• Dr. Peter Krause Addresses Middle East Politics as 23rd Jarvis Lecturer

    Dr. Peter Krause Addresses Middle East Politics as 23rd Jarvis Lecturer

    Roxbury Latin welcomed Dr. Peter Krause, professor of political science at Boston College, on October 13 to deliver the school’s 23rd annual F. Washington Jarvis International Fund Lecture. An expert in international security, Middle East politics, terrorism, and political violence, Dr. Krause joined the school community to discuss some of the most pressing contemporary issues shaping the Middle East.

    In his address, Dr. Krause noted that three questions crucial to the future of the United States are playing out now, shaping the country’s geopolitical future and influencing the lives of all of us. “I’m going to present to you three decision points,” Dr. Krause stated. “Three things that all of you as young adults are going to need to decide for yourselves, your generation, and your country.” The three prompts he presented related to the United States’ grand strategy in the Middle East; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and, perhaps most relevant, in a polarized world, how do we talk about these issues?

    Having constructive, intentional, and thoughtful conversations about these ideas and conflicts is crucial in today’s society. “Roxbury Latin, I would say, is a great place to figure these types of things out,” Dr. Krause stated, noting the opportunities the school provides to begin difficult conversations. After Hall, Dr. Krause spent time with Class IV students in their Forces of Global Change class, where he expanded on content from his Hall address, particularly about the Israel/Palestine conflict, and opened the room to honest questions and clarification.  

    Dr. Krause’s research and teaching explore the dynamics of international conflict, political movements, and security. In addition to his work at Boston College, he is a research affiliate with the MIT Security Studies Program and a faculty associate in Boston College’s International Studies and Islamic Civilization and Societies programs. His scholarship includes Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win and Stories From the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science. His research has examined terrorism and political violence, territorial control in Israel, divisions within the Palestinian national movement, and the broader ideological conflicts shaping the region. Dr. Krause spent many years living in various areas of the region, as well.

    Established in 2004, the Jarvis International Lecture honors the legacy of the Reverend Tony Jarvis, who led Roxbury Latin for 30 years as the school’s 10th headmaster. The lecture series was made possible through the generosity of alumnus Jack Hennessy, Class of 1954, and his wife, Margarita, who envisioned bringing distinguished thinkers on world affairs to campus and expanding students’ understanding of the United States’ place in an interconnected world.

    That mission extends beyond the Hall lecture. Through the Jarvis Fund, Roxbury Latin students and faculty also have opportunities to travel abroad, engage with other cultures, and develop new perspectives on political, economic, historical, and cultural issues.

    You can view the entirety of Dr. Krause’s Hall lecture here.

    Erin Berg

  • Understanding AI: Dr. Jakov Kucan Opens this Year’s Smith Scholar Series

    Understanding AI: Dr. Jakov Kucan Opens this Year’s Smith Scholar Series

    Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the ways people learn, work, communicate, and solve problems. But how does AI actually work, and what does it mean to use it effectively and responsibly? These questions were at the center of the first installment of this year’s Smith Scholar series, which welcomed Dr. Jakov Kucan, chief technology officer at Manifold AI, to campus for an introduction to the technology shaping an increasingly complex world.

    Dr. Kucan’s introduction to AI on October 6 served as a crucial foundation for the remaining three lectures on the topic. He provided context and a historical overview of where AI came from and how its early origins influence the iterations we use today, covering early efforts to teach computers to follow logical rules to the development of machine learning, neural networks, and today’s large language models. He explained how advances in computing power, algorithms, and data have converged to produce the sophisticated systems that now recognize images, generate text, and assist with complex tasks.

    Through demonstrations and examples displayed in the Smith Theater, Dr. Kucan illustrated the central principle of machine learning: AI systems make predictions based on patterns in the data on which they are trained. He compared the process to adjusting the parameters of a mathematical model, repeatedly refining its predictions to better match observed information. Large language models apply related principles to language, predicting what word or sequence of words is most likely to come next based on patterns learned from vast amounts of text. So, can AI understand us? Simply put, no, it cannot, but it is very good at guessing what one might want an answer to be based on a wealth of data and previous engagements with similar questions. This is also why users should challenge and correct responses, rather than taking the information as absolute fact.

