The Society's annual RSNSW and Four Academies Forum took place on 29 November last, hosted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales at Government House. The abstracts of the presentations can be accessed here.
The Society's annual RSNSW and Four Academies Forum took place on 29 November last, hosted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales at Government House. The abstracts of the presentations can be accessed here.
In accordance with the Society's rules, the list of candidates is displayed here. The election took place at the annual general meeting on Wednesday 4 April 2018 at the Union University & Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney. Polling opened at 5.30pm and closed at 6.15pm. The results of the election were as follows. Aslaksen Erik Councill...
Monday 5 February SMSA/RSNSW Enlightenment series lecture 3 “Learning, adaptation and the Enlightenment: the museum” Kim McKay AO, Director of the Australian Museum Venue: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts Time: 6 for 6.30pm Wednesday 7 February 1260th OGM and open lecture: 2017 Scholarship presentations Grace Causer, University of Wollongong & ...
“Semiconductor nanostructures and quantum phenomena” Professor Sir Michael Pepper FRS Pender Chair in Nanoelectronics University College London Dirac Lecture and Medal Presentation Professor Pepper was also presented with an Honorary Degree from UNSW after his lecture. Thursday 21 November 2013 Law Theatre, UNSW In...
“Re-thinking science education in Australian schools: development and implementation of the National Science Curriculum” Dr Mark Butler Department of Education and Communities Wednesday 6 November 2013 Union, University and Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Dr Butler examined the development and nature of the new national senio...
“Probing the nano-world with the symmetries of light” Xavier Zambrana-Puyalto Department of Physics and Astronomy ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, Macquarie University Winner of the RSNSW Jak Kelly Scholarship Award for 2013 Wednesday 18 December 2013 Union, Unive...
Presentations by Royal Society of NSW scholarship winners 2014 Date: Wednesday 5 February 2014 Venue: Union University and Schools Club, 25 Bent St, Sydney John Chan (Pharmacology, University of Sydney) Jessica Stanley (Chemistry, University of Sydney) Jiangbo (Tim) Zhao (Advanced Cytometry, Macquarie University) This presentation was delivered by ...
RSNSW/SMSA Joint Lecture Series detail from the frontispiece of Diderot’s Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1772 Dates: see below Venue: all sessions will be held at the Mitchell Theatre, Level 1, Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt St., Sydney Time: 6 pm drinks, for 6.30-7.30 pm Cost: $15 for SMSA...
The Council of the Society is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with the Board of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (SMSA) to establish a strategic partnership. This partnership reflects the similar heritage of the two organisations and their commitment to advancing knowledge and engaging with the broadest possible audience in Ne...
Wednesday 3 February Royal Society 2014 Scholarship Presentations – the 1240th OGM and Public Lecture “Problems and prime numbers”Adrian Dudek, Australian National University “How old are flowers?” Charles Foster, University of Sydney “Manifestations of dark matter and variation of fundamental constants”Yevgeny Stadnik, UNSW Venue: Union, Universit...
Wednesday 1 February 1250th OGM and open lecture: 2015 Scholarship presentations Yik Lung (Jeremy) Chan, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney “Effects of maternal cigarette smoke exposure on brain health in offspring” Andrew Ritchie, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney “New ways of modelling the ancie...
Four Academies Forum 2016 - presentations - The Royal Society of NSW http://royalsoc.org.au/four-academies-forum-2016-presentations The slides used by the speakers at the 2016 RSNSW and Four Academies Forum, held on 29 November at Government House, are now available for download.
“The curious case of the scientist in cinema: how Indiana Jones turns out to be the bad guy!” Professor Peter Hiscock Tom Austen Brown Professor of Australian Archaeology, University of Sydney Wednesday 1 June 2016Union, University & Schools Club, 25 Bent Street, Sydney Uplifting music and the s...
Annual Black-Tie Dinner, Distinguished Fellow's Lecture and presentation of the Society's 2015 awards Guest of honour: The Society's Vice-Regal Patron, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (ret'd), Governor of New South Wales The Distinguished Fellow's Lecture delivered by Emeritus Professor Eugenie Lumbers AM DistFRSN Wed...
2014 Jak Kelly Award presentation, followed by the Society’s Christmas Party Wednesday 3 December 2014 Union, University & Schools Club, 25 Bent St, Sydney The 2014 Royal Society of NSW Jak Kelly Award was presented to Ms Linh Tran of the School of Physics at University of Wollongong (here seen at the AIP Awards Day on 18 November), for her wor...