Karen Uhlenbeck

Karen Uhlenbeck, Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, has been named a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Uhlenbeck is recognized "for her groundbreaking and profound contributions to modern geometric...

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters made a short film about Karen Uhlenbeck, Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, in conjunction with the 2019 Abel Prize she received “for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial...

On May 21, His Majesty King Harald of Norway presented the Abel Prize to Karen Uhlenbeck at the award ceremony in Oslo “for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, and integrable systems, and for the...

The Women and Mathematics Program (WAM) at the Institute for Advanced Study, which recently received the 2019 award for “Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference” from the American Mathematical Society, will welcome 51 women from 40 institutions...

The American Mathematical Society has awarded the 2019 Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference to the Women and Mathematics Program at the Institute for Advanced Study for its "outstanding program of encouraging women to pursue...

"On the evening of March 19, the mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck gathered with revelers at the Institute for Advanced Study for a champagne reception. Some hours earlier she’d been awarded the Abel Prize—the first time a woman had won it—for her...

"When I started out as a student, it was clear that the way to become a mathematician was not to hang around with other women. So I made my way through my career and, at some point, I achieved a certain amount of fame and I looked around and talked...

"When I’m working on a problem I usually sit down and think through what I know, and make notes and try out a few estimates, do some inequalities. Maybe I go look up a reference. And then I probably get stuck and go on to think about something else...

Writing for Nature, Davide Castelvecchi reports on the 2019 Abel Prize awarded to Karen Uhlenbeck, current Visitor and former Member and Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, writing:

"Uhlenbeck has been a relentless advocate for women in...

Kenneth Chang of the New York Times reports on the 2019 Abel Prize awarded to Karen Uhlenbeck, current Visitor and former Member and Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, writing:

"One of Dr. Uhlenbeck’s advances in essence described the...