ALT Simons Foundation president David Spergel speaking at the front of a room

ALT A large presentation screen displays an image of a hawk with outstretched wings in flight. Two people are seated on stage in front of the screen, engaged in discussion.

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ALT quote from Elise LePage: "For me, it’s always about keeping ideas fresh. I could not do math alone; it’s much better with collaboration."

ALT headshot and quote from Sofía Landi: “That kind of candid, in-the-trenches advice is hard to get anywhere else.”

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ALT quote from Zenaida Rodriguez: "it’s about making math feel truly meaningful — helping people improve and learn in a way that has a lasting impact on their lives."

ALT quote from Elise LePage: "I see mathematical physics as a continuous source of inspiration and of new problems to solve."

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ALT Staining of cortical vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) neurons (shown in magenta) and Huntingtin (mHtt) protein aggregates (white) and nuclei (DAPI, blue). By combining these specific labels, researchers can observe how mutant huntingtin proteins form clumps inside neurons in the motor cortex, killing the cells.

ALT quote from Berkeley Lab's Mike Crommie: “Our objective was to uncover new electron behavior. New electron behavior can lead to exciting opportunities to develop advanced devices with useful new properties and capabilities.”

ALT quote from Elise LePage: I’ve been interested in math for as long as I can remember. Over time, I shifted toward physics because, in my opinion, the most exciting math comes from physics. And I personally learned so much interesting math through physics and string theory.

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ALT “Working with artists is so valuable and productive for my purely scientific work that I highly recommend this kind of collaboration to any scientist trying to unlock their own creativity.” Rana AdhikariCalifornia Institute of Technology

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ALT quote from Takaki Komiyama: “We think this is a knob the brain can turn to promote learning, and our intervention is helping the brain do it in a healthy way,”

ALT An illustration of a graphene lattice that has inconsistencies.

ALT Simons Foundation president David Spergel speaks at podium with Flatiron Institute logo

ALT quote from David Persson "This project wouldn't have been possible without the cross-pollination of different perspectives."

ALT Illustration of a blue-green glowing quantum background with particles floating around.

ALT quote from Irina Dudanova: "In neurodegenerative disorders, not all neurons suffer equally and not all die. Some are affected in different ways."

ALT quote from Noah Amsel: "“I think Muon is a hopeful story for the field andfor science in general.”

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ALT quote from Nour Al Hassanieh: "I’ve learned to write better code and to identify the strengthsand weaknesses of different computational approaches."

ALT quote from Marilyn Simons: “At heart, AI is a new technology, and much like new technologies of the past, it holds the promise of solving seemingly intractable problems. We can now hope to achieve discoveries in our lifetime we once thought out of reach.”

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ALT Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Researchers look at the quantum simulator setup used to investigate the pseudogap.

ALT Leslie Sibener talks about her research on long-term memory and the virtual reality experiment she created to study how the brain stores memories.

ALT Daniel Alabi at work on his whiteboard.

ALT Fellows-to-Faculty awardee Gabriela Rosenblau collects EEG data from a participant in her lab at George Washington University. Credit: GWU Media Relations

ALT quote from Nour Al Hassnanieh: "Our goal during the Flatiron fellowship is to develop algorithms that are efficient, accurate and stable — that is, not overly sensitive to small changes in the data."

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ALT quote from Gertrude Trudi Plummer: "I also started to look into math engagement done by artists and institutions like the Simons Foundation. It motivated me to get kids just as excited about a sequence, formula or pattern as they are about seeing a live snake at a program."

ALT quote from Olga Troyanskaya: “The progress of AI in biology and biomedicine is enormous. But it’s also critical for us to understand how challenging this field is. We really need these purpose-built AI models that can identify and decode the unknown.”

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ALT “Many of my projects would not have been possible without the influence of this collaboration,”

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ALT people look through solar telescope

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ALT quote from Regina Forlenza: My love of flowers and horticulture really brought me to the botanical garden. I now work in a living museum, but never in my life did I think I would be thinking about mathematics in my career. 

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ALT quote from intern Paulina Salinas: "This internship opened up my world. It has meant a lot to me. It has shaped the way I see my career, what I can do with my degree, and how I can grow"

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