Every pure mathematician has experienced that awkward moment when asked, “So what’s your research good for?” There are standard responses: a proud “Nothing!”; an explanation that mathematical research ...

It’s common to hear students say that they’re just not “math people.” But the idea that math is an innate ability can limit kids’ prospects and reinforce racial and gender stereotypes. In this summit ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor at Stanford University who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who ...

The Fields Medal, whose origins date back to the 1930s, will be issued again this year in August to up to four of the world's most accomplished mathematicians under the age of 40. Experts now propose ...

The Fields Award presented to researchers who have made remarkable achievements in the field of mathematics, the first winners were announced in 1936, after which new recipients have been announced ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (April 22, 2016) - Zama American High School hosted the annual Kanto Plain Math Field Day April 20 at Camp Zama's Community Club. Approximately 335 students from ZAHS and 11 other ...

Jasmine Herring, an Independence High senior, had only heard about competing at the Lee Webb Math Field Day from her siblings. The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID and went virtual ...

Akshay Venkatesh, a Princeton Graduate School alumnus, is one of four recipients of the 2018 Fields Medal, widely considered the Nobel Prize of the mathematics world. Venkatesh, a Distinguished ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The first-ever Math Field Day was held at California State University Bakersfield in 1971. Fifty-two years later, it continues strong as schools from all around Kern ...