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Pictured (l-r): Dr Una Fitzgerald, winning Programme Director for the MSc in Biomedical Science (part-time); Shaun O’Shea, NUI Galway graduate and winner of the Graduate Employee of the Year; Dr ...

First year students from the BA in Drama, Theatre and Performance at NUI Galway at their recent end of year performance, ‘Out of Character’, with world renowned street theatre company ...

The West Ocean String Quartet: Seamus McGuire and Niamh Crowley - violin, Ken Rice – viola and Neil Martin – cello in partnership with NUI Galway College of Medicine, Nursing ...

NUI Galway is delighted to announce that the Dr Tony Ryan Trust has made a significant donation to the University to support scholarship and innovation in environment, marine and energy ...

Pictured is Archbishop Desmond Tutu during his visit to NUI Galway in 2009 Bishop John Fleming of the diocese of Killala, Co Mayo and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, ...

The 2013 Monsignor Pádraig de Brún Memorial Lecture, entitled “To Hell or to Croker: Whither the Irish Public Service?” will be delivered by former public servant (north and south) ...

 NUI Galway has announced the winners of the 2013 Alumni Awards to be presented at the 13th annual Alumni Awards Gala Banquet on Saturday, 9 March, 2013. The Gala Banquet ...

                                        NUI Galway Appoints New Vice-President for Research NUI Galway is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Lokesh Joshi as the new Vice President for Research, effective immediately. The ...

Kate Burke, a doctoral student at NUI Galway, wants to examine the importance of romantic relationships for people over the age of 60. As the build-up to Valentine’s Day begins, ...

Déanfaidh an fear scannáin agus fiadhúlra, Éamon de Buitléar, a chartlann phearsanta a bhronnadh ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, inniú, Dé Céadaoin, 28 Samhain, 2012. Tá breis is trí scór ...

Today, Wednesday, 28 November, 2012, renowned film-maker and environmentalist Éamon de Buitléar will officially present his exceptional personal archive to NUI Galway. This multi-media archive collection spans some sixty years ...

Pictured are report authors Dr Pat Collins and Dr Emer Mulligan with President of NUI Galway, Dr Jim Browne  A new report from the J.E. Cairnes School of Business ...

Almost 4,000 students will graduate from NUI Galway during the Autumn Conferring Ceremonies which are underway this week (19-26 October). NUI Galway will also confer five Honorary Masters Degrees during ...

Tuesday, 9 October, 2012: NUI Galway’s Professor Colin O’Dowd was in London last week to collect the Appleton Medal, awarded to him by the Institute of Physics for his ‘distinguished ...

NUI Galway has jumped to third place in the country in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. With only two Irish universities improving their world ranking, NUI ...

 For a second year in a row, the free day-long research festival, Sea2Sky, has been hailed as a huge success. Organised by NUI Galway last Friday (28 September), up to ...

Pictured is Michael Cusack, Founder of the GAA. NUI Galway is currently running an online exhibition of unique personal material relating to the founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ...

Liverpool football legend, Ian Rush, was in Galway this week to launch the Liverpool FC Football Academy Summer Camp, hosted by NUI Galway. Throughout the Summer Camp children aged between ...

The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB) at NUI Galway will formally sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a leading Chinese research institute the Tianjin International Joint Academy ...

Pictured manning last years Student Hotline were students Emer Henderson and Rory Gavin. NUI Galway will once again open its dedicated First Year Student Hotline on Wednesday, 15 August. Now in ...

NUI Galway Lecturer in Geography, Dr John Morrissey, is among fifteen higher education staff representing six different institutions recognised as exemplifying excellence in teaching at the annual National Academy for ...

Pictured receiving the first of the Postgraduate Scholarships on offer from NUI Galway for 2012 are Kim Merrifield (left) and Richard Iyede (right) with NUI Galway Registrar and Deputy President ...

NUI Galway is delighted to support the 2012 Umbro Galway Cup which is now regarded as one of the leading underage soccer tournaments in Europe. Attracting teams from nine countries ...

Scientists Seek Sticky Barnacles with Social Media Campaign Researchers at the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway are hoping to enlist the help of the general public to gather a rare ...

The 2011 Census shows that more than two out of every five people aged 65 and over lives in a rural community. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the situation ...

Galway mum-of-two Ann Brehony launched her essential family holiday helper app called Ireland Are We There Yet? last October in the Apple App Store to rave reviews. The idea had ...

Interim findings from the HRB-funded ‘Pain Disability Prevention Trial’, currently running at the Centre for Pain Research, NUI Galway, shows promising results for people with back pain.  The researchers ...

NUI Galway Pavilion attracts thousands of visitors at Volvo Ocean Race Finale Festival The relocation of NUI Galway’s Quadrangle to the Global Village last week, created somewhat of a stir ...

NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute for Environmental, Marine and Energy Research will be officially launched on Tuesday, 10 July, by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science. The ...

Ireland has the capacity to be an international centre for commercialisation in the field of regenerative medicine, delegates at an international stem cell conference in NUI Galway heard today.  ...

The countdown has begun for this year’s Round Ireland Yacht Race where NUI Galway is supporting the first ever university-backed entry into the 1400km race. Ten NUI Galway students and ...

Pictured is President if Ireland, Michael D. Higgins addressing the NUI Galway Conference The fourth International Summer School at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway, was launched ...

NUI Galway in association with Mayo County Council is delighted to announce an ‘Evening of Conversation’ with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and journalist and author Niall O'Dowd.  The ...

The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI), Section of Biomedical Sciences, held one of its largest annual conferences in the Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway recently. At the conference ...

Television broadcaster and RTÉ newsreader, Siún Nic Gearailt, has launched a new MA in Communications (MA sa Chumarsáid) at NUI Galway.  The one-year MA course, the first of its ...

Over 60 primary school children from across Galway City and County successfully completed NUI Galway’s Youth Academy at a special ceremony recently. The Youth Academy programme ran over a six-week ...

NUI Galway has been shortlisted for a major architectural award from the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, in both the ‘Best Educational Building’ and ‘Public Choice’ categories, for their ...

An Irish company specialising in laboratory equipment, Chemical Systems Control, has donated high-tech equipment to NUI Galway to help in the battle against multiple sclerosis. A Telstart biosafety cabinet, with ...

NUI Galway alumni and friends will celebrate the connection between James Joyce and Galway City with a pre-Bloomsday recital in Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin on Thursday, 14 June ...

NUI Galway’s Digital Enterprise Research Institute is helping Galway Simon Community to raise funds in a fun, and innovative way. The two organisations have teamed up to organise a pirate ...

The International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM) comes to Ireland for the first time, bringing with it keynote speakers from Google, Twitter, the University of Oxford and ...

NUI Galway student Eve-Marie Costello has been awarded The Outstanding Young Person of Ireland award from Junior Chamber International (JCI), and has been put forward as a candidate for the ...

Over 100 delegates attended a one-day conference on Planning for Smart Cities and Regions of the Future hosted by NUI Galway last week. The conference, opened by Galway City Mayor, ...

The tenth Galway Symposium on Higher Education will take place at NUI Galway from 7-8 June in Áras Moyola. The two day symposium, entitled The Written Word: Writing, Publishing and ...

On the weekend of June 8-10, the largest group of quilts ever to be assembled in the history of Ireland will be on display on the campus of NUI Galway, ...

Bronnadh Gradam Náisiúnta na Gaeilge ar an gCainéal iTunes U-GOGG (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta) ag searmanas i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath le gairid. Is ar champas Acadamh ...

NUI Galway will lead Ireland’s involvement in the first ever international Fascination of Plants Day which will be held on Friday, 18 May. The Fascination of Plants Day will be ...

The Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway is accepting delegates for its 2012 summer school on the International Criminal Court to be held 18-22 June in Galway. The ...

Public lectures at NUI Galway on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 May, will look at our throwaway culture, and ask what a future with everyone living more sustainably might look ...

The inaugural ‘Reel Lives Film Festival’, organised by The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG) at NUI Galway, is offering free lunchtime screenings of films celebrating ageing across the lifecourse ...

Scientists have found that genetic information on the Antarctic octopus supports studies indicating that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could have collapsed during its history, possibly as recently as 200,000 ...

Fiddle player, teacher and researcher, Dr Máire O’Keeffe, will deliver the second lecture in the Martin Reilly Lecture Series. Organised by Comhrá Ceoil, the Music and Dance Studies at the ...

The Centre for Pain Research at NUI Galway is currently recruiting people with chronic or recurrent daily headaches to take part in an online pain management programme. The study offers ...

Widespread inequalities mean that many young people in the WHO European Region and North America are not as healthy as they could be, according to a new report on the ...

NUI Galway and Queen’s University Belfast are leading a clinical trial to investigate the possibility that statins, a drug commonly used to combat cholesterol, might help patients with acute severe ...

A new report calls on the Government to ensure that companies respect human rights and to provide guidance to businesses on the requirements of human rights due diligence, including when ...

NUI Galway and Leitrim County Council have announced that the sixth International John McGahern Seminar, commemorating the work of the renowned Irish writer, will take place from 24-26 May in ...

Pat Sheeran The Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI Galway has launched the Pat Sheeran MA in Film Studies Scholarship. All students applying to the MA in ...

Pictured from left: Dean of Arts, Dr Edward Herring, NUI Galway; Hedy Gibbons, Writer;  Orla O’Flynn from Living Scenes in Calasanctius College in Oranmore; Rebecca Kane and Larry Carey from ...

