BIRMINGHAM.-At the recent degree congregation the degree of D.Sc. was conferred on Mr. Edward Tyler for published work on liquid jets, vortices behind aerofoil sections and rotating cylinders, eddy flow from annular nozzles, and other aerodynamic investigations. Dr. H. B. Keene is resigning his post as lecturer in physics on being appointed head of the Physics Department of the Birmingham Municipal Technical College.The fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Mason College and the thirtieth anniversary of the granting of the charter to the University of Birmingham are to be celebrated in October, the programme including a special degree congregation at which honorary degrees will be conferred on, among others: Sir William Hardy, Prof. R. Robinson. Dr. F. E. Smith, and Sir Thomas Lewis. EDINBURGH.-At a meeting on July 14, the University Court accepted the resignation of Mr. J. G. Semple, lecturer in mathematics, on his appointment to the chair of mathematics at Queen's University, Belfast. Mr. Alexander Oppenheim was appointed lecturer in mathematics in place of Mr. Semple. The resignation of Mr. L. A. Harvey, lecturer in zoology, was intimated on his appointment as head of the department of zoology in the University College of the South-West at Exeter.LONDON.-The following appointments have been made: Dr. Samson Wright, lecturer in physiology at King's College, to be University professor of physiology (Middlesex Hospital Medical School); Dr. Alexander Robertson, University reader in chemistry at East London College, to be University reader in biochemistry (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). Mr. J. G. Thomson (medical protozoology) has been given the title of professor in respect of the post held by him at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.Dr. G. S. Wilson (bacteriology as applied to hygiene) has been given the title of professor in respect of the post held by him at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The title of emeritus professor of physics in the University has been conferred on Prof. C. H. Lees on his retirement from East London College.OXFOKD.-Applications are invited from members of Magdalen College for the Edward Chapman research prize, value £20, for a published piece of original research in one of the following departments of natural science: physics or chemistry, including the sciences of astronomy, meteorology, and mineralogy or geology, or the biological sciences of zoology and botany, whether treated from the morphological, palseontological, physiological, or pathological point of view. Competing essays should be sent by, at latest, Oct. 11 next, to Prof. H. L. Bowman, Magdalen College. THE Ramsay Memorial Fellowships Trustees have made the following awards of new fellowships for the session 1930-31: Mr. W. R. Angus, a fellowship of £300, tenable for two years, at University College, London; Dr. K. Krishnamurti, a fellowship of £300, tenable for one year, at University College, London; Dr. James Bell, a Glasgow fellowship of £300, tenable for two years, at University College, London; Dr. A. Girardet, a Swiss fellowship of £300, tenable for one year, at the University of Edinburgh. The Trustees have renewed the following fellowships: Dr. H. Erdtman (Swedish Fellow), University College, London; Dr. A. Klinkenberg (Netherland Fellow), University of Cambridge; Prof. Y. Nagai (Japanese Fellow), University College, London; Dr. Lloyd M. Pidgeon (Canadian Fellow), University of Oxford.NOTICE is given by the President and Council of the Royal Society of forthcoming awards of Moseley, Mackinnon, and 'Lawrence research studentships. The first-named will be for " the furtherance of experimental research in pathology, physics, and chemistry, or other branches of science, but not in pure mathematics, astronomy, or any branch of science which aims merely at describing, cataloguing, or systematizing ", and the value £350 per year; the second will be for the purpose "of furthering (i) natural and physical science, including geology and astronomy, and (ii) original research and investigation in pathology ", and the value £350 per year; the third will be of the value of not more than £200 for one year, for research in some subject related to the cause and cure of disease in man and animals. Forms of application, returnable not later than Oct. 11, may be obtained from the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House, Lond