Pictured l-r: 2021 Hamilton speaker, Caroline Series FRS, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick; Lijun Zou, NUI Galway; Dr Mary Canning, President, Royal Irish Academy; Danny McCoy, CEO, Ibec. Photo: Royal Irish Academy A final year Mathematical Science and international student at NUI Galway is one of the nine winners of this year’s prestigious 2021 … [Read more...] about Final year Mathematical Science student takes home 2021 Hamilton Prize
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Posthumous PhD awarded to tragic NUI Galway car crash victim
President of NUI Galway Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh presents Karzan Sabah D Ahmed PhD parchment to Ahmed Mahmud, family representative. Researcher Karzan Sabah D Ahmed has been awarded a posthumous PhD in Environmental Science by NUI Galway. Karzan, his wife Shahen and their baby daughter Lina were tragically killed in a road accident in Ballinasloe in August of … [Read more...] about Posthumous PhD awarded to tragic NUI Galway car crash victim
NUI Galway societal challenge projects receive funding
Three academics at NUI Galway have been awarded funding for projects investigating societal challenges. The three projects are aimed at tackling issues surrounding climate change in Africa, how digitalisation impacts older people and the de-extinction of species respectively. The awards were handed out through the Irish Research Council’s COALESCE programme in … [Read more...] about NUI Galway societal challenge projects receive funding
Farrell critical of government’s plans for vacant sites
Mairéad Farrell TD. Photo by Sinn Féin via Flickr Sinn Féin TD Mairéad Farrell has warned that “we need purposeful accommodation at affordable prices” to address Galway’s student housing crisis. The Galway West TD told SIN that over 3,000 students in Galway are either staying in hostels or commuting long distances to third-level … [Read more...] about Farrell critical of government’s plans for vacant sites
Discovery about oceanic squid familial relationships made by NUI Galway researcher
Photo by Francis Nie on Unsplash A breakthrough about family relationships among lineages of oceanic squids was achieved by a team at NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute. The findings, that explain the names of the different groups and provide important clues as to how squid evolved, have been published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The researchers also … [Read more...] about Discovery about oceanic squid familial relationships made by NUI Galway researcher