[cmath] events at UBC & PIMS in honour of Louis Nirenberg

[Alejandro Adem]

Louis Nirenberg, First Recipient of Chern Medal, to Receive UBC Honorary
Degree and Deliver PIMS Distinguished Lecture

At the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Hyderabad, India
this past August, Louis Nirenberg, from the Courant Institute for the
Mathematical Sciences at New York University, was awarded the inaugural
Chern Medal for his role in the formulation of the modern theory of
non-linear elliptic partial differential equations and for mentoring
numerous students and post-docs in this area.

In addition to this prestigious prize, Professor Nirenberg has received
many other awards and honours, including: the American Mathematical
Society's Bocher Prize, the Jeffrey-Williams Prize of the Canadian
Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize of the AMS, the Crafoord Prize
and the US National Medal of Science. The full citation can be found at
http://www.icm2010.in/prize-winners-2010/chern-medal-louis-nirenberg

Professor Nirenberg was born in Hamilton, Ontario and obtained his 
undergraduate degree from McGill University before emigrating to the
United States. He has shown a longstanding interest in the Canadian
mathematical community, mentoring and supporting many of our
colleagues. This fact and his enormous contributions to the mathematical 
sciences will be recognized by the University of British Columbia by 
awarding him an honorary degree during its 2010 Fall Congregation 
(November 24-26). On November 26 he will deliver a PIMS Distinguished 
Lecture at 3pm at UBC.

Everyone is invited to attend and celebrate Louis Nirenberg's
wonderful career in mathematics.

Alejandro Adem
Director, PIMS

Nassif Ghoussoub
UBC Board of Governors