Royal Society of NSW News & Events

Royal Society of NSW News & Events
JUL
04

Society Fellows, Gary Froyland and Catherine Stampfl, awarded ARC Laureate Fellowships

Professor Gary Froyland
Professor Catherine Stampfl

The Royal Society of New South Wales was delighted to learn on 3 July that two of its Fellows, Professor Gary Froyland FRSN FAA, from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW Sydney, and Professor Catherine Stampfl FRSN FAA, from the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, have been awarded Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow...

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JUN
26

Society welcomes new Fellows and Members: June 2023

The Royal Society of NSW warmly welcomes 13 new members to the Society's ranks, effective from 7 June 2023. Fellows Professor Les Copeland Professor Bing-Jie Ni Professor Roger ReddelProfessor Renae RyanThe Hon. Gabrielle Upton Dr Allan Williams Biographical information about the new Fellows is available on the Fellows pages of the website. Members...

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JUN
19

Vale Emeritus Professor Jeremy Davis AM FRSN

The Society is saddened by the passing of one of its Fellows, Emeritus Professor Jeremy Davis AM FRSN, on 13 June 2023. Jeremy Davis, husband of Jessica Milner Davis FRSN, was Dean of the Australian Graduate School of Management from 1980 to 1989, a mere four years after the establishment of the School. He brought to the School an amazing inte...

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JUN
18

Recent events now on YouTube: June 2023 (updated)

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of NSW are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw.  On 15 June at the Charles Sturt University Canberra campus, intellectual historian and critical realist social philosopher, Professor Wayne Hudson FAH...

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JUN
14

Ideas@theHouse: June 2023 Gallery

The evening of Wednesday 14 June 2023 was the occasion of the seventh in the Ideas@theHouse series—a joint presentation of Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor New South Wales, and the Royal Society of NSW—that took place in the Ballroom of Government House Sydney.   On that occasion, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM DistFR...

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JUN
12

Latest composition from David Hush FRSN

The latest composition from Dr David Hush FRSN, “Three Pieces for Solo Flute”, is dedicated to, and has been recorded by, Dr Danielle Eden. Dr Eden has played flute and piccolo with Opera Australia for the past 20 years. “Three Pieces” may be heard on Akiva Recordings. David is known for channelling J S Bach, and each piece has “a special connectio...

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JUN
12

King's Birthday Honours 2023 (updated)

The Society is delighted to learn of the awards to the following Society Fellows and Members who appear in the 2023 King's Birthday 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 King's Birthday Honours List.  These people are identified in...

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JUN
07

RSNSW 1313th OGM: June 2023

The Society's 1313th Ordinary General Meeting was held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 7 June. An audience of approximately forty people enjoyed an outstanding lecture titled "Making rights a reality — the need for a Human Rights Act for Australia", delivered by Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL, President of...

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JUN
05

Society seeks to appoint a Communications Officer

The Royal Society of NSW seeks to appoint a Communications Officer to enhance the Society's outreach to its membership and the wider community.  The key aspects of the role are the development of a media and communications strategy, the development and dissemination of communications, and the monitoring and measurement of media and publicity i...

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MAY
30

Society Fellow, Gordon Wallace, elected to Royal Irish Academy

Society Fellow, Distinguished Professor Gordon Wallace AO FRSN FAA FTSE, of the University of Wollongong, has been recently elected to the Royal Irish Academy — Ireland's leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities.   Gordon Wallace is a world-leading researcher and pioneer in materials science and advanced fabri...

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MAY
30

Society Fellow, Warwick Anderson, wins the prestigious Bernal Prize

Society Fellow, Professor Warwick Anderson FRSN FAHA FASSA FAHMS, has been jointly awarded the Society for Social Studies of Science’s prestigious Bernal Prize for having made ‘distinguished contributions’ to the field of Science and Technology Studies. The Bernal Prize is the Society’s life achievement award, with past recipients including Emily M...

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MAY
25

Society Fellow and Award Winner elected as 2023 Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science

Professor Belinda Medlyn
Professor Richard Payne

The Royal Society of NSW is delighted to learn of the recognition of one of its Fellows and a previous Society Award winner in the recently announced list of new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, elected in May 2023. They are Distinguished Professor Belinda Medlyn FRSN FAA (Ecologist, Western Sydney University), a Fellow of the Society,...

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MAY
23

James Cook Medallist wins the 2023 IAPSO Prince Albert I Medal

Emeritus Professor John Church AO FAA FTSE FAMS FAGU, the winner of the Society's 2022 James Cook Medal,  has been awarded the Prince Albert I Medal by the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), for his outstanding contribution to sea level research and related new insights into climate change. IAPSO re...

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MAY
16

Society Fellow wins RACI R. H. Stokes Medal

Society Fellow Professor Chuan Zhao FRSN FRSC FRACI of UNSW (Sydney) has recently been awarded the R. H. Stokes Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Electrochemistry Division for distinguished research in electrochemistry. Professor Zhao is the Head of the Nanoelectrochemistry Lab at UNSW (Sydney) and is a former Professorial Futur...

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MAY
16

Celebration of the Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman Art Prizes

Society Fellow, philanthropist, and patron of the arts, Yves Hernot KNOM FRSN, recently wrote an article titled "Venez célébrer « The Spirit of Australia »: Les 3 Prix d’Art : Archibald, Wynne et Sulman" in the French-English online newspaper, Le Courrier Australien, celebrating the recently announced Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman art prizes.  ...

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MAY
05

Recent events now on YouTube: May 2023

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of NSW are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw.  On Wednesday, 5 May, Professor Michael Blumenstein FACS of the University of Technology Sydney, a highly-cited researcher in the field of artificial i...

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APR
30

Vale Edward (Ted) Smith MRSN

The Southern Highlands Branch has suffered a heavy loss with the unexpected passing in April 2023 of long-time Committee member Ted Smith (aged 86) who was an inspiration to all who knew him. He used his industrial chemistry background as a springboard in a series of outstanding careers throughout his long life. Problem solving was at the heart of ...

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APR
29

Recent events now on YouTube: April 2023 (updated)

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of NSW are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw.  On Wednesday, 5 April renowned geophysicist, Professor Dietmar Müller FAA FAGU of the University of Sydney, spoke at the 1312th Ordinary General meeti...

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APR
20

RSNSW Western Branch Meeting 2023-1: April 2023

The first meeting of the Society's Western Branch for 2023 was held in collaboration with Charles Sturt University at Bathurst on 20 April.  A face-to-face audience of 50 and an online audience of approximately 200 enjoyed a lecture delivered by Professor Sharynne McLeod FRSN FASSA, a renowned speech-language pathologist, who spoke powerf...

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APR
07

RSNSW 1312th OGM: April 2023

The Society's 156th Annual General Meeting and the 1312th Ordinary General Meeting were held in the Gallery Room of the State Library of NSW on 5 April. An audience of approximately fifty people heard an excellent lecture titled "Reconstructing ancient oceans, sea-level fluctuations, the deep carbon cycle and biodiversity" delivered by Professor Di...

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