An interdisciplinary team of Duke faculty is among the international recipients of a new grant from the Schmidt Sciences Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (HAVI), a program designed to bridge the gap between AI technology and humanistic inquiry. Led by Martin Fischer, Research Professor of Chemistry and Physics; Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics from Bar-Ilan University (formerly of Duke); and John K. Delaney, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the project… read more about Duke Researchers Awarded Grant to Reveal Hidden Histories of Artworks Through AI and Imaging »
The Duke University Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) student chapter has recently been recognized by the national AWM organization for hosting three virtual math competitions designed specifically for middle school girls. This initiative was inspired by mathematician Po-Shen Loh's visit to Duke, where he emphasized the importance of engaging young students with mathematics in ways that are joyful, accessible, and adaptable to their learning styles. Chapter members worked together to curate… read more about Duke University Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Recognized »
Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences has invited its faculty to submit proposals for the creation of new research initiatives on campus.Following the successful launches of the SPACE Initiative and the Society-Centered AI Initiative, the Trinity Research Initiative will support new directions for interdisciplinary research through seed funding for nascent research collaborations, community-building, and complementary educational and outreach activities.Open to all areas of research and… read more about Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Invites Proposals for New Research Initiatives »
Ranthony Clark once dreamed of playing basketball at Duke. But life happened, her ambitions shifted, and in 2024, Clark came to Duke not as an athlete but as an Assistant Research Professor of Mathematics.Still, the echoes of her former aspirations dogged her as she settled into life in Durham. She thought about the first time she met Duke women’s basketball head coach Kara Lawson as a teenager when she attended a summer basketball camp at the University of Tennessee while Lawson played there.And that led her to reflect on… read more about Courtside in Cameron, A Duke Professor Finds Community »
Is the new Trump-backed congressional map proposed by the GOP-led North Carolina legislature a partisan gerrymander? Would election results under the map shift depending on the will of the people? Those are questions Duke math professor Jonathan Mattingly sought to answer in a new analysis published Sunday. read more about New NC Map Would ‘Lock In’ Another Republican District, Duke Math Professor Says »
Duke mathematician, Professor Kirsten Wickelgren, is featured in a Quanta Magazine article entitled “New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems”. The article tells about how Professor Wickelgren and her collaborator founded the field of quadratically enriched enumerative geometry, giving an original application of some very abstract machinery to solve concrete counting problems that can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and have continued to entrance mathematicians for millennia. For instance, how many straight… read more about Kirsten Wickelgren featured in Quanta Magazine »
Four Duke mathematicians are invited to the 2025 Research Conference, the goal of which is to celebrate the Millennium Problems and reflect on progress in the past 25 years.Tarek Elgindi and Alexander Kislev are invited to the workshop on PDE and Fluids.Lillian Pierce is invited to the workshop on Zeta and L-functions.Benjamin Rossman is invited to the workshop on P vs NP and Complexity Lower Bounds. read more about Four Duke mathematicians are featured in Clay Mathematics Institute for the 25th year anniversary of The Millennium Prize Problems. »
Ingrid Daubechies, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Mathematics, was honored Thursday, Sept. 25, as a 2025 Citation Laureate, a global recognition of research excellence presented by Clarivate Plc. Daubechies, who received the National Medal of Science earlier this year, is among 22 researchers worldwide to be recognized by Clarivate, a global provider of transformative intelligence, with the honor this year. Since the program’s inception, 83 Citation Laureates have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes.… read more about Ingrid Daubechies Earns Global Recognition as 2025 Citation Laureate »
Using a relatively young theory, a team of mathematicians has started to answer questions whose roots lie at the very beginning of mathematics. read more about Duke Mathematician Helps Revive Geometry’s Oldest Problems »
Stefano Filipazzi studies the geometry of shapes you can’t draw. The new assistant professor of Mathematics is an algebraic geometer. “What I like to do is geometry — study shapes and try to understand their properties. The algebra part of being an algebraic geometer comes from focusing on shapes that can be described by a polynomial equation,” Filipazzi explained. For those whose memories of pre-calculus are a bit dusty, polynomial equations are built by adding up simple ingredients, such as numbers, variables… read more about Stefano Filipazzi Finds Order in Limitless Complexity »
