Department of Mathematics

The Upper West Side’s academic core keeps stretching toward Morningside Heights. Department of Mathematics sits above Broadway, squared away in Mathematics Hall, where symbolic logic meets pure theory. Colloquia run back-to-back and problem sets pile high; the fifth floor is one place where equations rarely simplify three times in a row.

Up the steps at 2990 Broadway, Room 509 pins itself to the neighborhood’s irregular grid. Here, algebraic geometry cedes to applied modeling depending on which talk you choose. No need to wander far for a lecture, seminar, or faculty meeting—they rotate across the department’s usual haunts without fanfare.

Need to ring the front desk? Dial (212) 854-4112 for anything from room reservations to parking passes for visiting speakers. Undergrads clocking late-night proofs and grad students chasing the next lemma can slide a note across the counter or call in advance.

Find the exact spot on the campus map; just east of the Alma Mater statue, five stories up, the building keeps Manhattan’s perpetual chestnut scent drifting past the windows.