Awards

Martin Barlow, Michael Bennett, George Bluman, David Boyd, Ailana Fraser, Nassif Ghoussoub and Malabika Pramanik: Canadian Mathematical Society (2018)

Martin Barlow, Michael Bennett, George Bluman, David Boyd, Ailana Fraser, Nassif Ghoussoub and Malabika Pramanik were annouced as the Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows. Details here: https://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2018/Fellowsread more

Adela Gherga and The Ha: Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Awards (2018)

Adela Gherga and The Ha were the recipients of the 2018 Faculty of Science Excellence in Service Awards which recognize the exceptional service contributions of Science's staff, students and faculty. Adela Gherga,a PhD student, is a winner in the Student category. Her leadership through the MGC and... read more

Sven Bachmann: Annales Henri Poincaré (AHP) Prize (2018)

Sven Bachmann is the winner of the Annales Henri Poincaré (AHP) prize. Each year a prize founded by Birkhäuser is awarded for the most remarkable paper published in the journal Annales Henri Poincaré. The winners of the AHP prize are selected by the Editorial Board. The AHP Prize 2016 was awarded... read more

Shirin Boroushaki: Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2018)

Shirin Boroushaki is the winner of 2017/2018 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. See https://academic.ubc.ca/awards-funding/award-winners/killam-teaching-ser...read more

Hong Zhe Chen: Governor General's Silver Medal (2018)

Hong Zhe Chen, in Combined Honours Physics and Mathematics, has been awarded a Governor General's Silver Medal as head of the graduating class in Science. Details regarding nomination procedures are posted on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website .read more

Tom Hutchcroft: Canadian Mathematical Society Doctoral Prize (2018)

Tom Hutchcroft has won the 2018 Canadian Mathematical Society Doctoral Prize! The Doctoral Prize recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student. Tom will receive his award and present a prize lecture during the CMS Winter Meeting here in Vancouver, December 7-10, 2018. Today's official... read more

Tom Hutchcroft: Governor General's Gold Medal (2018)

Tom Hutchcroft has been awarded a Governor General's Gold Medal. This recognizes Tom as the UBC doctoral graduate with the most outstanding academic record. Dr Hutchcroft made a strong impression during his time here, with a paper in the Inventiones in 2016, two productive summers as an intern at... read more

Malabika Pramanik: Killam Research Prize (2018)

Malabika Pramanik won a Killam Research Prize, in recognition of her outstanding research and scholarly contributions. For more details on this prize, please see https://research.ubc.ca/research-excellence/awards-honours/faculty-resea...read more

Gordon Slade: CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize (2018)

Gordon Slade (FRSC, FRS) is the winner the CMS Jeffery-Williams Prize for 2018! The Prize is awarded by the Canadian Mathematical Society to recognize mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Professor Slade has done outstanding work in rigorous statistical... read more

Ben Williams: UBC Mathematics and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award (2018)

Ben Williams has won the 2017 UBC Mathematics and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award. The prize has a cash component, and winners are invited to give a prestigious invited lecture. Thus we can look forward to hearing Prof Williams describe his work sometime later this... read more