Following the receipt of nominations earlier in the year, the Council of the Society has approved the award of the following honors: Mid-Career Award: Professor Nicholas Graham, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK Early-Career Award: Dr. Lauren Toth, US Geological Survey,

As a result of the elections for Society Officers and Council Members that closed on 25th/26th January the following members have been elected to the positions indicated: PRESIDENT: Andrea Grottoli, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA VICE-PRESIDENT: Joanie Kleypas, NCAR, Boulder,

In 2019, ICRS will again be offering six Graduate Fellowships for research on Coral Reef Ecosystems, two of which will be reserved for students coming from developing countries in different parts of the world. The fellowships are available to students

We are installing a new membership renewal system and had hoped that it would be operational by now. Thus, for the past few weeks it has not been possible to renew memberships. However, given the time the change is taking,

A final reminder to members that the deadline for voting in the Society Elections – the day’s end on Friday January 25th 2019 – is fast approaching. The voting is to elect a new President, new Vice-President and new Corresponding

We are delighted to be able to announce that, in line with the recently approved amendments to our constitution, the Council of the Society has agreed that the change in the Society’s name to the International Coral Reef Society (ICRS)

The Society wishes to announce the extremely sad news that Ruth Gates, the Society’s President, passed away last week in Hawaii. Ruth was Director of the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawai’i, Manoa. As some members

A new edition of REEF ENCOUNTER (September 2018) is now available, and can be downloaded here as either a LOW RESOLUTION COPY Reef Encounter Sept 2018 Lo Res (2.8MB) or HIGH RESOLUTION COPY Reef Encounter Sept 2018 Hi Res (7.6MB).

The Society’s Council is recommending a number of new amendments to the Society’s Constitution and Bylaws; these need to be approved by members to come into effect. Members will shortly be receiving emails enabling them to vote. The proposed amendments

The Society is delighted to be able to announce that the following members have been awarded graduate fellowships of upto US$2,500 to assist them in additional research activities supportive of their studies. Alexander Fordyce (from UK, studying in Australia) for