Chinese mathematician Wei Dongyi, a two-time IMO gold medalist who once turned down Harvard, is also known for his frugal lifestyle, reportedly spending less than 300 yuan (US$44) a month in Beijing.

The introduction of AI into mathematics represents a seismic shift in what it means to do math. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes. Axiom Math’s founder and chief executive, Carina Hong, right, and the chief technology ...

Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School arrived at their classroom under an unusual circumstance: they had purposely not read a case prior to class. Professor Tony Mayo dimmed ...

The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It is rewriting what it means to be a mathematician ...

Fermat’s Last Theorem is one of the most famous problems in mathematical history. Proposed in the 17th century, it claimed that certain equations have no solutions in whole numbers. For centuries, ...

David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...

Six mathematicians from the United States, Europe and Canada have emerged as leading contenders for the 2026 Fields Medal, ...

The decision to place Nowak on leave comes amid widening fallout at Harvard, including the resignation of former university president and economist Larry Summers from his professorship.Summers, who ...

From the perspective of a math educator, this is not a minor abuse of statistics but a failure of epistemic responsibility, one that undermines the possibility of public reasoning itself. Mr. Trump’s ...

Some of Epstein’s ties to the school were hiding in plain sight, yet Harvard officials missed or looked past them during their 2019 probe.

Last year, the average GPA for Harvard University’s Class of 2025 was 3.83. That’s not a typo. At Harvard, one of the world’s most selective colleges, the average student graduating in 2025 had a 3.83 ...