The Trinity College of Arts & Sciences has launched the SPACE Initiative at Duke (Science & Policy to Advance Cosmic Exploration), a universitywide endeavor dedicated to advancing our understanding of the cosmos through interdisciplinary collaboration. All are invited to its celebratory kick-off event to be held on Sept. 8 at 4 p.m., at Penn Pavilion. The event will combine a poster presentation, a reception and a keynote talk by Duke alumna, astronaut and former Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX… read more about Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Launches SPACE Initiative »
Professor Tarek Elgindi and Professor Jianfeng Lu from Duke Math have been invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2026, taking place in Philadelphia from July 23 to 26, 2026. The ICM is the world’s most prestigious mathematics conference, held every four years by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) since 1897. During the opening ceremony of the congress, many prestigious awards such as the Fields Medal will be presented. read more about Two Invited Speakers at ICM 2026 from Duke Math »
Duke University faculty member Jonathan Mattingly, the Kimberly J. Jenkins Distinguished University Professor of New Technologies in the Department of Mathematics, has been chosen to serve as interim director of the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke (Rhodes iiD).Mattingly’s work centers on models of phenomena where randomness plays a significant role, such as air turbulence or Monte Carlo algorithms for Bayesian sampling. He has also worked on biological problems related to cellular metabolism, infectious diseases and… read more about Jonathan Mattingly Named Interim Director of Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke »
AI is transforming every industry, from medicine to film to finance. So, why not use it to study one of the world’s most revered ancient texts, the Bible? An international team of researchers, including Shira Faigenbaum-Golovin, assistant research professor of Mathematics at Duke University, combined artificial intelligence, statistical modeling and linguistic analysis to address one of the most enduring questions in biblical studies: the identification of its authors. By analyzing subtle variations in word… read more about Revealing Hidden Language Patterns in the Bible, With the Help of AI »
Cynthia D. Rudin, the Gilbert, Louis, and Edward Lehrman Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, received the 2025 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence Organization (IJCAI) McCarthy Award.The award recognizes Rudin’s foundational work on trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI), which is shaping the field of interpretable machine learning and making a major impact on sweeping societal changes. The John McCarthy Award celebrates mid-career researchers who have sparked innovative research… read more about Cynthia Rudin Receives 2025 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence McCarthy Award »
The following is a partial list of national, university, school and departmental awards presented to the members of the Class of 2025. In some awards where there are multiple winners, only members of the Class of 2025 are included. read more about Department Honors and Laurels for the Class of 2025 »
Felicia Wang (T ’25) is an artist and Mathematics major with a double minor in Computer Science and Political Science. Her career interests converge in climate policy, and she leaves behind something special at Duke: Climate Cafes. Climate Cafes are campus meetups where students can discuss themes around emerging issues of climate change. Bryan Koen the Assistant Director for Education & Experiential Learning at the Nicholas Institute, remembers, Wang discussing the need for… read more about Graduating Senior Felicia Wang Leaves Impact Through Climate Cafe Programming »
Adway Wadekar is a graduating senior with majors in Mathematics and Statistical Science and a minor in Economics. He has served as a Trinity Ambassador for Statistical Science. Trinity Ambassadors are student volunteers, nominated by their departments, to serve in this unique and important role.We asked a few of the ambassadors from the Class of 2025 to share their favorite memories from Duke. The below interview has been slightly edited for clarity. What was one of the most impactful classes you took during… read more about Notes From the Class of 2025: Making Statistics Stick »
Samantha Bernier Bermudez is a Trinity senior graduating in 2025 with a major in Mathematics and minors in Education and Cinematic Arts. What is a favorite tradition or experience that makes Duke special to you? One thing about Duke is their traditions. Whether it’s burning a bench after beating UNC at home or attending seniors-only midnight breakfast on east campus, Duke really tries its best to be one-of-a-kind (and I think it succeeds.)Who is someone from your undergraduate… read more about The Student Becomes the Teacher: How the Program in Education Prepared a Trinity Major for the Classroom »
