Forthcoming Events
Meeting Notice - 153rd AGM and 1282nd OGM
153rd Annual General Meeting 1282nd Ordinary General Meeting Date: Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom Webinar (Connection link to be provided by email) Special Note: In line with evolving advice from Commonwealth a...
Recent News
The Royal Society and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Royal Society of NSW wishes to assure all Members and Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW that the Society’s Council takes very seriously its responsibility to safeguard the health of its constituency throughout the pandemic, ...
Speaking of the Music … the Magic of the Violin
On 27 February 2020 the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts presented a celebration of the 300th anniversary of Bach’s solo violin pieces with a lecture by Dr David Hush FRSN on Bach’s enduring popularity...
Release of videos from the RSNSW Space Forum: Launch of RSNSW YouTube Channel
In the spirit of advancing knowledge, the Royal Society of NSW is making available the videos from the 7th November 2019 Forum “Making SPACE for Australia”, held in conjunction with the four Learned Academies. The videos and relat...
RSNSW Fellow named NSW Woman of the Year 2020
The Royal Society of NSW is delighted that one of its Fellows and leading childhood cancer researcher, Professor Maria Kavallaris AM FRSN, has been named NSW Woman of the Year for 2020 by the NSW Premier, Ms Gladys Berejiklian. Ma...
New editions of the RSNSW Bulletin and Journal now available - March 2020
The Society is pleased to announce that the March 2020 edition of the Bulletin (Issue 440) and the December 2019 edition of the RSNSW Journal and Proceedings (Vol. 152-2) are now available on the website and are available for down...
Gazettal of 2019 Royal Society of NSW Fellows and Distinguished Fellows
The list of Fellows and Distinguished Fellows, elected by the Royal Society of NSW during 2019, was gazetted by the New South Wales Government on 26 February 2020.
Recent Events
Hunter Branch Meeting 2020-2
MEETING CANCELLED 1st Annual General Meeting of the Hunter Branch Open Lecture: Planetary Health—Safeguarding Health in the Anthropocene Epoch Professor Tony Capon Monash University The Hunter Branch of the Royal Society of ...
On the Shoulder of Giants: Lecture 1 - Henry Carmichael
POSTPONED: Please contact SMSA on 02 9262 7300 regarding bookings On the Shoulders of Giants: Creation of Learned Societies in NSW Henry Carmichael — Educational Progressive, Social Reformer, Secularist, Winegrower Dr Lesley...
Annual Meeting of the Four Societies 2020
Challenges for the Future: Energy Storage and Waste Plastic — Two Australian Solutions Going Global’ Professor Thomas Maschmeyer FAA FTSE FMAE FRSN School of Chemistry, University of Sydney A joint meeting of the Australian Instit...
Frontiers of Science Forum
“ Exploring major discoveries and theories in physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry ” Professor Ben Eggleton, University of Sydney Professor Mary Myerscough, University of Sydney Julianna Kadar, Macquarie University Professo...
1281st OGM and Open Lecture
Soils: the least understood part of science, yet vital for all of us Professor Robin J Batterham AO Kernot Professor of Engineering University of Melbourne Date: Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 6.00pm for 6.30pm Venue: Gallery Room, Stat...
Speaking of Music... The Magic of Solo Violin
Speaking of Music… The Magic of the Solo Violin Presented by the Royal Society of NSW and the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts J S Bach’s solo violin works are regarded as one of the most sublime levels of musical thought i...
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