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On 8 May 1980, Australian virologist Professor Frank Fenner stood before the World Health Assembly in Geneva and declared smallpox, an ancient disease thought to be responsible for more than half a billion deaths during the last hundred years of its existence alone, had been eradicated.

Five promising researchers from universities around Australia are the 2022 recipients of the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award.

Five Academy Fellows are among the Australians recognised in the 2022 appointments to the Order of Australia, including four who were appointed to Companions in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC).

Traditionally, Science at the Shine Dome is an annual three-day event in May where Australia's most influential scientists gather at the Shine Dome in Canberra to celebrate science and to honour outstanding achievements in science.

Throughout 2021, the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ has again sought to place science at the service of the nation and to make science available to everyone. Here is month-by-month a snapshot of the year that was.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ is pleased to welcome three new appointments to senior roles: Dr Petra Lundgren, Director of Future Earth Australia; Zach Ghirardello, Director, Diversity and Inclusion and Andrew Hood, Chief Information Officer.

The Academy is very active on social media, with around 2.5 million followers across our channels. We are an engaging, authoritative and reliable source of information on many things science-related for a broad audience, and an effective counter to misinformation where it’s needed. We invite you to follow us.

The archives of the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ hold a rich and varied collection of unpublished and primary source materials documenting the history of science in Australia. Over its 60-year history, the collection has evolved into a substantial resource providing a rare and valuable window into Australian scientific discovery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Nanotechnology pioneer Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE will become the next President of Australia’s premier science organisation, the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ.