The American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2025 members include Chennupati Jagadish (ANU), Leigh W Simmons (Uni WA) and Peter Singer (Princeton U).
The Australian Council of Graduate Research announces its 2025 awards. *leadership: Samantha Bennett (ANU) * industry engagement: Peter Hoffmann (Uni SA) * programmes and support: Vijay Kumar Mallan (Uni Otago) * supervision: Brett Paull (Uni Tasmania) * Indigenous excellence: Peter Anderson, Angela Bautista , Ashley Fox, Thu Pham (Griffith U).
Peter J Anderson becomes PVC Indigenous at Uni New England. He moves from Griffith U.
Hugh Baldwin becomes director of partnerships and engagement at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. He moves from EP Development at Flying Bark Productions.
Andrew Bassom (Uni Tasmania) is awarded the Australian Mathematical Society’s 2025 ANZ Industrial and Applied Mathematics Medal.
Jane Carey (Uni Wollongong) wins Uni Melbourne’s Ernest Scott Prize for History for Taking to the Field: A History of Australian Women in Science (Monash UP).
Cooperative Research Australia, the lobby group for CRCs, announces the finalists for its ECR awards. * Franke Agenbag (SmartSat CRC): “detecting, characterising, and responding to radiation events in space” * Syed Adeel Akhtar (Natural Hazards Research Australia): emotional intelligence in emergency management * Imogen Bell (Orygen Digital): “scalable digital solution for youth depression and anxiety * Yijie (Iris) Su (iMOVE CRC): commercial urban delivery solutions * Chundu Gyem Tamang (Uni Southern Queensland): recycling wase from oil and gas exploration
Kristen Pammer is the new head of school for Psychological Sciences at Uni Melbourne. She moves from Uni Newcastle.
Mary Ryan will become dean of education at Monash U in August. She moves from ED Education at Australian Catholic U.
Joy Sumner () becomes co-director of the Franco-Australian Centre for Energy Transition. She also joins Swinburne U’s School of Engineering. Professor Sumner moved from Cranfield U in the UK.