 The Centre for Irish Studies at NUI Galway is delighted to announce a symposium on the work of Máire Mhac an tSaoi, one of the most significant Irish poets of ...

BioInnovate Ireland is delighted to announce the recruitment of the next elite, multidisciplinary teams for the start of the 2012 Fellowship Programme which commences in August this year.  Now ...

NUI Galway and CPL Announced as Official Partners More than 500 volunteers have signed up to help out when the Volvo Ocean Race – the largest sporting event to hit ...

 Over 3,000 prospective students and their parents from across Ireland are expected to attend NUI Galway's Spring Open Day on Saturday, 28 April. Tailored towards Leaving Certificate and mature students ...

Niall O’Connor, an MSc student in Enterprise Systems at NUI Galway from Sligo, has scooped the top prize of €10,000 at the NUI Galway Student Enterprise Awards held recently for ...

Galway’s first app-oriented competition reveals talented coders among students in the West The winners of CodeNinja, the app development competition for NUI Galway and GMIT students have been announced. First ...

   NUI Galway lights up The Quadrangle which turned for World Autism Awareness Day (Monday, 2 April, 2012). A lone student looks on as lights were turned on as part ...

Vitamin D and Lifestyle Interventions to be Trialled Pregnant women are currently being recruited into a new NUI Galway-led clinical trial which hopes to develop effective measures to prevent Gestational ...

NUI Galway is delighted to announce collaborations with both Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Fourth Medical Military University Hospital in Xi’an as part of the Trade and Investment Mission ...

Pictured at the App launch (l-r): Irene Gibson, Croí MyAction Programme Manager; Mike McNamara, Medical Student NUI Galway; and Paul Hession, Irish Olympic Athlete and NUI Galway Medical Student. A ...

NUI Galway’s Executive MBA celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and a series of information evenings have been scheduled around the country for students wishing to join the programme in ...

 NUI Galway’s Centre for Disability Law and Policy and Amnesty International Ireland will jointly host a seminar exploring how Ireland can learn from other jurisdictions on legislating for legal capacity, ...

Technologies to facilitate the remote delivery of healthcare to patients in their own home is the focus of a new EU-funded project underway at NUI Galway. The €2.3 million ...

  Children at Garmna, Co. Galway photographed by Ake Campbell, 1935. This photograph was taken by Campbell when he visited the home of Colm Ó Nia (whose children are photographed here) with ...

 Ireland’s two UNESCO Chair holders have come together to launch a joint Commentary on the proposed referendum on the rights of the child in Ireland.  The 16-page document, ‘Children’s ...

  NUI Galway conference to address issues arising for Ireland under new United Nations Framework on Business and Human Rights  Human rights concerns arising from business activities are the subject ...

The second annual Graduate Recruitment and Opportunities in the West (GROW) Careers Fair will be held in NUI Galway on Wednesday, 28 March. The fair will showcase many of Ireland’s ...

Pictured is Dr Gemma Carney, Irish Centre of Seocial Gerontology, NUI Galway Is modern democracy still democratic? That is the question being explored this week at a symposium being held ...

68% say the re-introduction of a water charge would change their water usage 86% say they were concerned about the environment 89% say ‘I try to reduce the amount ...

 A celebration of the achievements of NUI Galway’s alumni took place in the Bailey Allen Hall on campus Saturday night with special guest An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD. Over 450 ...

Top Marks as 5 Star Rating Awarded from QS Stars NUI Galway has today been awarded a five star rating from the latest QS Stars rating system. NUI Galway recorded ...

 NUI Galway and Hewlett-Packard have announced a new Master of Science degree in Cloud Computing Research. Identified by the Government, Forfás and the IDA as one of the best potential ...

The Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research at NUI Galway is launched by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, 50 years after he enrolled as a mature student President ...

New research looks at older women workers’ access to pensions  Fewer than one in three female pensioners in Ireland receive the maximum contributory pension and two-thirds rely on the non-contributory ...

Aaron Mealy with Peter and Joe Kennelly from Oranmore examine the Wastewater Treatement Demonstration at last year’s NUI Galway Engineer’s Week Family Day event.   NUI Galway is calling all ...

 The next talk in the NUI Galway public talk series on Sports Technology will take place on Tuesday, 28 February at 6pm. Entitled Application of GPS Technology in Improving Running ...

 A new report from NUI Galway finds that while growing old in rural areas can be a positive experience, there are also a number of factors which may lead to ...

 National University of Ireland Galway, University of Limerick to Provide Biophotonics Expertise, Gain Stake in Emerging Silicon Valley Technology Company Compact Imaging (CI) today announced an innovative research collaboration with ...

