2018 Fields Medal Winner: Caucher Birkar
An astounding journey from a war-torn land to the pinnacle of his field.
2018 Fields Medal Winner: Alessio Figalli
A long-distance love story is part of his life’s equation.
2018 Fields Medal Winner: Peter Scholze
In Germany, creating a new bridge between arithmetic and geometry.
2018 Fields Medal Winner: Ashkay Venkatesh
An early start tackling big questions in number theory.
2018 IMU Awards: Constantinos Daskalakis
In selling two items online, what is the best you can do?
‘The United States didn’t need me. But Turkey needs me.’
2018 IMU Awards: Masaki Kashiwara
Marking a lifetime of leading work in the field of algebraic analysis.
How new methods mean faster data — and practical improvements.
Will a young female jockey have what it takes?
On astrophysics, ballet — and learning ‘how to think.’
Columbia College: Kenneth Jackson
He’s out to convey his boundless passion for New York City.
Columbia College: Ronald Breslow
Working with students keeps a chemist’s zest for his field alive.
Columbia College: Gareth Williams
Reaching across time to bring life to ancient texts.
Soundtrack Project: ‘The Fatted Calf’
The laconic, religious outlook of a West Tennessee farmer.
$5 Cover: Amplified — Brad Postlethwaite
He’s balancing music, medical school and marriage.
$5 Cover: Amplified — Muck Sticky
Meet a merry leprechaun of feel-good hip hop.
$5 Cover: Amplified — Kate Crowder
Life as a teacher? It’s sometimes quite like that of a student.
A scholarship enables a remarkable student to move forward.
Weill Cornell Medicine: Dr. Shahin Rafii
Long hours and new organs. It’s regenerative medicine at its finest.
Mentorship from the top helps guide a search for new asthma treatments.
Weill Cornell Medicine: Jennifer
Thanks to her doctors, an actress sees a path to performing once again.
Thanks to personalized medicine, she’ll see many more birthdays.
Excellent care leads to a happy childhood on Long Island.
Using advanced imagery, she’s stopping heart disease in its tracks.
Weill Cornell Medicine: B J & Conor
Mentorship proves key to unlocking the mysteries of the teenage mind.
A unique transplant center holds hope for an immigrant in need.
Along the Texas border, diabetes takes on a personal dimension.
