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MU and Meath GAA launch sports performance partnership

Maynooth University and Meath GAA have agreed a programme of collaboration that aims to enhance sports performance and academic opportunities for students.

Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Maynooth University joins the call to use the National Training Fund to address higher education funding crisis

Maynooth University & Maynooth Students’ Union to host a town hall on the Future of Higher Education in Ireland

Friday, 24 January 2020

Dr Delia Ferri awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant worth €2 million

The project is entitled ‘Dancing - Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths'. e work is premised on the idea that cultural exclusion of people with disabilities isolates them and leads to lost opportunities for society broadly

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Jiri Vala - Experimental Physics - Maynooth University

Maynooth University partners in major project awarded €7.3 million under Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund

Landmark project represents the first large scale collaboration on quantum computing in Ireland

Saturday, 07 December 2019

Shirley Howe stands in front of Maynooth University Library

Maynooth student receives prestigious Eda Sagarra Medal of Excellence from the Irish Research Council

Maynooth research looks at how cultural processes influence climate change perspectives and responses. The IRC awards celebrate those working in academia, industry, civic society or the public sector

Wednesday, 04 December 2019

Seán Kyne, Minister for the Gaeltacht, announces funding for TEG examinations

Maoiniú fógartha Seán Kyne, Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, do scrúduithe TEG

Monday, 18 November 2019

Photo caption: (l-r) Dr Michael Cooke, Assistant Prof in Applied Psychology; Dr Deirdre Desmond, Associate Prof, Department of Psychology and co-director of ALL Institute; Dr Rudi Villing, Assistant Prof in the Department of Electronic Engineering and Prof Mac MacLachlan, Co-Director of the ALL Institute, with PAL TIAGo robot funded with the support of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)

​Maynooth University to lead €21 million European Commission funded SHAPES health research project – the largest ever Horizon 2020 health grant led by an Irish university

Maynooth is one of 36 partners across 14 European countries in the SHAPES consortium The SHAPES acronym stands for Smart and Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in supportive Systems and aims to foster a positive approach to ageing

Monday, 11 November 2019

Two Athena SWAN Bronze Awards presented to Maynooth University

Two departments at Maynooth University, Biology and Geography, received Athena SWAN Bronze Department Awards at a ceremony hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons. The awards were presented to each department by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD.

Monday, 04 November 2019

Maynooth University officially launches the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research

Maynooth University has announced the launch of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research. The institute, which is located on the university’s campus, takes a uniquely integrated approach to address some of the major health problems of today, including obesity and antimicrobial resistance, as well as researching many chronic inflammatory diseases like Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis.

Friday, 25 October 2019

Ece Temelkuran delivers the Dean’s Lecture - Maynooth University

Award-winning Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran delivers the Dean’s Lecture

Award-winning Turkish writer and political thinker, Ece Temelkuran delivered the Dean’s Lecture as part of Research Week at Maynooth University.

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Maynooth University among six research projects awarded €25m through SFI Programme

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, today announced a €25m Government investment through the Science Foundation Ireland Research Infrastructure Programme as part of Future Jobs Ireland.

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

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