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MU research highlights barriers facing Traveller and Roma students
Traveller and Roma students continue to face persistent and systemic barriers in higher education, according to a new report launched today by Marian Harkin, Minister of State for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025
Celebrating Exam Success
Congratulations to Shane Kavanagh who was placed in the top ten in the Chartered Accountants Proficiency 2 (CAP 2) examinations of Chartered Accountants Ireland in 2018. Shane graduated with a BA Accounting and Finance in 2017.
Friday, 26 October 2018
Irish Research Council Enterprise-Based Postgraduate Scholar award
Congratulations to Penny Quinn, a postgraduate member of the Centre for Mental Health and Community Research (CMCHR), Department of Psychology, who was one of the awardees at Maynooth University’s recent awards ceremony for the 2018 recipients of the Irish Research Council Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Scholarships.
Friday, 26 October 2018
Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley MRIA gives lecture at Palacky University
Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley MRIA will give a lecture at Palacky University, the Czech Republic on Tuesday, 23 October at 2.00pm.
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Dr Gordon Delap's work is selected for the Metamorphoses 2018 composition competition
Dr Gordon Delap has a piece of composition accespted into another final competition
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Maths Week School Visits 2018
Staff members visit schools to promote Maths during Maths Week 2018.
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Dr Eilish Dillon, MA Co-ordinator publishes article in Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review
Dr Eilish Dillon, MA Co-ordinator publishes article in Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Electrical Maintenance Power Outage South Campus - 30th October 2018
The South Campus electrical distribution system requires annual maintenance; to do this the electrical supply to the campus will be off for approx. 3-4 hours.
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Feature Article in the Irish Times.Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation - PON Global returns to Dublin
This December, the Program on Negotiation teaching returns to Ireland. The course will run on the 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Castleknock Hotel, Dublin
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Research Week Success for Chemistry Students at Maynooth University
Final year chemistry students Ms Alicia Kevin, Double Honours Chemistry and Biology, and Ms Karolina Wojtczack, Single Honours Chemistry, have shared the Faculty of Science and Engineering Best Poster Prize at the Universities’ Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
“Good Carbs” to combat antimicrobial resistance: This work has just been published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, a leading journal of this field.
Collaborative work between the laboratories of Dr Trinidad Velasco-Torrijos (Department of Chemistry) and Prof Kevin Kavanagh (Department of Biology) at Maynooth University has identified synthetic carbohydrate derivatives as potent inhibitors of the adhesion of opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans to buccal epithelial cells (BECs). Chemistry postgraduate student Ms Harlei Martin, first author on the publication, won Best Poster Prize presenting this work at Medicinal Chemistry Ireland Conference.
Wednesday, 24 October 2018