Australian Academy of Science Newsletter 95

March 2014

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

A very warm welcome to the Academy’s new-look quarterly newsletter. This special edition of the Newsletter is significant for a number of reasons.

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SCIENCE POLICY

• New app tackles big questions
• Minister visits Academy
• Submissions ‒ National Audit Commision, Budget, curriculum, northern Australia, cattle grazing, Antarctica ...

EVENTS

• Science at the Shine Dome
• Public speaker series reaches for the stars

FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

• Nancy Millis Medal ‒ Academy honours female marine ecologist
• Call for 2015 award nominations
• Honours and awards to Fellows
• Understanding the corroboree frog

EARLY- AND MID-CAREER RESEARCHERS

• Think Tank recommendations ‒ call for national investment in brain research
• News from the EMCR Forum
• Bipartisan support for research on show at Science meets Parliament

EDUCATION

• Primary Connections ‒ tertiary educators gather in Sydney
• Full suite of Science by Doing on the way
• Interviews with Australian Scientists - Professor Bob Crompton
• Teach the teachers: an innovative way to teach teenagers about sex

INTERNATIONAL

• International Academies call for action on antimicrobial resistance
• Australia to host International Day at Lindau
• Sir Paul Nurse holds round table visit in Australia
• International news

NATIONAL COMMITTEES FOR SCIENCE

• Celebrating the International Year of Crystallography
• Meeting of Chairs of National Committees for Science
• National Committees news

OBITUARIES

• John Cornforth
• Bruce Hyde
• Shirley Jeffrey
• David Kemp
• Raymond Stalker

FROM THE DOME

• The Academy's new-look Newsletter
• Honours to Academy staff
• Thank you for your support
• New Academy Philanthropy Manager
• Library Committee ‒ members wanted
• Moat refloat
• Did you know?