Professor Maryam Mirzakhani is the recipient of the 2014 Fields Medal, the top honor in mathematics. She is the first woman in the prize's 80-year history to earn the distinction.

Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who battled breast cancer ...

Maryam Mirzakhani, who in 2014 became the first woman awarded the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died at the age of 40. Full Episode Monday, Sep 9 ...

She was also the first Iranian to win a Fields Medal. “The grievous passing of Maryam Mirzakhani, the eminent Iranian and world-renowned mathematician, is very much heartrending,” President ...

STANFORD, Calif. -- Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor at Stanford University who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who ...

Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died. She was 40.Mirzakhani, who battled breast cancer, d… ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Maryam Mirzakhani, 40, a renowned mathematician and Stanford University professor best known for being the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics ...

Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who in 2014 became the first woman awarded the Fields Medal, often called the most prestigious prize in mathematics, died July 14. She was 40.

Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, has died in the U.S. The 40-year-old reportedly had breast cancer that spread to her bones.