News from IARU

Presidents' Meeting 2022

Written on 09 June 2022.

Photo credit: Nic Marchant

Cambridge was delighted to host the 2022 IARU Presidents’ Meeting over three days in the beautiful surroundings of Downing College. It was the first in-person meeting for the Alliance since the beginning of the pandemic, and for several attendees it was the first opportunity to travel internationally in some time. These special circumstances helped generate a great of in-depth discussion and made the meeting particularly enjoyable. Colleagues from Peking University were able to join portions of the meeting online.

The Presidents were able to hear first-hand about how international scientific collaboration has been fundamentally changed as a result of the pandemic through a joint presentation by Professor Sir Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford), the chief investigator in the clinical trials for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, and Dr Tonya Villafana (Vice President, Global Franchise Head) who led the late-stage development of the vaccine.

Presidents' Meeting 2022

Written on 19 May 2022.

We are delighted to be welcoming the IARU Presidents and their delegations to Cambridge for the Presidents' Meeting on 23-25 May. This will be the first in-person IARU meeting since 2019 and we are looking forward to a productive and enjoyable three days.

Those attending can find all the meeting papers, Tome and practical information for visiting Cambridge on the IARU website.

Virtual Museum Tours: Live Q&A on Mars and the NASA InSight Mission

Written on 14 February 2022.

As part of the IARU Virtual Museum Tour initiative, we have been delighted to present a wide variety of videos, tours and lectures including a virtual exhibition of ancient bronze artefacts, an interactive exploration of botanical collections and a presentation of French master Eugene Delacroix's prints.

ETH Zurich’s contribution to the initiative has centred around the NASA InSight Mission to Mars through a series of video tours. Following on from his lecture on the most recent findings of the InSight Mission, ETH Senior researcher Dr Simon Stähler will be hosting a live online Q&A session on this fascinating subject.