Wolfgang Lutz now IIASA Deputy Director General
Senior Population and Just Societies Program Advisor, Wolfgang Lutz, will take up the reins as interim IIASA Deputy Director for Science from 1 August 2022.
French varsity joins IAU ‘Astronomy Office for Education’
The CY Cergy Paris University has joined the Office of Astronomy for Education, OAE, after the International Astronomical Union, IAU, founded a new OAE branch office at the institution.
Measuring global poverty from space
A new study, led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has proposed a novel method of estimating global economic wellbeing, using night-time satellite images.
Website for René-Just Haüy’s 200th death anniversary
A website to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of René-Just Haüy has been launched by a renowned French researcher, Francois Farges. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
As IUPAP clocks 100 years
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is pleased to announce that it will host the Centenary Symposium of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), from 11 to 13 July 2022.
Book titled “Frontiers in Ocean Observing” unveiled
A book which will advance human understanding of world oceans and their resources, while also supporting their sustainable use and management, has been launched.
Applications on for ‘Earth System Physics Fellowship’
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position from outstanding young scientists in the areas of climate dynamics, climate variability and ocean-atmosphere interactions.
IUCr, Physics students worldwide sign MoU for collaboration
By recently-signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the ‘International Association of Physics Students’, working to support friendly relations among physics students, has formalized its collaboration with the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).
And the ‘2022 Abel Prize’ winner is… Dennis Sullivan
For his groundbreaking contributions to algebraic, geometric and other aspects of topology, Dennis Parnell Sullivan, gets the ‘2022 Abel Prize’.
Zagier is pioneer holder of ICTP’s Ramanujan Chair
Following his highly-merited appointment, Don Zagier, world-acclaimed mathematician, has become the first holder of the ‘ICTP Ramanujan International Chair’.
