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Health benefits of music, rhythm and movement
Maynooth University is a major partner in a €3 million EU funded project exploring the links between music and its impact on our movement and health. The project, BeatHealth, is focusing on the benefits of rhythmic stimulation in order to improve mobility, with a dual emphasis on how we exercise and on Parkinson’s disease.
Date: Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Maynooth Golf Scholar to play in the Patriot All America Tournament
Paddy Harrington Golf Scholar invited to play in the prestigious Patriot All American Tournament in Arizona, now recognised as one of the top 35 tournaments worldwide by elite amateur golfers. Gary Hurley finsihed 16th overall, 8 shots off the leader an excellent result among 83 other competitors.
Date: Tuesday, 24 December 2013
“Red Books” installed in Maynooth Library
“Red Books” installed in Maynooth Library
Date: Thursday, 12 December 2013
Maynooth University Students Launch Community Engagement Week
Maynooth University ’s Students’ Union Community Engagement Week promotes deeper engagement between the university student body and the elderly and youth in the town.
Date: Thursday, 05 December 2013
Irish Scientists Team up to Work with China
A high level delegation of Irish scientists are currently in Beijing to develop cutting edge research partnerships. The delegation has been invited by leading Chinese Universities and follows a highly successful “Connect to China” event held in Carton House in Ireland which established links between Irish research and industry to access the Chinese market.
Date: Wednesday, 04 December 2013
Maynooth University unveils ambitious plan to double EU funding success
A targeted plan to generate over €20m in research income from the EU has been announced by Maynooth University. The plan comes in advance of the next framework of EU funding, Horizon 2020.
Date: Thursday, 28 November 2013
New study shows parent power may be best for kids with ADHD symptoms
A new study launched today by children’s charity Archways, shows promising results for young Irish children with ADHD symptoms and suggests that training for parents may derive the greatest benefits for kids.
Date: Thursday, 21 November 2013
Maynooth University publishes book and audio archive to mark 18th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death
Oil companies continue to seek strategies to evade their liabilities and responsibility while Nigeria's leaders continue to squander his legacy to the region.’ Dr Owens Wiwa
Date: Thursday, 07 November 2013
IRISH RESEARCH TEAM SHINES LIGHT ON MALE INFERTILITY
A research team led by Professor Kay Ohlendieck from Maynooth University ’s Department of Biology has determined the molecular mechanisms of a particular form of sperm abnormalities called globozoospermia and found that the abnormal morphology of sperm cells plays a crucial role in infertility.
Date: Thursday, 17 October 2013
Maynooth University congratulates Peter Higgs and François Englert on Nobel Prize in Physics
Maynooth University today congratulated Peter Higgs and François Englert on their Nobel Prize in Physics, which was awarded today "for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider".
Date: Tuesday, 08 October 2013