Taback, the Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics, was announcing the visit of John Urschel to campus. Formerly an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens, Urschel played three seasons in the ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and ...

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing.

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

A new study maps how mosquitoes fly when hunting humans, showing how visual and chemical cues guide their every move.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MIT Technology Review has been named a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category by the American Society of Magazine Editors ...

Chinese maths star Wang Hong has emerged as a leading contender for the 2026 Fields Medal after solving the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture, a century-old problem in geometric measure theory.

The fight between SUNY and Nassau Community College has reached a boiling point. And while the SUNY trustees seem intent on moving toward attempting to oust Maria Conzatti, who currently leads the ...

A mosquito finds its target with the help of certain cues in its environment, such as a person's silhouette and the carbon ...

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.

The more we discover about the universe, particularly its genesis, the more evidence we have pointing to the need for God.

This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...