Muthupandian Ashokkumar becomes director of Uni Melbourne’s Global Centre, in New Delhi. He moves from Assistant DVC International.
The (US) Association for Computing Machinery awards its to 20224 Gordon Bell Prize (innovations in high-performance computing applications) to an Australian-US collaboration. Locals are from ANU, Ryan Stocks, Jorge L Galvez Vallejo, Fiona C Y Yu, Calum Snowdon, Elise Palethorpe and from Uni Melbourne (Giuseppe M J Barca).
The Australian Academy of the Humanities announces its 2024 fellows. * Rachel Ankeny (Uni Adelaide) * Brydie-Leigh Bartleet (Griffith U) * Monika Bednarek (Uni Sydney) * Anthony Birch (Uni Melbourne) * Adam Brumm (Griffith U) * Emma Christopher (UNSW) * Chris Clarkson (Uni Queensland) * Melissa Crouch (UNSW) * Chris Danta (ANU) * Guy Davidson (Uni Wollongong) * Dennis Del Favero (UNSW) *Alison Downham Moore (Western Sydney U) *Pat Dudgeon (UWA) * Gary Foley (Victoria U) * Payi Linda Ford (Charles Darwin U) * Geoffrey Gray (Uni Queensland) * Anna Halafoff (Deakin U) * Larissa Hjorth (RMIT) * Patrick Jory (Uni Queensland) * Vrasidas Karalis (Uni Sydney) * Fran Martin (Uni Melbourne) * Julian Meyrick (Griffith U) *Brigitta Olubas (UNSW) * Yin Paradies (Deakin U) * Tim Parkin (Uni Melbourne) Daryle Rigney (UTS) * Jackie Leach Scully (UNSW) * Katie Steele (ANU) * Marija Tabain (La Trobe U). Corresponding fellows: Nicholas Birns (New York U) * Jonathan Bollen (National Taiwan Normal U) * Jonathan Harrington (Uni Munich) * Raihan Ismail (Oxford U) * Charles Schencking (Uni Hong Kong) Honorary fellows:* Patricia Anderson, * Michael Brand * Sarah Holland-Batt * Dalisa Pigram * Stelarc * Rachael Swain * Gary Williams
Jill Bauer (Uni Adelaide) is named educator of the year at the Wine Communicator Awards.
The Pamela and Lorenzo Galli Medical Research Trust donates $20m to Uni Melbourne.
New members of Knowledge Commercialisation Australia’s board of directors are ,* Nicole Cowan (UniQuest) * Danielle Neale (Uni Newcastle), * Trevina Naidoo (UNSW) and * Kate Taylor (QUT).
Sharon Lewin has another term as Director of the medical research Doherty Institute, through to 2029. She started, as inaugural Director, in 2014.
Louisa Lim (Uni Melbourne) wins the education category at the Australian Podcast Awards for The Masterclass, “lessons in audio from some of the best audio journalists in the world.”
National Library of Australia Fellowships for 2025 go to; * Alexis Bergantz (RMIT) * Meg Brayshaw (Uni Sydney) * Andrew Carr (ANU) * Catharine Coleborne (Uni Newcastle)
* Anna Kent (Deakin U) * John Morrissey (Uni Galway) * Matthew Spriggs (National Library of Vanuatu) * Samuel White (Uni Adelaide)
Derek Scott is reappointed chair of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. He is also the long-serving principal of Haileybury School, in Melbourne.
