The 2016 EAPSI cohort from the US

US science and engineering graduate students visited Australian scientific and cultural institutions while on their summer break to conduct research and build relationships with their Australian counterparts.

Forum participants with Dr Alan Finkel (third from left) and Professor Andrew Holmes (third from right)
HE Mr Andres Unga (centre) with the Academy’s Vice Presidents, Professor Jim Williams (left) and Dr TJ Higgins

Estonia’s Ambassador to Australia described the emergence of his country as one of the most advanced e-societies in the world during a visit to the Academy in July.

Professor Francisco Hervé from the Chilean Academy of Sciences with the Academy’s Director—International Programs, Nancy Pritchard

Secretary of the Chilean Academy of Sciences, Professor Francisco Hervé, visited the Academy in July while in Canberra to undertake research with his collaborators at the Australian National University.

Professor Michael Barber and Dr TJ Higgins will represent the Academy on Sustainable Development Goals committees

Two Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science have been invited to represent the Academy on separate InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) project committees.

The response so far to the call to join the JSPS Alumni Association of Australia has been strong. Photo: inu-photo, flickr

All former and current recipients of fellowships and awards from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) are invited to join the newly formed Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumni Association in Australia.

Brian Cox referred to the Academy's climate change Q&A booklet as a reliable source of information.

During energetic discussion in an August episode of ABC TV’s popular Q&A program, UK Physicist Professor Brian Cox drew from the Academy’s booklet The science of climate change: questions and answers and held the publication aloft as a source of reliable climate change information.

The Academy was very active during National Science Week from 13 to 21 August.

On the Job

Australian science is made possible by thousands of support and technical staff working around the country to keep our research moving. Seven of these inspiring people were selected to feature in a series of videos in our On the Job! project; chosen by public vote, the winner was Ms Patricia Gadd.

The Academy’s high school science program, Science by Doing, now has over 100,000 registrations and more than half of all Australia’s high school science teachers are registered.

reSolve Outreach Officers from each state and territory converged on the Academy in June to meet with other reSolve personnel and to be formally introduced to the reSolve project. Officers provided feedback on a first draft of the Professional Learning Module, and visited Lyneham High School and Turner Primary School to watch how lessons were presented.

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