IPAM mourns the death of a colleague and friend, Walter Kohn. Kohn made major contributions to the physics of semiconductors, superconductivity, surface physics and catalysis. Since 1979, he was a professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the founding […]

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected 213 new members—the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business, and philanthropic leaders. Of these new members, five of them are affiliated with IPAM: Leslie Greengard (NYU)—organizer of the Computational Methods in […]

Mariel Vazquez (UC Davis) will be awarded the 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Prize, which is given every other year in honor of David H. Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia, two mathematical scientists recognized for their research and inspiration to generations of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American […]

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation recently awarded fellowships to 178 scholars, artists, and scientists. Out of the nearly 3,000 applicants in the Foundation’s 92nd competition, three IPAM participants were appointed fellows on the basis of “prior achievement and exceptional promise.” Congratulations go out to: […]