Mathematics

Sebastian Hurtado-Salazar

Sebastian Hurtado-Salazar wins 2022 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

Award for proof of Zimmer’s conjecture recognizes UChicago scholar’s impact on field

Sep 16, 2021

Victor Barcilon standing in front of a blackboard in 1980

Victor Barcilon, applied mathematician and geophysical scientist, 1939–2020

May 13, 2021

Prof. Emeritus Max S. Bell

Max S. Bell, prolific educator and author of definitive math curriculum, 1930–2021

Co-author of Everyday Mathematics helped reshape elementary school math education

Mar 26, 2021

Satellite photo of hurricane halfway over land

Math Institute workshop to focus on how math and statistics can address climate change

Feb 17, 2021

Preschool children learning math at table with teacher

A new math intervention helps narrow achievement gap among preschoolers

UChicago research helps teachers identify and address student needs

Oct 27, 2020

Chalk board

Conference to explore how math, statistics can address urgent global problems

IMSI invites researchers to examine tools that can improve models, spark collaboration

Oct 2, 2020

People walk past Eckhart Hall on the campus of the University of Chicago with trees turning colors.

National Science Foundation awards $15.5 million to launch math institute at UChicago

Jul 13, 2020

Harper

UChicago mathematician Alexander Beilinson wins prestigious Shaw Prize

May 22, 2020

Math anxiety Lego figure

Fear of math can outweigh promise of higher rewards

Nov 20, 2019

Alex Eskin

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’

Sep 6, 2019