Post by NYU Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science

We were honored to mark the creation of the new Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science at our Celebration Symposium on February 20th. Gérard Ben Arous, Inaugural Dean, Georgina Dopico, University Provost, Evan Chesler, Chair of the Board, and Juan de Pablo, Executive Vice President for Global Science and Technology, spoke to Courant's historic legacy and exciting future. Linda Mills, NYU President, expressed her gratitude to the school's faculty and staff and her commitment to NYU’s strategic emphasis on science and technology. Then two of our distinguished faculty members delivered short lectures on their research—Hong Wang, Professor of Mathematics, spoke about her recent breakthrough solution to the Kakeya set conjectures, and Kyunghyun Cho, Professor of Computer Science and Data Science, gave insight into his work on AI in healthcare. Thank you to everyone who made this symposium possible. It was a great event, and we'll be sharing more recaps in the coming weeks!