Royal Society of NSW News & Events

Royal Society of NSW News & Events
MAR
22

RSNSW Council Elections 2024

Voting in the RSNSW Council Elections for 2024 will commence on Monday 25 March at noon and will continue for three weeks, closing at noon on Monday 15 April. This precedes the Society's Annual General Meeting, to be held in the Metcalfe Theatre of the State Library of NSW, commencing at 6.00 pm AEDT on 17 April. Full members of the Society, i.e., ...

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MAR
13

RSNSW Student and ECR Awards Presentations 2023: March 2024 Gallery

The Society’s 2023 Awards for Students and Early Career Researchers were presented at a ceremony kindly hosted by Western Sydney University (WSU) at its Parramatta South Campus in Rydalmere on the evening of Wednesday 13 March 2024. The evening was introduced by Professor Clare Pollock, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost of WSU, with the awa...

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MAR
13

Recent Events on YouTube: March 2024

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of New South Wales are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw. Three events have been posted to YouTube from late February into early March 2024. On 21 February, an audience of more than 60 people attended t...

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MAR
06

Ideas@theHouse: March 2024 Gallery

The ninth in the series of Ideas@theHouse events — joint presentations of Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, and the Royal Society of New South Wales — was held on the evening of Wednesday 6 March 2024 in the Ballroom of Government House Sydney. Acclaimed actor and theatre director, John Bell AO OBE, ...

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MAR
01

RSNSW 2024 Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation

The Society's  2024 Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation was held in the Strangers' Room of Parliament House Sydney on the evening of 1 March 2024.  It was a wonderful occasion attended by over 200 members, the 2023 Award winners (shown in the adjacent image), and guests. Dr Saul Griffith FRSN, a renowned engineer and entrepreneur specia...

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FEB
21

Annual Meeting of the Four Societies: February 2024

The audience of more than approximately 60 people who attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Four Societies (Australian Institute of Energy, the Australian Nuclear Association, Engineers Australia, and the Royal Society of NSW) in the Metcalfe Theatre of the State Library of NSW on 21 February 2024, enjoyed an outstanding presentation and a lively...

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FEB
19

Peter Shergold included in SMH expert panel on effects of school closures during the COVID pandemic

The Sydney Morning Herald of Monday, 19 February 2024 led with the headline ‘We made the wrong decisions: COVID-era mass school closures condemned’. The SMH had convened a panel of Australian experts to examine the impacts that school closures had on students’ education and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Included in the panel was Society ...

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FEB
11

Recent Events on YouTube: February 2024

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of New South Wales are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw. The first event of 2024 was the 1319th Ordinary General Meeting held at the State Library of NSW on Wednesday, 7 February.  Following the OGM, a...

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FEB
10

RSNSW 1319 OGM: February 2024

An audience of more than 70 people, who attended the Society's 1319th Ordinary General Meeting held in the Metcalfe Theatre of the State Library of NSW on 7 February 2024, enjoyed an outstanding presentation and a lively discussion on “Productivity: what is it, and why it matters” by Emeritus Professor Roy Green AM FRSN, Special Innovation Advisor ...

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FEB
10

Society Fellow, Barney Glover, appointed as Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia

On 10 February 2024, the Minister for Skills and Training, The Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP, announced the appointment of Professor Barney Glover AO FRSN FTSE, the current Vice-Chancellor of Western Sydney University (WSU), as the new Commissioner of Jobs and Skills Australia. The role of Jobs and Skills Australia, a statutory authority established in ...

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JAN
26

Australia Day Honours 2024 (updated)

The Society is delighted to learn of the awards to the following Society Fellows and Members whose names appear in the 2024 Australia Day Honours List. Please note that since the original news item was published, the Society has been notified of additional members who were honoured in the Australia Day Honours List. These people are identified in t...

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JAN
20

Society Fellow, Stephen Garton, elected as President of the Australian Academies of Humanities

The Society was delighted to learn that one of its Fellows, and also the Librarian of the Society, Professor Stephen Garton AM FRSN FAHA FASSA, was elected by the Australian Academy of the Humanities as its twentieth President. Professor Garton will serve a three-year term commencing in 2024. Professor Garton’s research expertise is Australian hist...

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JAN
10

Vale Professor Ian Metcalfe MRSN

The Society was deeply saddened to learn of the peaceful passing of Professor Ian Metcalfe MRSN, in Sydney, on 21 December 2023. Ian was a devoted husband to Amarjit Kaur, an incredible father to Noreen and David, and a beloved grandfather to John and James. He was a globally recognised and accomplished professor, researcher, lecturer, and author i...

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DEC
21

Society Fellow Duncan Ivison FRSN FAHA appointed as the next University of Manchester Vice-Chancellor

The Royal Society of New South Wales was delighted to learn of the announcement by the University of Manchester that its next Vice-Chancellor, from 1 August 2024, will be Professor Duncan Ivison FRSN FAHA. Most recently Professor Ivison, who is a Professor of Political Philosophy, was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydne...

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DEC
18

December 2023 issue of the Journal is now available online

The December 2023 issue of the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of NSW, published on 18 December, is now available online. This issue includes eight papers, abstracts from nine recent PhD theses, and obituaries for two Fellows of the Society, Emeritus Professor Stephen Gaukroger FRSN FAHA (University of Sydney) and Emeritus Professor Ad...

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DEC
13

Society welcomes new Members and Fellows: December 2023

The Royal Society of NSW warmly welcomes 23 new members to the Society's ranks, effective from 29 November 2023. FellowsProfessor Sally CrippsProfessor Yingjie Jay GuoProfessor Richard HoldenProfessor Amir KartonDr Jiao Jiao LiProfessor Aduli Malau-AduliProfessor David MillerProfessor Deo PrasadProfessor Nicholas ReidProfessor Craig SimmonsProfesso...

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DEC
10

George Willis FRSN FAA wins the 2024 Australian Mathematical Society George Szekeres Medal

At the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) in early December, RSNSW Fellow and former Treasurer of the Society's Hunter Branch, Emeritus Professor George Willis FRSN FAA of the University of Newcastle, was announced as the winner of the AustMS George Szekeres Medal — the AustMS' most prestigious Medal that recognises...

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DEC
09

Roy Green FRSN appointed to the CSIRO Board

On 7 December 2023, the Minister for Industry and Science, Mr Ed Husic MP, announced the appointment of Society Fellow, Emeritus Professor Roy Green FRSN, to the Board of CSIRO. On his LinkedIn page, Mr Husic noted that Roy Green has been a massive champion of Australian industry, innovation, and advanced manufacturing — a believer in our nation’s ...

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DEC
04

RSNSW 1318 OGM: November 2023

The Society's 1318th Ordinary General Meeting, held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 29 November 2023, was treated to a most thought-provoking lecture on sea-level rise by the winner of the 2022 RSNSW James Cook Medal, Emeritus Professor John Church AO FAA FTSE of the UNSW Sydney Climate Change Research Centre.  His talk, tit...

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NOV
30

Recent Events on YouTube: November 2023—updated 30 November

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of New South Wales are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw. The past five weeks have been very active for the Society's Program Committee, with five events posted to YouTube. The 30th October 2023 featured a j...

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