University of Galway

We are joining with 15 third level education institutions in Ireland as part of the global campaign - 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

The UNiTE 2025 campaign focuses on ending digital violence against women and girls.

https://www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/

A number of colleagues are also joining virtually, including Dr. Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Dr. Karen Bacon, Julia Terra Miranda Machado , Mr. Widath Buddila Wijeyesekera, Ms. Paola Sofia Serrano Bravo, Dr. Alma Clavin, Prof. Karyn Morrissey, Dr Clare Noone, Dr. Ingrid Holme and Dr. Sinéad Mitchell.

Academics Xinman Zhan (pictured right) and Padraic Mac Donnacha (pictured left) are representing the @ryaninstitute.bsky.social and University of Galway at COP30, currently underway in Belém, Brazil.

COALESCE supports excellent, interdisciplinary research that addresses national and global societal challenges by fostering collaboration between researchers and policymakers, civil society, and enterprise.

Prof. Fazaeli’s project entitled: Faith-Inclusive and Culturally Competent Responses to Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV): Addressing Systemic Barriers for Muslim Women in Ireland (FATIHA) is funded by Cuan—the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) Agency.

Pictured at the announcement of Research Ireland COALESCE Programme funding were (left-right): Dr Stephanie O’Keeffe, Cuan CEO; Dr Diarmuid O'Brien, CEO Research Ireland; and COALESCE awardee, Prof. Roja Fazaeli, University of Galway. They are holding a cardboard cutout with the words Taighde Éireann / Research Ireland(Photo: Finbarr O'Rourke). 

Congratulations to Prof. Roja Fazaeli who has been awarded funding as par of @researchireland.ie 's COALESCE funding strand.

The findings feature in a @esa.int –led study, published this week in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science to coincide with #COP30

Read the full study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read the news story: www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new...

A team at the @ryaninstitute.bsky.social is helping to pioneer new methods of combining data recorded from space with artificial intelligence to measure actions that help communities, ecosystems and infrastructure adjust to current and future climate impacts in the global agrifood sector.

Satellite-based Earth observation provides a unique and powerful tool in tracking climate adaptation, an international study involving University of Galway researchers has shown.
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After resignations at the top, the BBC faces a defining test: what does impartiality mean now? In today’s febrile information climate, it is fair to ask whether the duty to remain impartial remains fit for purpose.

After resignations at the top, the BBC faces a defining test: what does impartiality mean now? Tom Felle, Associate Professor of Journalism, writes for The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/after-resignations-at-the-top-the-bbc-faces-a-defining-test-what-does-impartiality-mean-now-269575

Happening today at 1.15pm!

Last week, @uniofgalway.bsky.social marked our 50th anniversary with a symposium, 'Druid at 50: People, Place, Performance', organised by the Dept of Drama and Theatre Studies, and the opening of a Druid archive exhibition at @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social.

Congratulations to University of Galway academics, Professor Henry Curran and Professor @inesthiele.bsky.social who have been named on the annual @clarivate.com Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list @clarivateag.bsky.social

#HighlyCited2025 #UniversityofGalway #AcademicResearch

Pictured at the award ceremony (L–R): Deputy President and Registrar Prof Becky Whay, Dr Michel Dugon, and Mr Paul Mee, Chair of the Galway Science and Technology Festival Forum.

Dr Dugon has spent more than 14 years inspiring children and students across Galway schools and beyond with his live workshops on bugs, spiders and snakes, as well as through his important ongoing scientific research.

Congratulations to our very own University of Galway zoologist, founder of the Venom Lab and creator of The Bug Doctor series, Dr Michel M. Dugon who has been named Galway Science Person of the Year!

Ambassador Owen also visited the @druidtheatre.bsky.social Symposium in the O’Donoghue Centre. A sincere thank you to the Ambassador, British Embassy Dublin, and to Keith Finnegan and @galwaycitycouncil.bsky.social

University President, Professor David Burn, hosted discussions with staff members on the University’s priority research areas, innovation, student mobility and EDI.

We were delighted to welcome Kara Owen, British Ambassador to Ireland, to campus on Friday.

Image 2: Pictured (l-r) are Richelle van Capelleveen (Leiden University), Professor Frances Fahy (Director, Ryan Institute), Jake Byrne and Dan McLachlan (Astrophysics PhD students), Sabina and President Michael D. Higgins, Dr Christian Ginski (Astrophysics), Chloe Lawlor (Astrophysics PhD student), John Caulfield (President’s Office) and Dr Ann Ryan (College of Science and Engineering).

and on Wednesday, a team of Astrophysics researchers — who discovered a new planet earlier this year — were honoured to attend the Áras’s final Afternoon Tea Reception. 🔭

Image credit: Maxwell Photography

A special week at Áras an Uachtaráin ✨ Yesterday University of Galway President, Professor David Burn, paid a courtesy visit to meet with President Michael D. Higgins.

Congratulations to Ihor Skorobogatko on receiving the 2025 Hamilton Prize in Mathematics! 🔢 🙌He is one of nine outstanding students to receive this prestigious undergrad award, presented by the Royal Irish Academy and sponsored by Ibec.

Today we launched a new research partnership with multinational engineering company Trane Technologies 🤝 
This three-year collaboration is co-funded by I-Form, Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Trane Technologies 🌱🏭

https://ow.ly/cCJJ50Xfy3J

Researchers at the University of Galway have revealed the results of a world-first study into how bowel cancer shuts down the immune system, and how this can be reversed to improve treatment. 🧬

Read more 👉 https://jitc.bmj.com/lookup/doi/10.1136/jitc-2025-012491

New research by University of Galway University of Galway-J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics & University College Cork has revealed that male colleagues and managers know little about menopause in the workplace https://ow.ly/3Apy50Xe3bN

Congratulations to Professor Karena Yan on her appointment as Dean of the University of Galway - J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics. 🙌 We wish Professor Yan the best of luck! 🍀 @uniofgalwaycairnes.bsky.social

A new study led by Prf. Emer McGrath, Consultant Neurologist at UHG & Associate Prf. of Medicine at University of Galway, has found that women who go through menopause earlier may face a higher risk of developing dementia later in life.

Read more. ➡️ https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13872877251372430

University of Galway is to host Ireland’s new supercomputer, following a collaboration agreement by Government of Ireland and the European Commission 🤝


Read more: https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/way-open-building-eurohpc-world-class-supercomputer-ireland-2025-10-13_en

Postdoc researcher, Arrigo Moro, writes for The Conversation UK about the wild honeybee's status—officially listed as endangered in the EU—and how we can no longer afford to leave them understudied and unprotected.🐝

https://ow.ly/GWls50XaqL9

A €2.1M DTIF grant has been awarded to a consortium led by Fortis Medical Devices, a University of Galway spin-out, to develop cueStim-Stroke; a wearable device tackling post-stroke gait impairments affecting 20M+ people globally.

🔗 https://ow.ly/Ejzx50X8YGh