofer Zeutoni has received the 2026 Paul Lévy Prize$

Ofer Zeutoni has received the 2026 Paul Lévy Prize

$Nina Holden has been elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters$

Nina Holden has been elected to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

$Jalal Shatah has received the 2025 Kuwait Prize for Mathematical Sciences$

Jalal Shatah has received the 2025 Kuwait Prize for Mathematical Sciences

$Arthur Jacot has received the 2025 AMR Prize in the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence$

Arthur Jacot has received the 2025 AMR Prize in the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence

$Eyal Lubetzky has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society$

Eyal Lubetzky has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

$Jinyoung Park has received the American Mathematical Society’s 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize$

Jinyoung Park has received the American Mathematical Society’s 2025 Levi L. Conant Prize

$Marsha Berger serves as the 2025 SIAM John von Neumann Prize Lecturer$

Marsha Berger serves as the 2025 SIAM John von Neumann Prize Lecturer

$NYU Courant Mathematics Department$

NYU Courant Mathematics Department

News & Announcements

Announcing the Center for Mathematics and AI at Courant (MAIC)

Joan Bruna and Vlad Vicol will co-direct the new Center for Mathematics and AI at Courant (MAIC) alongside consortium lead Tristan Buckmaster. Read More
Jeff Cheeger Invested as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Jeff Cheeger, Silver Professor of Mathematics, was invested into the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in Washington, DC yesterday. Read More
Welcome Courant's Newest Faculty Members (AY 2026-27)

The Department of Mathematics is thrilled to welcome seven new faculty members this year. Read through their short bios below to learn more about their bakgrounds and research interests. Read More
Denis Zorin to serve as Dean of the Courant Institute School

University leaders have announced that Denis Zorin, Silver Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, will serve as Dean of the Courant Institute School. Read More
Jeff Cheeger Elected as a Member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Jeff Cheeger, Silver Professor of Mathematics, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, one of the nation’s newest learned societies. Read More

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Upcoming Seminars

Saturday, November 14, 2026

Lean: Machine-Checked Mathematics, Software, and AI
Mathematics in the Age of AI
Leonardo De Moura, AWS Automated Reasoning Group
3:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 109

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

Four hyperplanes do not always equipartition a mass in R^4
Geometry Seminar
Pablo Soberon, Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center
6PM, Warren Weaver Hall 517 (Note unusual room!)

Thursday, November 19, 2026

TBA
Modeling and Simulation Group Meeting
Francois Gallaire, EPFL, Switzerland
12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314
TBA
Applied Math Seminar
Francois Gallaire, EPFL, Switzerland
12:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1314

Friday, November 20, 2026

TBA
Geometric Analysis and Topology Seminar
Matilde Gianocca, University of Chicago
11AM, Warren Weaver Hall 512
TBA
Applied Math Seminar
Xuanzhao Gao, CCM, Flatiron Institute
2:30PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302
The Hopf problem in S^6
Mathematics in the Age of AI
Philip Engel, University of Illinois in Chicago
4PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302

Monday, November 23, 2026

Geometry of Fast Oscillations in Continuum Mechanics
Mathematics Colloquium
Theodore D. Drivas, Stony Brook University
3:45PM, Warren Weaver Hall 1302