By Martha Brennan An NUI Galway undergraduate student has been awarded the 2018 Hamilton Prize for his outstanding performance in mathematics. Troy Gawley, a final - year Mathematical Sciences student, received the award late last month from the Royal Irish Academy. The annual award, named after mathematician William Rowan Hamilton, honors the best and brightest … [Read more...] about NUI Galway student awarded Hamilton Prize in Mathematics
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Opinion: City Brawl
By Gary Elbert I stood outside GMIT umbrella in one hand phone in the other. It was a wet miserable autumn Galway afternoon, the rain attacking from all sides, flanked and buttressed by a cutting Atlantic wind. Suddenly a verbal altercation took place, through the passenger windows of passing cars. One car ‘parked’ in the bus lane metres away from the … [Read more...] about Opinion: City Brawl
NUI Galway hosts Climathon 2018
@GalwayClimathon @ClimateKIC @GlobalClimathon @RyanInstitute director starts @GalwayClimathon pic.twitter.com/1PRZmi2T2u — Galina (@gavchik77) October 26, 2018 By Tarryn McGuire On 26 October, in an attempt to pioneer innovative ideas towards global climate action, NUI Galway led the event ‘Climathon Galway 2018’, with an aim to reduce Galway city’s carbon … [Read more...] about NUI Galway hosts Climathon 2018
One less week of study before exams in semester two
By Áine Kenny and Paraic Fearon This year’s academic calendar has changed in comparison to previous years, SIN can reveal. The change occurs during semester two. The traditional “time off” period for semester two was one week for field trips, one week for Easter and one week for study week. This meant three weeks in total. In the academic year 2015/16, students had … [Read more...] about One less week of study before exams in semester two
New Christmas parade and light installations added to Christmas Market opening
By Daniel Brennan This year, Galway city’s traditional Continental Christmas Market has been added to, with brand new lights and projections being displayed across the city, as well the addition of a brand new event for opening night, the ‘Light Up Galway’ parade. The ‘Light Up Galway’ event was held alongside the Christmas market’s opening last Friday the 16 of November. … [Read more...] about New Christmas parade and light installations added to Christmas Market opening
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