Australian Academy of Science Newsletter 102

Innovation agenda a 'turning point'

The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the Australian Government's National Innovation and Science Agenda.

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Register now for Science at the Shine Dome

Registrations are now open for Science at the Shine Dome 2016: HumanPLUS.

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New program promotes gender equity in science

The SAGE pilot was launched in September, with 32 institutions participating.

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Nova keeps growing

The Academy’s science outreach website, Nova: science for curious minds, continues to grow in both visits and content since its relaunch on 30 June.

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Academy developing innovative new approach to mathematics

The Academy, in collaboration with the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, is developing a bold new program for teaching mathematics in Australian schools.

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• Innovation agenda a ‘turning point’
• Academy withdraws investments in fossil fuels
• Report calls for rethink on urban transport
• New program promotes gender equity in science
• Academy urges action on climate change

• Joint InterAcademy meeting held in New Delhi
• Australia–China symposium on neuroscience shares latest research
• Australian research delegation travels to Brazil
• Academy represented at Seoul science forum
• Visits to Indonesia
• Activities with the International Council for Science
• International travel grants for geoscientists

• Honours and awards to Fellows
• Fellows in the news
• Academy President visits Fellows on home turf
• New EMCR Forum executive announced 
• National Committees for Science
• Future Earth Australia consultations to support plan
• Academy recognises leading scientists
• 90th birthdays
• New edition of Historical Records of Australian Science
• Obituaries

• Academy developing innovative new approach to mathematics
• Register now for Science at the Shine Dome
• Primary Connections
• Science by Doing
• Nova keeps growing
• New-look Academy website goes live!
• Frontiers of Science
• 2016 speaker series
• Brain Box neuroscientist has pain on the brain
• Citizen science conference
• Boden research conference
• Brian and Les go Back to the Future
• Register as an expert on the Science Media Exchange

• New Annual Giving Program in 2016
• Enduring gifts
• Supporting the Academy

Correction: In the email version of this newsletter, Professor Marilyn Renfree AO FAA was listed as the Secretary Biological Sciences. This should have read Dr TJ Higgins FAA FTSE.