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Troy and the University have lost a caring, gentle and distinguished legend with the death of Mr. James "Jim" O'Neal, who passed away on Wednesday May 19 at his College Street home surrounded by loved ones. He was 96 years old. He…

The great swirling current that sweeps through tropical waters across the Gulf of Mexico holds tantalizing clues to the future: where fish will congregate, how hurricanes will behave, and where oil spills could spill…

The voicemail was extremely unusual. It was from the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), who asked Melanie Wood to call it back right away. “You get a call every once in a while from your program manager, about certain…

Opinions expressed by Contractor the contributors are theirs. Mathematician Richard Hamming said, “If you don't work on important problems, you're unlikely to do important work. In the world of…

PROVIDENCE, RI - Kavita Ramanan, professor of applied mathematics at Brown, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's most prestigious honor societies. Ramanan joins 252 new…

A Native American mathematician working with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, the body of Shuvro Biswas was found floating in New York's Hudson River on April 19. No foul play was suspected. NEW YORK (COUNCIL): No foul…

No foul play suspected in the death of Shuvro Bis was apparently struggling with mental illness. Follow @ambazaarmag No foul play is suspected in the death of a Native American mathematician working with cryptocurrency and artificial…

The body of a 31-year-old Indian-born mathematician working with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence was found floating in the Hudson River here, according to a media report which said he was battling mental illness related. Shuvro…

A math book for children may seem simple. But it took an international effort to create "Hello Numbers!" What Can You Do? As for the international contribution, the book asked Edmund Harriss to find his way in 2010 from Great Malvern…

Photo: Central Park, by Anthony Quintano from Hillsborough, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. On a new ID the future episode, we are happy to feature a cross-post from our sister site, Mind matters. Here, host Robert…

Avi Wigderson*83Dan Komoda/Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ USA Avi Wigderson*83, from the Institute for Advanced Study, and László Lovászis won the Abel Prize this year, considered the Nobel Prize in mathematics.…

By Sister TarpleyReligious editor For Mary Winston Jackson, a love of science and a commitment to improving the lives of those around her were one and the same. In the 1970s, she helped young people at the King Street Community Center…

TAHLEQUAH — In 1958, a Cherokee from Los Altos, Calif., appeared on the game show "What's My Line" and…

John Milnoreminent professor of mathematics and co-director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at Stony Brook University, received the 2020 Lomonosov Gold Medal from the Russian Academy of…

Editor's note: In February, for Black History Month, the Pottstown School District posts regular posts on its Facebook page. The district both honors the accomplishments of some of our nation's historic giants, while highlighting the…

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Isadore Institute Professor Emeritus M. Singer, a hugely influential figure in 20th-century science whose work united mathematics and physics, died Feb. 11. He was 96 years old. In a career that spanned more than…

To commemorate Black History Month, Robb Report publishes a five-part series highlighting black designers, thinkers and other creators whose pioneering work has shaped the luxury industry. This is the third part. Computers were…

Northrop Grumman names their next spacecraft bound for the International Space Station after NASA mathematician and American heroine Katherine Johnson. Johnson, a black woman, is best known for her handwritten calculations…

WASHINGTON: Nikhil Srivastava, a young mathematician from India, has been named the winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize along with two others for resolving long-standing questions about the Kadison-Singer problem…

Vaughan Jones, Stevenson professor and eminent professor of mathematics. (photo credit: Professor Akram Aldroubi) by Ann Marie Deer Owens Sir Vaughan FR Jonesone of the world's…

Pioneering mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations made possible the historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969, died last week. We will return to his life and his contributions.GuestsMargot Lee Shetterly, New York Times…

Katherine Johnson, an African American mathematician who made critical contributions to the space program at NASA, died on February 24 at the age of 101. Johnson became a household name thanks to the famous book "Hidden Figures: The…

Katherine Johnson died today at the age of 101. Image: NASAKatherine Johnson, a famous revolutionary African-American mathematician who had a significant impact on the US space program, has passed away. She was 101 years old. NASA…

obituary Katherine Johnson, the pioneering African-American mathematician whose calculations enabled NASA astronauts to safely set foot on the Moon in 1969, died today. She was 101 years old. Born Katherine Coleman on August 26, 1918, she…

On the most recent episode of our My Favorite Theorem podcast, Kevin Knudson and I spoke with aBa Mbirika (who goes by the name aBa), a math professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. You can listen to the episode here or on…

Home / 2019 / November / Mathematician Viktor Ginzburg named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society Viktor GinzburgViktor Ginzburg, a professor and chair of mathematics at UC…

The Royal London Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge announced on April 16 that 51 "eminent scientists," including an Indian-American mathematician from Princeton, Manjul Bhargava, became members or foreign members of the…

Famous Indian mathematician Manjul Bhargava, winner of the 2014 Fields Medal, the most coveted honor in…

Yale-alun Srivastava is a researcher at Microsoft. By Deepak Chitnis WASHINGTON, DC: Indo-American mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been named the 2014 recipient of the George Polya Prize, an award for outstanding work in the field of…