June 29, 2020In the News
From time to time, the Society and its Fellows and Members are mentioned, or are published, in the media, or in other sources or outlets. This page summarises such mentions, providing links either to the original sources, or to news items that include links to original sources. For readership transparency, the following annotations are used:
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2020
- Andrea Morello, UNSW launches new degree in quantum engineering, ABC Science Show, 15 August 2020
- Jake Olivier (Opinion), quoted in Heartbroken mother calls on drivers to drop ‘she’ll be right’ attitude, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 2020
- Len Fisher (Opinion), Scientists struggle with their message, ABC Science Show, 24 July 2020
- Peter Shergold, quoted in Call for ‘learner profile’ of students to end dominance of ATAR, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 2020
- Herbert Huppert, Society Fellow awarded the 2020 London Royal Society Royal Medal, and Royal Society (News), 4 August 2020
- Barney Glover (Opinion), Powerhouse Parramatta will be bigger and better than before, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2020
- Ian Sloan (Society Position), Premier’s zeal for museum’s move must be explained, Sydney Morning Herald (President’s Letter to the Editor), 29 June 2020
- Thomas Keneally (Opinion), Cultural cringe + market economics = lower education, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 2020
- Lord Robert May, Vale the professor of everything, ABC Science Show, 13 June 2020
- Belinda Hutchinson, Stephen Garton, Roy MacLeod, Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020, 8 June 2020
- Gary Froyland, Katrina Joliffe, Ian Paulsen, Professors Froyland, Joliffe and Paulsen, RSN Fellows, elected as Australian Academy of Science Fellows, 30 May 2020
- John Shine, Society Fellow awarded a prestigious international fellowship, 15 May 2020
- Mohammed Choucair, Quantum computing startup led by Royal Society Fellow joins the IBM Q Network, 5 May 2020
- Lord Robert May, Death of Lord Robert May of Oxford-Distinguished Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, 30 April 2020
- Maria Kavallaris, RSNSW Fellow named NSW Woman of the Year 2020, 7 March 2020
- Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley, Australia Day Honours 2020, 26 January 2020
2019
- Rebecca Johnson, RSNSW Fellow appointed Chief Scientist of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 18 December 2019
- Rose Amal, Nalini Joshi, Society Fellows awarded NSW Premier’s Science Prizes, 31 October 2019
- Elizabeth New, Society Fellow wins 2019 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year, 19 October 2019
- Leo Radom, Katherine Belov, Michelle Simmons, Keith Suter, Queen’s Birthday honours for RSNSW Fellows, 10 June 2019
- Jillian Broadbent, Leonard Fisheer, Barney Glover, Adrian Hibberd, Robert Thomas, FRSNs in 2019 Australia Day honours, 29 January 2019
- Mark Compton, FRSN to be Lord Prior of St John International, 10 January 2019
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