DURHAM, N.C. – Two Duke faculty are among nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.William Darity, Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke. His research focuses on inequality by race, class and ethnicity, stratification… read more about Two Duke Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences »
Each year, Duke University awards Benenson Awards in the Arts, which provide funding for arts-centered projects proposed by undergraduates, including graduating seniors. This year, the Student Arts Award Committee awarded prizes to fifteen students for creative projects spanning film, theater, creative writing, music, dance, and visual art. read more about Announcing the 2025 Benenson Award Winners »
Jonathan C. Mattingly, Duke University was honored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) as a member of the 2025 Class of SIAM Fellows. He is being recognized for fundamental contributions to stochastic analysis and for applying stochastic tools to scientific and societal problems.These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through their various contributions, SIAM Fellows help advance the fields of applied mathematics… read more about Jonathan C. Mattingly, Duke University, Honored as a 2025 SIAM Fellow »
Sayan Mukherjee, a Professor of Statistical Science, Mathematics, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 31. He was 54 years old.Since 2022, Mukherjee was in Germany as the Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Artificial Intelligence, a prestigious position shared between Leipzig University and the Max Plank Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences. He retained his affiliation with Duke, where he had been a professor since 2004. Prior to Duke, Mukherjee… read more about Duke Mourns the Death of Statistician and Mathematician Sayan Mukherjee »
Jonathan C. Mattingly, Kimberly J. Jenkins Distinguished University Professor of New Technologies in the department of Mathematics, has been selected as a 2025 SIAM Fellow, one of the highest honors of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). His nomination and selection recognize his fundamental contributions to stochastic analysis and for applying stochastic tools to scientific and societal problems.The SIAM Fellows are nominated in recognition of their outstanding research and service to the community.… read more about Jonathan C. Mattingly Selected as a 2025 SIAM Fellow »
Six Duke faculty have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).Fellowship in AAAS is considered one of the most distinct honors in the scientific community.The 2024 fellows class consists of 471 scientists, engineers and innovators across 24 AAAS disciplinary sections who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements. “This year’s class of fellows are the embodiment of scientific excellence and service to our communities,” said Sudip… read more about Five Trinity Faculty Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science »
Duke University has awarded distinguished professorships to 31 faculty members and will recognize them in a ceremony at the Washington Duke Inn on May 14.“I am very proud to recognize these outstanding faculty colleagues with distinguished professorships,” said President Vincent E. Price. “Through their extraordinary scholarship and teaching, they are advancing solutions, inventions and cures that will uplift humankind and make a lasting difference in the world.”Distinguished professorships honor faculty who are well-… read more about Six Trinity Faculty Members Among Duke's New Distinguished Professors »
For Khiyali Pillalamarri, pursuing a double major in Theater Studies and Mathematics is completely rational. Inspired by her grandmother’s mantra that “All knowledge is one,” the senior finds harmony in blending the creativity of the arts with the precision of mathematics, proving that logic and imagination can be two sides of the same equation. Homeschooled until high school, Pillalamarri thrived in a world where exceptional math resources were always within reach, and she had the freedom to decide her path of study.… read more about Equations and Encores »
Di Fang, Assistant Professor of Math at Duke, won the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Professor Fang, whose research focuses on the theory of quantum computing, numerical analysis for quantum algorithms and classical algorithms for quantum simulation, joined the Duke Department of… read more about Di Fang Awarded NSF CAREER Award »
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the baking of cookies in the shape of pi, the mathematical constant that equals the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, or roughly 3.14159. Dr. Daubechies plans to bake pi cookies to celebrate Pi Day, which is this Friday, March 14 — 3/14. That day is also the International Day of Mathematics; the theme in 2025 is mathematics, art and creativity.For the occasion, this year Dr. Daubechies is visiting the University… read more about A Mathematical ‘Fever Dream’ Hits the Road with Duke Mathematician »