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John Bellamy Foster public lecture on climate change reported in Irish Times
John Bellamy Foster public lecture on climate change reported in Irish Times
Date: Thursday, 05 May 2016
Anthropology student Catherine Hayes makes semi-finals of 2016 Eden Entrepreneurship Challenge
VegTruck was entered in the 2016 Eden Entrepreneurship Challenge and made it as far as the semi-finals on Thursday 21st April.
Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2016
Congratulations to the Eden Entrepreneurship Challenge Winners
The final showcase of the Eden Entrepreneurship Challenge took place last Friday, congratulations to all involved, the ideas were sparkling and original and the judges were, justifiably, impressed by the quality and the novelty of the business ideas that were presented.
Date: Tuesday, 03 May 2016
MSc Students in Design Innovation Present their Projects to Enterprise Rent-a-Car
The presentation was part of a module called Consumer Innovation Adoption which centres around theories of diffusion of innovation and looks at how organisations can develop and deliver their NPD ideas in a way designed to maximise consumer adoption.
Date: Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Dr. Chandana Mathur becomes the new Chair of the World Council of Anthropological Associations
At the biennial meeting of the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) in Dubrovnik on 2-3 May 2016, Maynooth University anthropologist Dr. Chandana Mathur was confirmed as the new Chair of the WCAA.
Date: Sunday, 01 May 2016
Second Year BBS Marketing Students Serve up a Marketing Recipe for Award Winning Clandeboye Yoghurt
During semester 2 2015/16 BBS Marketing Students got the opportunity to work alongside the only hand-made yoghurt in Northern Ireland- the award winning Clandeboye Yoghurt through the Integrated Marketing Communications module.
Date: Friday, 29 April 2016
Masters in Design Innovation wins ‘Best New Course’ 2016
Is é an MSc i Nuálaíocht Dearaidh an chéad chúrsa den chineál seo san Eoraip agus is é an t-aon chlár iarchéime in Éirinn atá tiomanta do cheannaireacht ar smaointeoireacht dearaidh agus ar nuálaíocht radacach
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2016
Maynooth University academic elected first Irish president of a UN treaty body
Anastasia Crickley,former head of Maynooth University Department of Applied Social Studies, is the first Irish person to lead a UN treaty body, which are international committees of independent experts that monitor states’ implementation of international human rights treaties.
Date: Tuesday, 26 April 2016
McCann FitzGerald sponsors Mediation Scholarships
Two postgraduate scholarships for further research into conflict resolution for commercial, employment and public administrative disputes have been announced today by Maynooth University and leading law firm McCann FitzGerald.
Date: Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Maynooth Geographers nominated for prestigious national book award
Maynooth geographers have been nominated for the Geographical Society of Ireland Book of the Year Award
Date: Wednesday, 20 April 2016