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This award is granted to scientists with great research potential based on their accomplishments over the past five years.</p> <p class="congrats">Congratulations David!</p> </div> </article><article id="section2" class="news-article"><span class="title hidden">slide2</span> <div class="spotlight" title="June 7, 2018 - Congratulations To Our New PhDs in Mathematics!"> <h1 class="center">Congratulations To Our New<br/> PhDs in Mathematics!</h1> <p class="center"> <a href="/web/20180628082057/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_06_07_phds_orig.jpg"><img style="width:380px;height:auto;" src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_06_07_phds.jpg" alt="Doctoral Graduates 2018"/></a> </p> </div> </article><article id="section3" class="news-article"><span class="title hidden">slide3</span><div class="spotlight" title="May 22, 2018 - Four Earn 2018 Johnson Prize"> <h1>Four Earn 2018 Johnson Prize</h1> <p class="center"> <img style="width:22%;" src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_22_johnson_gwynne.jpg" alt="Ewain Gwynne"/> <img style="width:22%;" src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_22_johnson_slomka.jpg" alt="Jonasz Slomka"/> <img style="width:22%;" src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_22_johnson_perry.jpg" alt="Amelia Perry"/> <img style="width:22%;" src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_22_johnson_wein.jpg" alt="Alex Wein"/> </p> <p>The Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Prize for a research paper accepted for publication in a major journal went to four students in 2018: <ul> <li style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Ewain Gwynne</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180628082057/https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.8764" target="_blank">Almost sure multifractal spectrum of SLE</a><br/> <i>Duke Mathematical Journal</i></li> <li style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Jonasz Slomka</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180628082057/http://www.pnas.org/content/114/9/2119" target="_blank">Spontaneous mirror-symmetry breaking induces inverse energy cascade in 3D active fluids</a><br/> <i>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</i></li> <li style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Amelia Perry</b> and <b>Alex Wein</b><br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180628082057/https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.05573" target="_blank">Optimality and Sub-optimality of PCA for Spiked Random Matrices and Synchronization</a><br/> <i>Annals of Statistics</i></a> </li> </ul> <p class="congrats">Congratulations!</p> </div> </article><article id="section4" class="news-article"><span class="title hidden">slide4</span><div class="spotlight" title="May 21, 2018 - Kevin Sackel and Jane Wang Receive Housman Awards "> <h1>Kevin Sackel and Jane Wang Receive Housman Awards </h1> <p class="right"> <img src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_21_housman.jpg" alt="Kevin Sackel and Jane Wang"/> </p> <p>Graduate students <a href="/web/20180628082057/http://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=1638">Kevin Sackel</a> and <a href="/web/20180628082057/http://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=1632">Jane Wang</a> have each been awarded the Charles and Holly Housman Award for excellence in teaching. This award is presented to graduate students in mathematics for skill and dedication in undergraduate teaching.</p> <p class="congrats">Congratulations Kevin and Jane!</p> </div> </article><article id="section5" class="news-article"><span class="title hidden">slide5</span><div class="spotlight" title="May 21, 2018 - Sammy Luo Receives Jon A. Bucsela Prize "> <h1>Sammy Luo Receives Jon A. Bucsela Prize </h1> <p class="left"> <img src="/web/20180628082057im_/http://math.mit.edu/news/spotlight/images/2018_05_21_bucsela.jpg" alt="Sammy Luo"/> </p> <p>Math major <b>Sammy Luo</b> '18 received the 2018 Jon A. 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