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Yu Deng
Coverage of Yu Deng in the Nexus archive.
- China’s Fields Medals triumph raises bigger math questions
Hong Wang and Yu Deng became the first citizens of the People’s Republic of China to receive Fields Medals, mathematics’ highest honor, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia. Wang is also the third woman to receive the award.
- Chinese whizzes win global math prize
Chinese nationals Hong Wang and Yu Deng, both Peking University graduates, were awarded the Fields Medal, a prestigious math prize, for the first time. This achievement highlights China’s growing academic influence amid a global talent shift, as U.S. PhD admissions declined due to federal funding cuts under the Trump administration.