    During the question-and-answer session, students raised questions about AI regulation, its potential impact on the job market, and what the future of AI might look like. Dr. Kucan acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding AI’s long-term effects, particularly on entry-level employment, while noting that technological change has historically both displaced certain kinds of work and created new opportunities. Many large technological advances in history have drastically changed society, such as the invention of the car or cellphone. AI, though daunting, is no different. Throughout the discussion, Dr. Kucan emphasized that understanding AI requires looking beyond its impressive outputs to consider how it works and how people choose to use it. While AI becomes more deeply integrated into daily life, the ability to evaluate its responses, recognize its limitations, and maintain human judgment will become increasingly important.

    Twenty years ago, the late Robert Smith—RL Class of 1958—and his wife, Salua, established the Robert P. Smith International Fellowship so Roxbury Latin could bring visiting scholars to campus each year, enhancing our curricula with their insightful perspectives on our increasingly complex world. Over the years, these scholars have educated us on such topics as economic globalization in Africa; modernization in China, India, and the Middle East; Latin American literature; the legacy of World War I; climate change and its far-reaching effects; borders, both physical and philosophical; the nuances of race and gender; the history of the civil rights movement in America; and the power and confluence of spoken word poetry and activism. Roxbury Latin is ever grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Smith for their generosity and for enabling the community’s greater understanding of so many important issues.

    Erin Berg

  • Juliette Kayyem Returns to RL to Mark 25 Years Since September 11

    Juliette Kayyem Returns to RL to Mark 25 Years Since September 11

    “Regardless of one’s personal connection to the attacks of that day, all of us continue to be affected by their legacy,” Head of School Sam Schaffer told students on September 15, four days after the nation marked the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001. Roxbury Latin welcomed back to Hall Juliette Kayyem, one of the country’s foremost experts on homeland security and terrorism, to help the school reflect on that legacy. It was Ms. Kayyem’s third visit to RL, having previously addressed the school on the fifth and 20th anniversaries of the attacks. 

    Ms. Kayyem opened by situating students in a moment many of them never experienced: an America that, in 2001, believed it had just won the Cold War, and whose vision of a democratic, free-market world seemed to have been finally achieved. September 11 shattered that confidence, she said, and marked the first time NATO’s Article 5—under which an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all—was ever invoked. In the aftermath of the attacks, 92 percent of Arabs in the Middle East supported the American response in Afghanistan. “That unity is long gone,” she told students, a casualty of two long wars and widening economic gaps, disruptions from migration, and the strain of new technologies worldwide. 

    Ms. Kayyem also traced how terrorism threats have changed. Today’s greater danger, she argued, is often homegrown, fast-moving, loosely organized, and radicalized online rather than planned for years by a foreign group. Ms. Kayyem no longer calls herself a counterterrorism expert but an “all hazards” one, since her focus now includes climate disasters, cybersecurity, public health, and AI. On AI, in particular, she explained that tech leaders warn of existential risk while asking the public to simply trust them to handle it. “We still have the agency to control even this capacity,” she said, “and more importantly to control the CEOs and companies responsible.”

    In a wide-ranging Q&A session, Ms. Kayyem also addressed climate change, the growth of private surveillance tools, stochastic terrorism, and how radicalization turns violent. She closed by urging students not to wait for the unity of the post-9/11 moment to return, but to see themselves as capable of asserting their own agency over the technological and global disruptions still to come.

    Ms. Kayyem is the Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and has been a national leader in homeland security for nearly 30 years. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, she served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, and was the first Arab American to serve as a state head of Homeland Security and the highest-ranking Arab American woman in the Obama administration. She previously served as Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s Homeland Security Advisor, sat on the National Commission on Terrorism, and worked as a trial attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. She is currently a senior CNN analyst, a contributing writer for The Atlantic, and hosts a weekly security segment on WGBH.

    Marcus MIller

  • Drew Martin ’98 of Thrive Scholars is This Year’s Wyner Lecturer

    Drew Martin ’98 of Thrive Scholars is This Year’s Wyner Lecturer

    “I did not come particularly close to realizing all of my potential,” Drew Martin ’98 told students, recalling his own days at Roxbury Latin, as he delivered this year’s Wyner Lecture on September 10. Mr. Martin, an RL trustee and CEO of Thrive Scholars—an organization that provides academic preparation, mentorship, and career counseling to first-generation, college-bound students from underserved communities—returned to alma mater to share two decades of lessons learned in the fight against educational inequality. 