NUI Galway law lecturer, Donncha O’Connell, has been appointed by the Attorney General, Máire Whelan, SC, to the Law Reform Commission to replace Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell of the Supreme ...

Researchers at NUI Galway’s Ryan Institute are involved in a major €14 million European initiative to develop the potential of algae as a source of sustainable energy. As a partner ...

 Success rates for cornea transplants could be greatly improved following a major advance in genetically modifying donor corneas. Scientists at NUI Galway’s Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) have determined a method, ...

Thomas Conway NUI Galway and Druid Theatre have announced the joint appointment of Thomas Conway as the first Director- in –Residence to be based between Druid Theatre and the School ...

Pictured at the Sigerson Cup Finals Launch at NUI Galway from left: Ciaran MacDonald, Tipperary and NUI Galway Captain; Dr Mick Loftus, former Sigerson winner with UCG (now NUI Galway) ...

Twins Megan and Katie Connolly from Ballinsloe who both study Arts at NUI Galway and are part of the cast of the musical 'Spring Awakening', one of the many highlights ...

The next public talk in the NUI Galway public talk series on Sports Technology will take place on Tuesday, 14 February, at 6pm. Entitled Engineering in Hurling – Hurleys, Sliotars ...

 A range of scientific resources and handbooks to facilitate better coastal planning will be launched at a national seminar in NUI Galway on Tuesday, 21 February. The resources are the ...

 NUI Galway has published guidelines to support communication between general practitioners (GPs) and migrants who have limited English language skills. The research is a direct and practical response to the ...

Comhrá Ceoil: Music and Dance Studies at the Centre for Irish Studies, NUI Galway, is delighted to announce the inaugural lecture in the Martin Reilly Lecture Series, which will take ...

NUI Galway has announced that places are still available on new computer training initiative aimed at people with little or no computer experience. Working in partnership with Limerick Community Connect, ...

 The conservation and sustainable use of our agricultural biodiversity is critical to future sustainable development, both in Ireland and internationally. In response to this, on Thursday, 9 February, the NUI ...

 A new learning resource developed by Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUI Galway for Gaeltacht and all-Irish primary schools will be launched by the Head of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Edel ...

 The Centre for Pain Research at NUI Galway is currently recruiting patients with back pain to take part in the Pain Disability Prevention Programme (PDP) trial..  The study offers ...

 The next in NUI Galway’s series of public talks on sports technology will focus on ‘Re- Engineering the Swimmer: the Science and Technology of Swimming’. The free event takes place ...

Pictured is actress Marie Mullen who has been named as an NUI Galway Alumni Award Winner for 2012   NUI Galway has announced the winners of the 2012 Alumni Awards to ...

 A new study from NUI Galway has shown a significant improvement in managing breathing difficulties among people suffering from COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The Health Research Board (HRB) ...

Second year NUI Galway medical student Sinéad Coen and Oliwia Kozinska (5) from Scoil Chroí  Íosa in Galway were at the launch of NUI Galway's 7th Annual Teddy Bear Hospital ...

NUI Galway scientists are working on new methods for the treatment of osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis researchers at NUI Galway are part of a new European project which is looking to incorporate ...

The annual NUI Galway Postgraduate Open Day takes place on Wednesday, 1 February, from 12 to 4pm in the Bailey Allen Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn. Almost 3,500 postgraduate students ...

 College football clubs around the country are currently training hard for the Sigerson Cup Competition, which will be hosted this year by the Gaelic Football Club at NUI Galway on ...

 An exciting new four-year degree programme has been officially launched by NUI Galway. The BA degree in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies is designed for students with a keen interest ...

400 jobs as part of €75 million spend on university developments  There was a major boost for employment in the West of Ireland today as NUI Galway announced the beginning ...

 NUI Galway's Centre of Astronomy will continue its 2011/2012 programme of open evenings at its Imbusch Observatory in Dangan. The Observatory provides state-of-the-art observing facilities for NUI Galway's astrophysics students ...

 NUI Galway has announced details of new scholarships scheme for mature students. In total, 30 new scholarships will be awarded, consisting of €2,000 per student for every year of their ...

The full text of the ‘red book’, intermediary Brendan Duddy’s handwritten account of the 1981 hunger strike negotiations, has now been made available online by the James Hardiman Library at ...

The Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopment Research at NUI Galway, in partnership with Autism Speaks and The American Ireland Fund, Launch the First International Autism Conference in Ireland  The ...

               NUI Galway will host two CAO Information Days on Thursday, 19 and Friday, 20 January in the Arts Millennium Building on campus. These drop in sessions are specific to ...

 NUI Galway is pleased to announce the launch of a new computer training initiative aimed at people categorised as digitally excluded. Working in partnership with Limerick Community Connect, DCU and ...