Boyer Lectures 2014: The Promise of Science - A Vision of Hope

by Suzanne Cory

Professor Cory is not just a she is a humanist, an environmentalist, and an unremitting optimist. Cory's Boyer Lecture series reflects her hope for a bright future. In the Promise of A vision of hope, Professor Cory explores what Australian science has given the nation and the world, and how it might help set to rights some of our biggest problems. Climate change, continuing gender inequity, the possibilities for a sustainable knowledge-based economy and the promise of medical research all come under the microscope as Cory carries an urgent message to Australians. the Boyer Lectures is a series of talks by prominent Australians chosen by the ABC board to present ideas on major social, scientific or cultural issues. the lectures have been broadcast on ABC Radio for more than 40 years and have stimulated thought, discussion and debate in Australia on an astonishing range of subjects - great minds examining issues and values. the Boyer Lectures began in 1959 and are named after the late Sir Richard Boyer, who was chairman of the ABC. Previous Boyer lecturers include Quentin Bryce, Marcia Langton, Geraldine Brooks, Rupert Murdoch, and Peter Cosgrove.

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2014

About the author

Suzanne Cory, AC, FAA, FRS (born 11 March 1942) is a distinguished Australian molecular biologist.

Cory is the immediate past President of the Australian Academy of Science. She was the first-elected female President of the Academy and took office on 7 May 2010 for a four-year term. She was the Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), from 1996 until 30 June 2009 and remains a faculty member, having rejoined the institute's Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division. She was awarded a L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in 2001 and the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 2002. In 2009, it was announced that a new selective entry state high school would be opened bearing her name. Suzanne Cory High School commenced in 2011 in Werribee, Victoria. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Professor Jerry Adams, also a WEHI scientist, whom she met while studying for her PhD at the University of Cambridge, England.

In 2009 she was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and was presented with her award in Canberra, Australia, by the Ambassador of France in Australia, His Excellency Michel Filhol, on 12 June 2009.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A series of 3 lectures by Prof Suzanne Cory, lauded Australian molecular biologist and first-elected female President of the Australian Academy of Science.
An excellent hour and half of listening to her informed point of view. Well worth the time spent.