    After graduating from RL, Mr. Martin earned a business degree from the University of Virginia. “By the age of 35,” he said, “I intended to have $100 million in assets. I did not lack ambition… So when I graduated in 2002, I chose what I regarded as a creative backdoor to Harvard Business School, a program called Teach for America.”

    He was assigned to a fifth-grade classroom in the Bronx: 32 students, 27 desks, no curriculum, and three students repeating the grade for a third time. “The system took children with years of accumulated need and handed them to adults with weeks of accumulated training,” said Mr. Martin, “as though intelligence, enthusiasm, and good intentions could substitute for experience, preparation, and a functioning institution.” That experience, he said, forced him to confront a story he had told himself about his own success.

    “Roxbury Latin is proof that our country knows how to develop academic talent,” said Mr. Martin. “You are not admitted here and left alone to see what happens. Teachers know you, advisors intervene, coaches push you, classmates challenge you. College counselors understand the path ahead. Alumni open doors. Adults imagine futures for you before you can fully imagine them for yourselves. And the better this place works, the easier it is for you to believe that you’re doing it by yourself.”

    He described watching his young daughter insist on doing everything “by myself,” unaware of all the people who had made her small accomplishments possible—and recognized the same blind spot in how he understood his own path through RL, UVA, and beyond. “I had mistaken knowing that inequality existed for understanding,” he said.

    Mr. Martin went on to become executive director of KIPP New Jersey by age 25, and later opened Rise Academy, a school he built inside a former Catholic school building in Newark. 

    “When I was preparing to open Rise Academy,” Mr. Martin said, “Tony Jarvis sent me a handwritten note: ‘Dear Andrew, I’m so proud of you for what you are doing. This is a project that may succeed mightily or fail, but you will never regret putting your life behind it, and you will never know how many lives you touch. Such a project is worth a life.’”

    Mr. Martin and his colleagues would go on to invest roughly $200 million building and renovating school facilities across Newark and Camden, working not only on academics but on healthcare, early childhood education, and community safety—all in service of a broader insight: that talented young people from wealthy backgrounds are surrounded by an entire ecosystem of coaches, mentors, and second chances, while equally talented peers from under-resourced communities are often expected to navigate everything alone. “Talent is distributed randomly across the population,” he said, “but opportunity isn’t.”

    That belief, he explained, drove him to Thrive Scholars, where his focus shifted from building individual schools to building networks of relationships and opportunities that allow talent to become choice. 

    “The goal is not to diminish what you accomplish,” Mr. Martin said in closing. “Your effort matters. Your choices matter. Your results matter. The goal is to see the full picture clearly enough that eventually you become part of that hidden machinery for somebody else. You build the school, you make the introduction, you fund the idea, you notice the talent, you give the second chance, you stand close enough to catch somebody when they fall. And you won’t do this by yourself and neither will the person whose life you help to change. You may not know whether the project will succeed mightily or fail. You may never know every life you touch, but such a project is worth a life.”

    Mr. Martin continues a tradition of esteemed Wyner Lecturers committed to societal change for good in various facets of life, and who have shed light on important social issues for Roxbury Latin’s boys. Past speakers in the lecture series include Dr. Iqbal Dhaliwal of MIT’s Jameel Poverty Action Lab; alumnus Bo Menkiti, who transforms underserved communities through real estate development; Juan Enriquez, whose fascinating foray into imagining the future through an ethical lens was insightful and memorable; John Gabrieli ’12, founder of and co-chair of the Every Voice Coalition—a grassroots movement to combat sexual violence on college campuses and support survivors; award-winning landscape and environmental architect Kate Orff; Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Chief Medical Officer of Partners in Health; Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT; and Dr. Adil Najam, president of the World Wildlife Fund International. The lecture series, established in 1985 by Jerry Wyner ’43—RL’s oldest living alumnus at 101—and his sister Elizabeth Wyner Mark, is a living memorial to their father, Rudolph Wyner, Class of 1912.

