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Society Fellows amongst the winners at the 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
The Royal Society of New South Wales is delighted to learn that two of its Fellows, Dr Jiao Jiao Li FRSN, a biomedical engineer from the University of Technology Sydney and Professor Kate Jolliffe FRSN FAA, a supramolecular and organic chemist from the University of Sydney, have been awarded Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for 2024 at a ceremony held in Sydney on the evening of Wednesday, 4 Septem...
Paul Jeans FRSN receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Newcastle
Mr Paul Jeans, a Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University by the University of Newcastle at one of its July 2024 graduation ceremonies for outstanding services to the University and the Newcastle community. He served as the seventh Chancellor of the University of Newcastle for a decade before stepping down in October 2023. A Novocastrian, Mr Jeans gra...
Forthcoming Events
Ideas@theHouse: October 2024
Ideas@theHousepresented byHer Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW The Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarctica’s Ice?Professor Tim Stephens FAALProfessor of International LawUniversity of Sydney Law School Date: Thursday, 31 October 2024, 6.30 – 8.00 pm AEST Venue: Face-to-face...
1326th OGM and Open Lecture
BOOK LAUNCH: The RSNSW origin story revealed by Dr Anne Coote, Historian and Author Date: Wednesday, 2 October, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm AEST Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney Entry: Members, $10; Non-members, $20; Students, $0 plus an optional suppe...
Recent Events
Joint UNE and RSNSW Presentation: September 2024
“Mathematics for propagation and the spreading of species”Professor Yihong Du FAAProfessor of MathematicsSchool of Science and TechnologyUniversity of New England Date: Tuesday, 3 September 2024, 5.30 — 7.00 pm (AEST) Venue: NOVA, 122 Faulkner Street, Armidale NSW 2350 and live streaming by ZoomVide...
1324th OGM and Open Lecture
“Our Housing Crisis: Dissolving Barriers and Delivering Solutions”Medy Hassan OAM FRSN (Facilitator)together with an expert panelFounder and Managing DirectorHaus Holdings Date: Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm AEST Venue: Metcalfe Theatre, State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, ...
Ideas@theHouse: July 2024
Ideas@theHousepresented byHer Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW “W x 3 — The World Wide Web (we weaved)”Julie Inman GranteSafety CommissionerAustralian Government Date: Thursday, 18 July 2024, 6.30 – 8.00 pm AEST Venue: Face-to-face (by invitation for Society members)...
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