Royal Society of NSW News & Events

Royal Society of NSW News & Events
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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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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NOV
30

Society Fellow, Ben Quilty, awarded an Honorary AHA Fellowship

In November 2023, the Society was delighted to learn that the distinguished artist and Society Fellow, Ben Quilty FRSN FAHA, had been inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Ben Quilty, who lives and works in Gundungurra Country, south of Sydney, is widely known for his thick, gestural oil paintings. As...

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NOV
30

Society Fellow, Catharine Coleborne, awarded an AHA Fellowship

The Society was delighted to learn that Society Fellow, Professor Catherine Coleborne FRSN FASSA FAHA, Professor of History and Director, Research Ethics and Integrity at the University of Newcastle, had been inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities during November 2023. Professor Coleborne has received international recogni...

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NOV
29

Announcement of the Royal Society of NSW Awards for 2023

Collage of images of winners of the 2023 RSNSW Awards 2023

The Royal Society of New South Wales has long recognised distinguished achievements in various fields of knowledge through its Awards. Some are amongst the oldest in Australia while others are more recent. In this year, 2023, the Society has broadened and streamlined its Awards portfolio to recognise recent and evolving fields and disciplines, and ...

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NOV
28

Society Fellow, Robert Whittaker, awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Western Sydney University

Recently the Society learned of an Honorary Doctorate being awarded to our Vice-President, Emeritus Professor Peter Shergold AC FRSN, by Western Sydney University at its recent October 2023 graduations. The RSNSW Council was also delighted to belatedly learn of the same honour, an Honorary Doctor of Letters, being awarded to another of our Fellows ...

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NOV
26

Paul Jeans FRSN retires as University of Newcastle Chancellor

Paul Jeans FRSN was farewelled in style by town and gown at the “Celebration and Thank You to Our Chancellor” dinner in the Great Hall of the University of Newcastle on 24 November. Serving as Chancellor for the past ten years, Paul will be retiring from his role at the end of 2023. The speakers paying tribute to Paul were as one in saying what a p...

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NOV
17

Society Fellows awarded 2023 NSW Premier's Science and Engineering Prizes

Trevor McDougall
Schinici Nakagawa

The Royal Society of NSW was delighted to learn that two of its Fellows were named as recipients of the 2023 NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering, announced at a ceremony held at Government House, Sydney on the evening of Wednesday, 15 November. Emeritus Professor Trevor McDougall AC FRS FRSN FAA of UNSW Sydney was named the 2023 NSW Sc...

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NOV
16

Society Fellow, Muireann Irish, awarded Fellowship of the Australian Social Sciences Academy

The Society was delighted to learn that Society Fellow, Professor Muireann Irish FRSN FASSA, an ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience one the School of Psychology and the Brain and Mind Centre of the University of Sydney, has been inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in November 2023. The Academy c...

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NOV
15

Society Fellow, Brynn Hibbert, awarded the RACI Leighton Medal

The Council of the Society was delighted to learn that Fellow and former Society President, Emeritus Professor Brynn Hibbert AM FRSN of the School of Chemistry at UNSW Sydney has been awarded the 2023 Royal Australian Chemical Institute Leighton Memorial Medal, which recognises eminent services to chemistry in Australia. Brynn is a retired ana...

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NOV
04

Society Vice-President, Peter Shergold, awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Western Sydney University

Society Fellow and Vice-President,  Professor Peter Shergold AC FRSN FASSA, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Western Sydney University (WSU). Professor Shergold, who is the Emeritus Chancellor of WSU, was recognised for his outstanding contributions to Australian public life and education during a recent WSU graduation...

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OCT
26

Society Fellow, Sami Kara, elected as a Fellow of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering

The Council of the Society was delighted to learn that Fellow, Professor Sami Kara FRSN, of the UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, was recently elected as a Fellow of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (ACATECH) for his lifelong contributions to sustainable manufacturing—with reference to the fields of ener...

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OCT
19

Society Fellow, Andrew Blakers, amongst winners of the 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Queen Elizabeth Prize 2023 Award Ceremony

At a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 12 October 2023, His Majesty King Charles III presented the 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering. These prizes, inaugurated in 2011, recognise engineers responsible for groundbreaking innovations that have been of global benefit to humanity. The 2023 QE Prize for Engineering was awarded to an Au...

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OCT
17

Distinguished Fellow, Michelle Simmons, named as winner of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Prize

At a presentation dinner held on the evening of 16 October 2023 at Parliament House Canberra, Distinguished Fellow, Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons AO FRS DistFRSN FAA FTSE FAAAS of UNSW Sydney was announced as the winner of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. This award recognises the work of Professor Simmons in creating the new fiel...

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OCT
13

Society Fellow, Rebecca Ivers, awarded an AAHMS Fellowship

The Society was delighted to learn that Society Fellow, Professor Rebecca Ivers FRSN FAHMS, Scientia Professor of Public Health and Head of the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney, was inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) on 12 October 2023. The AAHMS citation reads as follows: Professor Rebec...

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OCT
13

Society Fellow, Noel Cressie, awarded the ISBA Mitchell Prize

The Royal Society of New South Wales was delighted to learn of the awarding of the Mitchell Prize by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis to one of its Fellows, Distinguished Professor Noel Cressie FRSN FAA, from the University of Wollongong (UoW). The prize, awarded in August 2023 at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canad...

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