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Award Winners

Award winners are listed along with biographical notes where available. Updates and corrections are welcome.

Archimedes Prize

The Archimedes Prize is awarded annually by the Department in recognition of outstanding achievements in undergraduate mathematics.

Year Name Notes
2025 Juliana Mini Graduate student (Syracuse University, Mathematics)
2024 Anthony Mazzacane Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
2023 Michael Perry Graduate student (Syracuse University, Mathematics)
2022 Xinyue Mao Graduate student (University of Rochester, Statistics)
2021 Samuel Wheeler MS in Statistics (University of Chicago); Computational Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory
2021 Yantao Wu Graduate student (Johns Hopkins University, Mathematics)
2020 Xuerui Yang Graduate student (University of Illinois, Mathematics)
2019 Xinxuan Wang PhD in Mathematics (University of Pennsylvania); Postdoc at Florida State University
2018 Danika Van Niel PhD in Mathematics (Michigan State University); Postdoc at Binghamton University
2017 Mengran Zhang Statistician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2016 Kamm Lemay Operational support for the US government
2016 Yuqing (Tessa) Xie M.S. in Finance (MIT); Data Science Leader at LinkedIn
2015 Stephen Sorokanich III PhD in Mathematics (University of Maryland); Researcher at AFRL
2014 Neill Warrington PhD in Physics (University of Maryland); Postdoc at MIT
2013 Joseph Andrade Actuarial trainee at Hanover Insurance Group
2013 Benjamin Hatch Financial analyst at J.P. Morgan
2013 Jaimee Robertson M.S. in Chemical Engineering (Syracuse University), Research scientist at Cambridge Polymer Group
2012 In Gun Kim Software Engineer at NAVER Corp
2012 Seth Rothschild Ph.D. in Mathematics (Tufts University), Research Scientist at Feature Labs, Inc.
2012 James Schwartz Design engineer at MYT Works
2011 Justin Cyr Ph.D. in Mathematics (Indiana University), Quantitative Analyst at Citigroup
2011 Jakub Kotynia Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft
2010 Sean Sweeney Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Capitol One
2009 Daniel Kocis Risk Analyst at LCH.Clearnet
2009 Darien Mitchell-Tontar Faculty member at Nido de Aguilas
2008 Jacob Mezey Project Engineer at Flatrock Engineering & Environmental
2007 Stephen Hermes Data Scientist at Parabon
2007 David Kelley Ph.D. in Computer Science (University of Maryland), Bioinformatics Scientist at CalicoLabs
2006 Suresh Eswarathasan Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Dalhousie University
2006 Steven W. Nydick Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology (University of Minnesota), Data Scientist Developer at Korn Ferry
2005 Robert Miller Ph.D. in Mathematics (University of Washington), Software Engineer at Google
2004 Maria Scalzo Air Force Research Laboratory
2004 Elizabeth Teska Information Technology analyst at SU
2003 Regina Ruth Barnes Teacher at Nottingham High School
2002 Cosmin Anitescu Ph.D. in Mathematics (Syracuse University), Post-doctoral researcher at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
2002 Joshua Goldstein Manager at PwC

Euclid Prize

The Euclid Prize is awarded annually by the Department to the most promising math majors who are not graduating in the year of the award.

Year Name Notes
2025 Spencer Evans-Cole  
2025 Julia Fancher  
2024 Aksel Malatak Verification Engineer at IBM
2024 Owen Opalenick  
2023 Yuming Jiang Graduate student (Syracuse University, Physics)
2022 Anthony Mazzacane Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
2022 Michael Perry Graduate student (Syracuse University, Mathematics)
2021 Kyle Beiter Quantitative Researcher at Optiver
2021 Xinyue Mao Graduate student (University of Rochester, Statistics)
2020 Samuel Wheeler MS in Statistics (University of Chicago); Computational Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory
2020 Yantao Wu Graduate student (Johns Hopkins University, Mathematics)
2019 Jinyang Zhou Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Global Tech
2018 Xuerui Yang Graduate student (University of Illinois, Mathematics)
2017 Jordan Barrett PhD in Mathematics (University of Nebraska)
2017 Danika Van Niel PhD in Mathematics (Michigan State University); Postdoc at Binghamton University
2016 Zhenyun Shi Graduate student (Columbia University, Statistics)
2016 Mengran Zhang Statistician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
2015 Zhan Zhao MS in Computer Science (Cornell University); Software Engineer at YouTube
2014 Stephen Sorokanich III PhD in Mathematics (University of Maryland); Researcher at AFRL
2013 Dylan Hsu PhD in Physics (MIT); Assistant Attending Physicist at MSK
2013 Randi Rodecker M.S. in Actuarial Science (Columbia University), Financial controller at Swim King Pools
2012 Joseph Andrade Actuarial trainee at Hanover Insurance Group
2012 Benjamin Hatch Financial analyst at J.P. Morgan

Erdős Prize

The Erdős Prize for Excellence in Mathematical Problem-Solving is awarded annually in recognition of competitive performance on the Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Year Name Notes
2024 Anthony Mazzacane  
2023 Yuming Jiang  
2022 Connor Ritchie  

Newton Fellowship

Newton Fellowship in Mathematics is awarded by the Department to truly exceptional undergraduates early in their academic career.

Year Name Notes
2017 Xuerui Yang Graduate student (University of Illinois, Mathematics)

University Scholars

The highest undergraduate academic honor bestowed by Syracuse University. Twelve graduating seniors are selected for it every year. Recent winners among our majors are listed below; SU Archives keep the complete list.

Year Name Notes
2025 Yuming Jiang Graduate student (Syracuse University, Physics)
2021 Yantao Wu Graduate student (Johns Hopkins University, Mathematics)
2018 Danika Van Niel PhD in Mathematics (Michigan State University); Postdoc at Binghamton University
2018 Jordan Barrett PhD in Mathematics (University of Nebraska)
2016 Samantha Usman PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics (University of Chicago)
2014 Dylan Hsu PhD in Physics (MIT); Assistant Attending Physicist at MSK
2013 Ryan Badman Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Brandeis University Computer Science Department
2013 Jaimee Robertson M.S. in Chemical Engineering (Syracuse University), Research scientist at Cambridge Polymer Group
2009 Gavin Hartnett Ph.D. in Physics (UC Santa Barbara), Associate Physical scientist at RAND