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Pauline van den Driessche has been chosen to deliver the Olga Taussky Todd Lecture at the 2007 International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Zurich this July. The honour, sponsored by the Association of Women In Science and European Women in Mathematics, is conferred on a woman who has made outstanding contributions in applied mathematics and/or scientific computation. Van den Driessche is one of Canada’s leading applied mathematicians and is known for her work on disease transmission mathematical models. The mathematical tools she has developed have been applied by her and others to multi-city disease dynamics, HIV-AIDS control, and more recently, West Nile virus outbreak predictions.
Dr. Andrea McKenzie (history) was recently awarded two prizes by the American Society for Legal History for an article that explores the practice of the peine, the pressing to death with heavy weights of accused criminals who refused to plead to their indictments in 17th- and 18th-century England. It was the first time in the history of the society that an article has won both prizes. McKenzie received the Surrency Prize, which is awarded annually for the best article published in the Society’s journal, the Law and History Review, in the previous year. She was also awarded the Sutherland Prize, which is awarded annually for the best article on English legal history published in the previous year.
Professor emeritus Dr. Wolfgang Hoefer (electrical and computer engineering) will receive an honorary degree from the Technical University of Munich in his native Germany in July. The honour recognizes his “exceptional scientific and technical contributions to the theory of electromagnetic fields.” Hoefer was also recently elevated to the rank of “Life Fellow” of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This honour occurs when the chronological age and the years of membership of an IEEE Fellow add up to 100 years.
Swans Brewpub, the landmark Old Town building left to UVic as part of the Michael Williams estate, has been named the 2006 “Brewpub of the Year” by the Canadian Brewing Association. Swans brewer Andrew Tessier also received seven national awards and medals for his special suds. In a blind taste test, judges bestowed gold medals on Swans’ Buckerfields Bitter, Extra IPA, Raspberry Ale and Smooth Sailing Honey Ale. The Appleton Brown Ale and Old Towne Bavarian Lager won silver medals while Riley’s Scotch Ale picked up a bronze medal. Over the past four years, Swans has received 16 awards, which contributed to the pub winning national overall honours in 2006. In addition, Northwest Brewing News named Swans as the “Best Brewpub in British Columbia.”
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