    Marcus MIller

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  • Exelauno Day: A Distinctly RL Celebration of the Classics

    Exelauno Day: A Distinctly RL Celebration of the Classics

    Roxbury Latin students and faculty gathered in Rousmaniere Hall on Wednesday to celebrate a distinctly RL tradition: Exelauno Day. The tradition dates back over 130 years, when Classics master Clarence Willard Gleason inaugurated a celebration of the Classics, in which Greek students would be exempted from homework for the day. Today, the event allows for the singular annual pleasure of hearing from declaimers of every age and level of exposure to Latin and Greek. Gleason chose March 4th as a punny reference to Xenophon’s Anabasis and its use of the verb “exelauno,” meaning “to march forth.”

    During the morning’s special Hall, boys in Class VI through Class I competed in this year’s David Taggart Clark Competition in Greek and Latin Declamation—reciting ancient words from classic texts that brought to life scenes such as “Epops summons his fellow avians,” “Cicero accuses Marc Antony,” and “Icarus flies too close to the sun.” Classics Department Chair and Exelauno Hall emcee, Mrs. Morris-Kliment, welcomed Jay Kardan, Professor Emeritus of Randolph College, to the lectern to announce the results. This year’s winners were Ky Lima of Class V (Lower School Latin), Andrew Kramer of Class IV (Intermediate Latin), Marco Suri of Class I (Upper School Latin), and Aspen Johnson of Class I (Greek).

    RL extends its heartfelt gratitude to this year’s Exelauno Day judges, the aforementioned Jay Kardan; Andrew Chappell, Head of School of The Derryfield School; and Erin Russo, Latin Teacher at Newton Country Day School.

    View a video of the morning’s Exelauno Day Hall in its entirety. You can also view a complete gallery of photos taken in the morning by Evan Scales. Congratulations to all of the day’s declaimers for impressive performances across the board.

    Erin Berg

  • Dr. Adil Najam Delivers 2026 Wyner Lecture

    Dr. Adil Najam Delivers 2026 Wyner Lecture

    “I have a few questions that I promise not to answer, but that may be of use,” began Dr. Adil Najam on February 12, as he delivered this year’s Wyner Lecture. “These questions are important not because they have answers, but because they are good questions.” Dr. Najam is a professor of International Relations and Earth & Environment at Boston University and president of the World Wildlife Fund International, a role he has held since 2023. The lecture series, established by Jerry Wyner, Class of 1943, and his sister Elizabeth Wyner Mark, is a living memorial to their father, Rudolph Wyner, Class of 1912. The school was honored to have Jerry ’43, RL’s oldest living alumnus at 100, and members of his family in attendance for Dr. Najam’s talk.

    Dr. Najam spoke to the audience about his work with the WWF and as an international environmentalist. “We are the luckiest species in the universe,” he said. “We have this wondrous planet, which is unlike any other that at least we know about.” However, society’s impact on the earth is proving to be a blight on the sustainability and preservation of our planet. “There is only one species left that can threaten us, and that species is us,” he stated.

    There have been many incredible feats of environmental protection and replenishment in the past several years. Dr. Najam spoke of the many projects completed during his time with WWF, including doubling the number of Mangroves near the Arabian Sea; more than doubling the number of elephants in Zambia; and reintroducing a species of horse across Europe that over the years became isolated exclusively to Poland.

    Despite these successes, there is still an urgency we cannot ignore, given the amount of damage already done. Dr. Najam spoke of the Paris Climate Agreement, established in 2015, when the world decided not to let global climate change exceed an overall warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, and, at the very worst, 2 degrees Celsius. However, in doing research, Dr. Najam concluded that “there is no science that I know of that can keep us below 1.5 C, and probably no science that will keep us below 2.”

    At this point, the global impact of warming temperatures is making certain areas unlivable, and certain resources financially exclusionary. Dr. Najam provided examples such as devastating flooding in Pakistan, which, if superimposed on a map of the United States, would cover almost the entire  East Coast, or the migration of infectious diseases, such as the increased prevalence of the mosquitoes that carry the Dengue virus in areas not previously seen, and therefore, unequipped to handle.

