The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics announces its Science and Innovation Awards. * Mingkai Jiang (Forest and Wood Products Australia) * Stephanie Kerr (Hort Innovation (for tree crop cultivars) * Bobbie Lewis Baida (Australian Wool Innovation) * Xiaoqing Li (Cotton RDC) * Amy Moss (Australian Egg) * Sonya Moyes (Australian Meat Processor Corp) * Samantha Sawyer (Wine Australia) * Thomas Schmidt (CSIRO Biosecurity) * Lauren Stavely (Australian Pork) * Valentin Thépot (Fisheries RDC) * Ashiwin Vadiveloo (Agrifutures Australia) * Jaco Zandberg (Grains RDC)

Uni Adelaide announces two new professors in the School of Psychology. Elaine Fox joins from Uni Oxford, as does Kevin Dutton.

Marnie Hughes Warrington (Uni SA) is named honorary professor of history at ANU, where she is a former DVC.

Stephen Weller (Australian Catholic U) becomes chair of HES, (formerly known as Higher Ed Services).