Karen Uhlenbeck is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the
School of
Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. A
founder of modern
geometric analysis, she is professor
emeritus at the University of Texas...
The twenty-sixth annual Women and Mathematics (WAM) Program,
“Topics in Geometric Analysis,” was held May
18–24, 2019, at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Participants explored dynamic shapes and surfaces, along with
the equations that describe...
Since 1994 with the support of the National Science Foundation,
the Institute, together with Princeton University, has hosted an
intensive 11-day mentoring program for undergraduate and graduate
women in mathematics.
Mathematics has a vital role in shaping a product’s life,
from research & development to manufacturing, and from
marketing to supply chain. In this public lecture, Institute
Trustee Sandi Peterson and Kathy Wengel, both Princeton alumnae,
explore...
My love affair with George Pólya began when I was
seventeen. It was in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and my first year at the
university was coming to an end. I had come across a tiny local
library with an even tinier math section, which nobody ever
seemed...
