Here’s a round-up of all the mathematical news from the last couple of months we didn’t otherwise cover here.
Prizes and Awards
The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2025 has been awarded to Kenji Fukaya, “for his pioneering work on symplectic geometry, […] and for his subsequent ground-breaking and impactful contributions to symplectic topology, mirror symmetry, and gauge theory.” The prizes, awarded since 2004 and carrying a prize of $1.2m, honour “individuals […] who have made outstanding contributions in academic and scientific research or applications, or who in other domains have achieved excellence.” (via Paysages Mathématiques)
A new prize for an outstanding PhD thesis in model theory is being established in honor of French mathematician Zoé Chatzidakis, by Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris. They’re looking for donations to form the prize fund. (via Artem Chernikov)
Journal News
The editorial board of Mathematical Logic Quarterly, published by Wiley, have resigned. They’ve set up a new diamond open access journal called Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik, in homage to an earlier journal of the same name. (via Emily Riehl)
Interlace is a new journal for work at the intersection of mathematics and fiber arts. The editors-in-chief are sarah-marie belcastro (Mathematical Staircase, Inc. & Bryn Mawr) and Carolyn Yackel (Mercer) and they intend to publish annually. (via Colin Wright)
Inventions and Discoveries
Luciole Math is a new font for maths, designed to be easy to read. It’s the result of a collaboration between the Centre Technique Régional pour la Déficience Visuelle which supports visually impaired young people, the type-design studio typographies.fr and the mathematician Daniel Flipo. (via Le Libre Éducatif)
There’s inevitably been a new π calculation record of 300 trillion digits, from the team behind the Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel. Here’s their video about it.
An optimal solution has been found for Boggle. According to the blog post, “Many people have searched for high-scoring boards before, but no one has ever constructed a computational proof that they’ve found the best one.”
Other News
Mathematicians in the news! ICYMI, there’s a new pope, who excitingly was a math major in college; also Romania’s new president Nicusor Dan is a mathematician with two gold medals from the IMO (his IMO stats). He’s one of only 11 students to solve the famous “Vieta jumping problem” at the 1988 IMO.
The Campaign for Mathematical Sciences has launched a “provision tracker” monitoring the health of university mathematics departments in the UK. It’s gloomy reading.
The International Day of Mathematics (14th March) is looking for a theme for 2026. (via Martin Skrodzki)
Geoff Wain, founder of MathsWorldUK, has died. (via Kit Yates)