    However, many species in nature learn to adapt and adjust based on circumstances to survive and continue the species. Humans, as a species, do this, too; however, there is a cost. The example Dr. Najam offered was that of an umbrella: To accommodate bad weather, someone invented the umbrella. However, not everyone can afford an umbrella or access one. This is what perpetuates and exacerbates the global impact and crisis that comes with global climate change. 

    Erin Berg

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  • Dr. Yohuru Williams Helps RL Honor Dr. Martin Luther King

    Dr. Yohuru Williams Helps RL Honor Dr. Martin Luther King

    “We love to tell young people that they stand on the shoulders of giants,” began Dr. Yohuru Williams in Hall on January 20. “Gentlemen, that’s a lie. You do not stand on the shoulders of giants. You are the giants.” Dr. Williams delivered this year’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Address, as we honored the life, work, and legacy of Dr. King.

    Before Dr. Williams took to the lectern, Colin Bradley (I) read “I Dream a World,” a poem by Langston Hughes. Following that, Brayden Gillespie (I) read an excerpt from Martin Luther King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech.

    Dr. Williams spoke about the immense power in the hands of young people gathered in community, like those at Roxbury Latin. This power, though, can be misused if not approached responsibly. “You must learn to wield the incredible force and power that you have in a way that perpetuates our shared humanity,” he stated. “It must be utilized in a way that is anchored in human compassion, and that begins with the idea that the brotherhood of mankind is what we should all be prioritizing.”

    Throughout his address, Dr. Williams spoke about the importance of our shared humanity and the need to step out of one’s comfort zone and make intentional choices for the greater good. “Men who live only for themselves—accumulating knowledge, power, and advantage without regard for others—they do not become more fully human. They become less so.” 

    “Dr. King will tell you that the revolution will not wait for you to wake up. So let me be clear about what this moment asks of you, asks of me, asks of all of us: It does not ask you to have all the answers. It does not ask you to be perfect. But it does ask you to stay awake, stay engaged.”

    Dr. Williams’s influence and impact were felt throughout the day, with many faculty, staff, and students marveling at how engaging and important his speech was, and at how resonant his message of being engaged feels right now.

    Erin Berg

  • Dr. Harry Levant on Gambling, Online Sports Betting, and Public Health

    Dr. Harry Levant on Gambling, Online Sports Betting, and Public Health

    “I want to have an open and honest conversation with you, about a topic that we in the adult world have launched on you, but haven’t quite figured out how to talk about yet,” began Harry Levant in Hall on January 13. Dr. Levant is the Director of Gambling Policy with the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) at Northeastern University and is an Internationally Certified Gambling Counselor, mental health therapist, and Doctor of Law and Policy. He is also a former gambling addict.

    During his talk, Dr. Levant discussed the prevalence of the sports betting industry, which has become not only normalized but also romanticized, due to companies like DraftKings and FanDuel. He distinguished this type of betting from the standard casino or in-person gambling that existed when he was younger. “I am in favor of the properly regulated legalization of sports gambling. I’m for it,” he said, acknowledging it as a cultural pastime that goes back centuries. “However, what we have launched is not properly regulated and is not safe. In fact, it’s an entirely new kind of gambling.” He then demonstrated that access to gambling today is as simple as downloading an app onto your phone.

    Before opening the room up to questions, Dr. Levant touched on several noteworthy dangers or tricks hidden in sports betting platforms, such as new offers that are too good to be true. For example, he showed the audience an ad that said a $5 bet would earn the user $300. However, while some might think this is actual money, it is actually just in-game credits that fuel the game’s chase. He also explained how games on your phone with in-store credits are structured to prime users to get accustomed to unlocking rewards and bonuses through progress and playtime.

    After the Hall, Dr. Levant spent time with Class V in their Health and Wellness class, discussing some of the parallels between online sports betting and the video games kids begin playing at a young age. He also met with advanced math students in Class I and II, where the boys asked more questions, about prediction markets, game theory applications in sports betting, and about what would make this type of gambling safer. The evening before he spoke with boys in Hall, he also gave a presentation to the Parents’ Auxiliary.

