Professor Frances Separovic FAA was awarded a visiting professorship at Jawaharlal Nehru University and has recently returned from a trip to New Delhi, India.
Professor Frances Separovic FAA was awarded a visiting professorship at Jawaharlal Nehru University and has recently returned from a trip to New Delhi, India.
The Academy sends warm congratulations to the following Fellows who celebrated their 90th birthdays this quarter: Professor Andrew Cole FAA — 21 April 1924 Professor John Swan AO FAA FTSE — 24 April 1924 Professor Derek Denton AC FAA FRS — 27 May 1924 Dr Leo Clarebrough AOM FAA — 14 June 1924
The Academy received a record response from Fellows to its readership survey, sent out in March, regarding Historical Records of Australian Science (HRAS). The purpose of the survey was to help support the Academy’s Executive Committee in its decision making about future publishing options for HRAS.
This year’s Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank, to be held in Brisbane on 23‒25 July, will investigate the topic of climate change and health.
The Think Tank steering committee, co-chaired by Professor Bruce Armstrong AM FAA and Dr Graeme Pearman AM FAA FTSE, has carefully selected 60 high flying early- and mid-career researchers from Australia and New Zealand. The participants come from a range of disciplines including epidemiology, human geography, clinical and public health, statistical modelling, evolutionary ecology and systems theory.
Primary Connections launched a new website in late February with many new features including assessment advice, online event registration and much more. Feedback from teachers has been very positive and more than 3000 have already registered in our member centre as part of the Primary Connections community.
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Congratulations to Ms Jacqueline Hancox, a pre-service teacher from Nowra NSW, who was our 10 000th registration since the launch of Science by Doing’s website last year.
Congratulations to Ms Jacqueline Hancox, a pre-service teacher from Nowra NSW, who was our 10 000th registration since the launch of Science by Doing’s website last year.
Former Foreign Secretary and now Academy President, Professor Andrew Holmes AM PresAA FRS FTSE, attended the joint Executive Committee meeting of the IAP: the global network of science academies (IAP) and the InterAcademy Council (IAC) hosted by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in Rome, 15‒16 May. The meeting discussed science strategic planning, poverty eradication, science education, initiatives on ‘smart villages’, science diplomacy, and future statements and policy reports.
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