Bessenrodt held the Chair of Algebra and Number Theory at The University of Hannover since 2002, and her distinguished career included being an invited speaker at the second European Congress in 1996 in Budapest. She was an active and valued member of the EMS, the DMV (the German Mathematical Society), and EWM (the society of European Women in Mathematics). For more, please read [the tribute at www.europeanwomeninmaths.org](https://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/christine-bessenrodt-1958-2022/).

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Christine Bessenrodt (1958 – 2022)

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David Cox, 1924-2022

Highlights include: 
- EMS President Volker Mehrmann, [in a short message (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-61), writes about a crisis in mathematical communication, and asks for feedback on 4 major questions that "concern the future of our profession in a fundamental way".

- In ["From Hilbert’s 13th problem to essential dimension and back" (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-57) Zinovy Reichstein writes about recent developments in a mathematical story studied by the ancient Greeks, and advanced by the work of Ruffini, Abel and Galois in the early 19th century.

- [An interview with 2021 Abel Prize Laureates László Lovász and Avi Wigderson (link).](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-54) In this wide-ranging interview the prizewinners discuss their own lives and work, why P v NP is such an important question, whether science is under pressure, and much more.

- [Oscar García-Prada remembers Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-60) who died this year, having made important contributions to algebraic geometry, differential geometry, representation theory of Lie groups and analysis. 

- In ["Teaching school mathematics to prospective teachers" (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-52), Hung-Hsi Wu argues that "we should teach [prospective schoolteachers] exactly what they need for their work: school mathematics". 

- In [Her Maths Story – Sharing stories of women in mathematics in all walks of life (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/articles/mag-53) Joana Grah, Tamara Grossmann, Julia Kroos discuss [Her Maths Story (external link)](https://hermathsstory.eu/) which "strives to bring light to the variety of careers, non-linear paths and individual decision-making processes of women mathematicians in today’s society".

There's plenty more too, so [click through (link)](https://euromathsoc.org/magazine/issues/122) and have a read!

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EMS Magazine No. 122

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Bhargav Bhatt wins the 2021 Clay Research Award

EMS Digest, Nr 41

Jacques Tits was a highly influential group-theorist, proving the celebrated "Tits Alternative" (that every finitely generated linear group either has a solvable subgroup of finite index or contains a free subgroup of rank 2). Probably his most important contribution was the development of group-theoretic "Buildings", a profound unifying idea which has subsequently had deep applications in diverse mathematical fields. For more details see [the Abel Prize laudation (link).](https://abelprize.no/sites/default/files/2021-05/The_Abel_Committee_s_citation_en_Thompson_Tits_2008.pdf)

Tits served the mathematical community in many other ways, including as Editor-in-Chief for mathematical publications at Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, 1980- 1999. Besides the Abel Prize, he received numerous honours including the Prix Décennal de Mathématique from the Belgian government, the Grand Prix of the French Academy of Sciences, the Wolf Prize in Mathematics, and the Cantor Medal from the German Mathematical Society.

On behalf of the European mathematical community, we send our condolences to Jacques Tits' family, friends, and colleagues.

**Addendum:** In 2013 the EMS Publishing House (now EMS Press) released the collected works of Jacques Tits in four volumes, a major mathematical publishing project. [Link here.](https://www.ems-ph.org/books/book.php?proj_nr=168)

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Jacques Tits, 1930 – 2021

This is the inaugural year for the AMS-EMS Mikhail Gordin Prize, which was established to honor the memory of Mikhail Gordin and the tradition of the mathematics of Eastern Europe. It is awarded to a mathematician working in probability or dynamical systems, with preference given to early career mathematicians from or professionally connected to an Eastern European country. The recipient is chosen by a committee appointed by the European Mathematical Society with AMS representation on the committee.

Image credit: MIT Department of Mathematics.

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Semyon Dyatlov receives inaugural AMS-EMS Mikhail Gordin Prize

Those elected will take office on the 1st of January 2023.


According to the statutes, member societies and also representatives of individual members can make suggestions for these positions. Please send your nominations (nomination letter, candidate's CV and statement in PDF format) by December 31, 2021 to the EMS Office (ems-office@helsinki.fi).

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