    As the Director of Gambling Policy at PHAI, Dr. Levant works to bring about much-needed change in how gambling is regulated and promoted. His department believes that the current state of the industry, with its easy accessibility and aggressive advertising, poses a looming public health crisis, akin to that of cigarettes decades ago. Mr. Levant holds a Doctorate of Law and Public Policy from Northeastern University, and a Master’s in Professional Clinical Counseling from La Salle University. He has testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee about the potential public health crisis caused by sports betting, and his work has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, 60 Minutes, and CNN.

    Erin Berg

  • A Convocation Honoring Continuity, Excellence, and Music

    A Convocation Honoring Continuity, Excellence, and Music

    Roxbury Latin began its winter term on January 5 with a celebration honoring two individuals whose commitment to the craft of teaching, love of music, and care for their students and colleagues stand out as exemplars.

    Rob Opdycke, RL’s Director of Music since 1999, was installed as the first Kerry P. Brennan Chair in Music during a moving, musical celebration in Rousmaniere Hall. The new, endowed chair is given in honor of Headmaster Emeritus Kerry Brennan, who served as RL’s Director of Music from 1978 to 1986, and as its Headmaster from 2004 through 2024 


    “This morning I’m pleased to talk about continuity, excellence, and music,” began Mr. Brennan, who delivered the convocation’s address. “In establishing teaching chairs or professorships, RL has chosen to put teachers at the center of school life, at the center of its continuity.”

    Between the communal singing of For the Splendor of Creation and a special rendition of “O Love” by Elaine Hagenberg, performed by the Latonics—with Mr. Opdycke conducting, Mr. Brennan playing piano, and Lev Mamuya ’14 accompanying on the cello—the longstanding tradition of music at RL were highlighted and lauded. The celebration culminated in the debut performance by Mr. Opdycke of his original song “This Old Hall,” written for the occasion. The ceremony was followed by a breakfast reception that included the more than 50 guests who were in attendance. 

    Read the citations that Dr. Schaffer presented to Mr. Opdycke and to Mr. Brennan.

    Watch the entirety of the Convocation Hall, honoring Mr. Brennan and Mr. Opdycke.

    We are grateful to John and Stephanie Connaughton—whose generous lead gift made this faculty chair possible—as well as the more than 60 other donors who contributed to make this endowed chair possible.  

    Erin Berg

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  • Dr. Francis Su on the Beauty and Wonder of Math and Education

    Dr. Francis Su on the Beauty and Wonder of Math and Education

    “It’s part of my mission to convince you that all of us are mathematical people, by virtue of being human people, and if we could see the human parts of mathematics, we might have a different relationship with it,” began Dr. Francis Su during Hall in the Smith Theater on December 9. Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. His research is in topological and geometric combinatorics and applications to the sciences, including game theory, voting theory, and the mathematics of fair decisions.

    During his talk, Dr. Su encouraged the RL community to seek and value the wonder in math and education, rather than viewing them as transactional, or as a means to get ahead or enter an impressive career. “Think about education as something that forms you—it changes you, it builds your character. It changes your attitudes toward things, and it gives you certain habits of mind, certain dispositions that shape the way you move in the world.”

    At the beginning of his talk, Dr. Su performed a card trick during which he perfectly and continuously selected pairs of one red and one black card from a shuffled deck, which he later explained was just a mathematical pattern. From this point forward, both students and faculty were deeply engaged and intrigued, some perhaps seeing math in a new light, as something that can be fun and enlightening. “You are all learning how to look at the world differently through your education,” he said. “You are starting to see things more closely, more deeply, whether that’s a deck of cards and a card trick, whether that’s trying to figure out if someone’s trying to dupe you or take advantage of you, whether that’s being able to look at the beauty of the world and see something wonderful about it. These things make your life richer.”

    Dr. Su has a passion for teaching and popularizing mathematics through writing and public engagement. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine, Wired, and The New York Times. He authors the popular Math Fun Facts website, and three of his articles have been featured in Princeton Press’s Best Writing on Mathematics. From the Mathematical Association of America, he received the 2018 Halmos-Ford award for mathematical writing and the 2013 Haimo Award for distinguished teaching of college-level mathematics. Dr. Su earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin and his doctorate from Harvard University. 

    Erin Berg