The Academy's September newsletter number 89 is packed with interesting articles about the recent Think Tank on Australia's future population, a report on sea turtles threatened by marine debris, Nobel Laureate Professor Elizabeth Blackburn's Hooked on Science tour, the incredible public interest generated by the Vitamin D symposium, the new Primary Connections units released and the latest on the Caring for Australian Countryside public lecture series.
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The Australian Academy of Science applauds the Government’s commitment to improving school science and maths education, made in Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s response to the Gonski review.
“We welcome the Government’s recognition that improving the quality of science and maths education is critical for the future of Australia,” said Professor Jenny Graves, the Academy’s Secretary for Education and Public Awareness.
The best young Australian scientists will have the chance to be mentored by Nobel Prize winners, thanks to a new collaboration between the Australian Academy of Science and the Science and Industry Endowment Fund.
Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, Senator the Hon. Chris Evans, today announced funding support for the Science and Industry Endowment Fund – Australian Academy of Science Fellowships to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
The Australian Academy of Science congratulates Professor Kurt Lambeck on winning the prestigious Balzan Prize for his ‘exceptional contribution to the understanding of the relationship between post-glacial rebound and sea change levels’. The work of Professor Lambeck, immediate past President of the Academy, has radically modified climate science. His win was announced at a ceremony in Milan on 10 September.
The Australian Academy of Science is proud to support the establishment of the new Parliamentary Friends of Science Group.
The Parliamentary Friends of Science will be launched at Parliament House today by co-Chairs, The Hon Richard Marles MP and Karen Andrews MP, during ‘Science meets Parliament’, an annual event that brings 200 of Australia’s top young scientists to meet with decision-makers in Canberra.
Congratulations to the Academy's past President, Dr Jim Peacock for winning the 2012 Rabobank Leadership Award for his contributions to Australian science, the food and agribusiness industries. Dr Peacock's initiative in the Academy's science education programs, PrimaryConnections and Science by Doing, was specifically acknowledged.
Strong science education is the key to ensuring that we have a solid position in the Asian Century, Australian Academy of Science President Professor Suzanne Cory today told a high-level international science gathering in China.
Professor Cory was speaking at a forum held during the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries General Conference in Tianjin, China.
The Australian Academy of Science is one of only 10 national academies invited to speak at the forum on open innovation.
The October public lecture in the Caring for the Australian Countryside series was given to a packed Shine Dome audience by Tony Windsor MP, independent Federal member for New England. He who looked at how to resolve the conflict between agriculture and mining in sensitive landscapes.
Sir John Beddington was appointed as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) on 1 January 2008. Since being in post, the GCSA has led on providing scientific advice to Government during the 2009 swine flu outbreak and the 2010 volcanic ash incident. The GCSA has also been responsible for increasing the scientific capacity across Whitehall by encouraging all major departments of state to recruit a Chief Scientific Adviser.
Distances in the Universe, even those in our solar system, are beyond the comprehension of most people. This lecture aims at leading the audience through the cosmic distance scale, from our own Earth to the neighbouring planets, the nearest stars, our own Milky Way galaxy, and beyond, to the nearest as well as more distant galaxies, and the edge of the observable Universe. This is done using recent, cutting-edge images, animations and results, informed by Richard’s own research in this field.
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