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New editions of the Society's Journal and Bulletin: August 2020
The Society is pleased to advise that the latest issues of the Journal and Proceedings vol. 153-1 and the Bulletin vol. 443 have just been published and are now available on the website. The principal content of this issue o...
Society Fellow awarded the London Royal Society Royal Medal
The Royal Society of NSW (RSNSW) is delighted to learn of the announcement in London by the Royal Society that one of its Fellows, Emeritus Professor Herbert Huppert FRS FRSN, has just been awarded the 2020 Royal Medal for Physica...
July 2020 Events now on YouTube
Events held online during July 2020 by the Royal Society of NSW are now available on our YouTube channel. These are the lecture presented at the1284th Ordinary General Meeting by Ms Elizabeth Ann McGregor OBE FRSN (Dire...
Recent Society Events now on YouTube: July 2020
Recent events held online by the the Royal Society of NSW are now available on our YouTube channel. These are the 2020 Annual Dinner and Distinguished Fellow's Lecture, presented by Professor Brian Schmidt AC FRS DistFRSN FA...
New edition of the Society's Journal and Proceedings: June 2020
The Society is pleased to advise that the latest issue of the Journal and Proceedings vol. 152-3 has just been published. This is a special issue from the 2019 Biennial Symposium of the Australian and New Zealand Associations of v...
Lord Robert May: ABC Science Show, 13 June 2020
The ABC Science Show, broadcast on ABC Radio National at noon on Saturday, 13 June 2020, was devoted to the life and achievements of Lord Robert May of Oxford, OM AC Kt FRS DistFRSN FAA FTSE HonFAIB, who died at the age of 84 on 2...
Forthcoming Events
1288th OGM and Open Lecture
“The role of Helicobacter Pylori in Peptic Ulcer Disease” Professors Thomas Borody and Adrian LeeCentre for Digestive Diseases (1) and UNSW Sydney (2) Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 6.30pm Venue: To be confirmed Entry: To be c...
The Clancy Collection—an Exhibition of Early Maps
“Charting a Course: a 500-year story of discovery and the development of Sydney” Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW Dates: Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 4.00-5.30pm Venue: Manly Art Gallery and Museum...
1286th OGM and Open Lecture
“The Dawn of Molecular Medicine—Gene Therapy: past, present and future” Professor John Rasko AOHead, Department of Cell & Molecular Therapies, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Date: Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 6.30pm Venue: ...
Science Week 2020: The Periodic Table
“The Periodic Table: ‘.. a medley of haphazard facts falling into line and order’ (C. P. Snow)” Emeritus Professor Brynn Hibbert AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW and UNSW Sydney Date: Thursday, 20 August 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom ...
Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2020-6
“2062—The year that Artificial Intelligence (AI) made” Professor Toby WalshScientia Professor of Artificial IntelligenceUNSW Sydney and CSIRO Data61 Date: Thursday, 20 August 2020 Venue: Via email circulation While pan...
Science Week 2020: The COVID Curve in Context
“The COVID Curve in Context: or Back to the Future—something old and something new” Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNRoyal Society of NSW and the University of Newcastle Date: Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zo...
Recent Events
1285th Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture
“Growing Black Tall Poppies” Professor Peter RadollPro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous)University of Canberra Date: Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video How do the contradictions of succe...
Hunter Branch Meeting 2020-3
“Architecture and the Cultivation of Vitality” Professor Pia Ednie-BrownSchool of Architecture & Built EnvironmentUniversity of Newcastle Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 6.00pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video...
1284th OGM and Open Lecture
“Why Art Matters in Times of Crisis” Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE FRSNDirector, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom webinar Video recording: YouTube video The Royal Society of NSW has...
Annual Dinner 2020, Distinguished Fellow's Lecture and 199th Birthday Celebration
YouTube video of the Event. Join us, online, for the Royal Society of NSW’s black-tie Annual Dinner and to celebrate our 199th Birthday, looking forward to our third century. Our Patron, Her Excellency the Honourable Margar...
Southern Highlands Branch Meeting 2020-4
“Light, sound, and the magic of the Fourier Transform” Professor Geordie WilliamsonDirector, Mathematics Research InstituteUniversity of Sydney Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2020 Venue: Via email circulation Summary Why do guitar...
1283rd OGM and Open Lecture
“Drinking for three: Mother, baby and society” Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM FRSN FAHMSThe University of Sydney andSydney Children’s Hospital (Westmead) Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2020, 6.30pm Venue: Zoom Webinar Video...
Hunter Branch Meeting 2020-2
“COVID-19 and confusion: the story of a nasty but nice viral receptor” Emeritus Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM FAA DistFRSNHunter Medical Research Institute andUniversity of Newcastle Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 5.30pm Venue: Zoom...
[email protected]: May 2020
[email protected] byHer Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of NSW “Ten: the Mapping of Colonial Australia”Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM FRSNThe University of Newcastle Date: Thursday, 21 May 202...
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