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Wilfrid Gangbo receives 2026 AMS Award

Posted on 12/4/25 in News

UCLA Professor and Non-commutative Optimal Transport core participant, Wilfrid Gangbo, has received the 2026 Award for Distinguished Public Service by the AMS. This award recognizes his efforts to promote the professional careers of mathematicians from underrepresented groups, especially from African and African-American communities. To read […]

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NSF Support for IPAM Renewed for 2025-2030

Posted on 12/1/25 in News

IPAM is happy to announce that the National Science Foundation has renewed its support for the Institute for five more years, 2025-2030. With this investment, IPAM will continue to enable innovation and progress in mathematics and its applications. Our mission of creating new scientific research […]

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Lauren Williams Named MacArthur Fellow

Posted on 11/6/25 in News

IPAM Science Advisory Board member and Dwight Parker Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University, Lauren Williams, was named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. The MacArthur Fellowship, often referred to as the “genius grant,” provides $800,000 in unrestricted support over five years. IPAM proudly celebrates Professor Williams for this […]

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Terence Tao Receives Princeton’s James Madison Medal

Posted on 11/6/25 in News

IPAM is proud to share that Professor Terence Tao, the James and Carol Collins Chair in the UCLA Department of Mathematics and Director of Special Projects at IPAM, has been awarded Princeton University’s James Madison Medal. This prestigious honor recognizes a graduate alum who has […]

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