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MU celebrates first ever GAA history module
Maynooth University (MU) is marking the launch of a new module for undergraduate history students examining the foundations of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and its role in wider Irish society.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
HSK Results and Scholarship awarded
Five students from 2nd Year Chinese Studies took the HSK Chinese Proficiency Test 汉语水平考试 on 28 March 2015. They all passed the test and were awarded Level Three certificates. Congratulations to all students who participated.
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Using body clock improves patient outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis
The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis can be enhanced by tailoring patients’ treatment to their circadian rhythm, commonly referred to as the body clock. A team of scientists from Maynooth, Berlin, Vienna and Basel have found evidence that co-ordinating the time of treatment with the timing of disease symptoms can increase the effectiveness of such treatments, reducing joint pain and stiffness for patients.
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Gavin Smith, 'Renewed Proposals for Anthropologists: Conditions of Possibility, Strategic Action and Popular Mobilization'
Anthropology Seminar, Thursday 30 April 2015 4.30pm Anthropology Seminar Room Gavin Smith Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Department of Law LLM Candidate Published in Irish Criminal Law Journal
Student and staff member has article published in the Irish Criminal Law Journal.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Prof Marian Lyons contributes to TG4 series Gafa sa Túr
Prof Marian Lyons (Head of History Department) has contributed recently to a new TG4 programme 'Gafa sa Túr' which investigates the story of the Irish in the Tower of London, England's State prison.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Maynooth University Academics recognised by Association of American Geographers
The Association of American Geographers (AAG), the largest and most respected organisation of geographers in the world, has recognised two Maynooth University academics, conferring the AAG Media Achievement Award on Professor Rob Kitchin and naming Professor Gerry Kearns as its Distinguished Historical Geographer for 2015.
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Call for Travellers’ right to be acknowledged as a minority ethnic group in Irish society
The Irish government should act immediately to respect Travellers’ right to be acknowledged as a minority ethnic group in Irish society, said Anastasia Crickley, Head of Applied Social Studies at Maynooth University and Vice President of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at a recent seminar.
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Promoting & Progressing the Rights of Persons from Minority Groups
Co-hosted by the Centre for Rights, Recognition & Redistribution, Dept of Applied Social Studies and Dept of Law
Monday, 27 April 2015
Maynooth University School of Business programmes featured in the Irish Times supplement 'Guide to Business Courses'
'Guide to Business courses - a pick of the offerings' published Thursday 23rd April.
Monday, 27 April 2015