Professor Wendelin Werner wins Royal Society Sylvester Medal
Congratulations to Wendelin Werner, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (DPMMS), who has been awarded the 2026 Sylvester Medal by the Royal Society.
In this podcast we talk to Professor Hannah Fry about winning the Leelavati Prize, what fuels her passion for mathematics communication, and the key to connecting with people to spark their curiosity about maths.
Congratulations to Professor Hannah Fry, who has been awarded the Leelavati Prize for outstanding contributions to increasing the public awareness of mathematics.
In this podcast episode we talk to Julian Sahasrabudhe, Professor of Combinatorics in DPMMS, about Ramsey theory, sphere packing and his advice for making progress on hard problems.
Combining AI and physics to sharpen measurements of dark matter
A new hybrid analysis technique enables researchers to extract significantly more information from galaxy surveys, delivering the most precise weak-lensing-only measurements yet of the Universe’s dark matter distribution.
Congratulations to Professor Dhruv Ranganathan, who has won a 2026 Pilkington Prize. The Pilkington Prizes recognise outstanding contributions to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Last year saw unusual hurricane activity over the Atlantic. Charles Powell from the Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS) has been figuring out the underlying factors, to improve the forecasts that help keep people and property safe.
