Royal Society of NSW News & Events

“Secrets of Ageing with Resilience”Scientia Professor Gordon Parker AO FASSA FAHMSProfessor of PsychiatryUNSW Sydney Date: Thursday, 19 September, 6.30 pm AEST  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Secrets of Ageing with Resilience “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill “Old age is not for sissies...

“Biodiversity, Bilbies, and Battling Extinction”Professor Carolyn Hogg FRSNDeputy Director, External EngagementSydney Environment Institute University of Sydney Date: Thursday, 15 August, 6.30 pm AEST  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: Biodiversity is all life on earth and is underpinned by three pil...

The Southern Highlands Branch regretfully advise that this lecture has been cancelled due to the speaker's illness.  “Space Race 2.0”Dr Brad TuckerResearch School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Australian National University Date: Thursday, 18 July, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: ...

“Getting technological advances into the clinic — Things I wish I'd known 20 years ago!”Distinguished Professor Gordon Wallace AO FAA FTSE FRSNDirector, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, University of Wollongong Date: Thursday, 20 June, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: More than ...

“Latest advances in radiation therapies for cancer”Distinguished Professor Anatoly Rozenfeld FRSNDirector, Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong Date: Thursday, 16 May, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: To be provided. Anatoly Rozenfeld is the Director and ...

“Webb’s wondrous window on the Universe”Professor Fred Watson AMAstronomer-at-LargeAustralian Government Date: Thursday, 18 April, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been fully operational since July 2022. Its first science images made global headlines wi...

157th Annual General Meeting      and1320th Ordinary General Meeting Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 6.00 pm AEST Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney Video presentation: YouTube video All are welcome, although only full voting members of the Society may attend the AGM Please note that only Mem...

“The antiquity of life: Oldest (3.7 billion years old) stromatolite fossils discovered in Greenland”Professor Allen NutmanSchool of Earth, Atmospheric, and Life SciencesUniversity of Wollongong Date: Thursday, 21 March 2024, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: Parts of Greenland’s 3.8 and 3.7 ...

“Ten novels that changed the world”Susannah Fullerton OAM FRSNAuthor, Literary Lecturer, and Tour Leader Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024, 6.30 pm AEDT  Venue: RSL Mittagong, Carrington Room All are welcome Summary: Literature has always had the power to change – just think of the impact of the King James Bible, Darwin’s On the Origi...