MIT won the 83rd William Putnam Mathematical Competition, sweeping the top five spots for third consecutive year. MIT also took home the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize for the top-scoring woman.
MIT has won the world finals of the 45th International Collegiate Programming Contest. The three-student team reflects on their performance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which ended a 44-year drought for MIT.
Ziqian Zhong, MingYang Deng, and Anton Trygub of MIT's computer programming team share their experience of placing first at the recent North American Championships of the International Collegiate Programming Contest.