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• Math3ma Blogger and Recent Alum Lands a Postdoc at Google’s X - The Moonshot Factory

  

  Tai-Danae Bradley

  Alumna Tai-Danae Bradley explains how her time at the Graduate Center prepared her for a new role at X - The Moonshot Factory, where she's exploring the frontiers of physics and artificial intelligence.  Read more

• Humans Have Pondered These Geometric Shapes for 2,000 Years. These Two Professors Shed Light on Their Mysteries

  

  Dodecahedrons. (Credit: Getty Images.)

  David Aulicino and Patrick Hooper drew mainstream media coverage for their discovery. They spoke about their collaboration, what drove them, and what they learned along the way. Read more

• GC Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron

  In a recent paper in Experimental Mathematics Journal, mathematicians Jayadev Athreya (Univ of Washington), David Aulicino (The Graduate Center & Brooklyn College) and Patrick Hooper, (The Graduate Center & City College) showed that there are 31 kinds of straight paths that begin at a corner of a dodecahedron and walk around the entire shape without touching another corner. Such paths are not possible for any other Platonic solid.  Read more

• Saddened by the Passing of Retired Professor Raymond Hoobler

  A longtime professor of mathematics, Hoobler died at age 78 from complications of COVID-19. Read more

• In Memory of Professor Emeritus, Raymond Hoobler

  We are sad to report that retired Professor Raymond Hoobler passed away due to COVID-19 on April 29, 2020. Read more

• We are sad to report that our Friend, Colleague and Teacher, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Lucien Szpiro passed away in Paris on Saturday, April 18, 2020.

  We are sad to report that our friend, colleague, and teacher,  Distinguished Professor Emeritus Lucien Szpiro passed away in Paris on Saturday, April 18, 2020.  Read more

• Lucien Szpiro, Eminent Mathematician and Teacher, Remembered

  The Graduate Center community is saddened to report that retired Distinguished Professor Lucien Szpiro (Mathematics) died in Paris this week. Read more

• Congratulations to Azita Mayeli

  Azita Mayeli, Associate Professor at Queensborough Community College and The Graduate Center, CUNY has won the QCC Award for Excellence in Faculty Scholarship for 2020.   Read more

• Olga Kharlampovich has been named an American Mathematical Society fellow

   Prof. Olga Kharlampovich (The Graduate Center and Hunter College (CUNY)) has been named to the 2020 Class of the Fellows of the American Mathematical Society for contributions to algorithmic and geometric group theory, algebra and logic. For the full list: https://www.ams.org/profession/ams-fellows/new-fellows Read more

• Her Blog Demystifies Math for Thousands

  Ph.D. student Tai-Danae Bradley has amassed a loyal following for her lucid posts on her blog, Math3ma.  Read more