Clifford H. Taubes is the William Petschek Professor of Mathematics and the Math Department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. I am adamantly opposed to the recently proposed faculty rule that ...

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...