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Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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Shaping the world & inspiring leaders since 1845. University of Galway.
Galway, Ireland
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Oct 16, 2024
    We are so proud and delighted to see University of Galway alum Nicola Coughlan on the cover of TIME magazine! Her talent and passionate activism continue to inspire us all. Congratulations Nicola, on this incredible recognition
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    Oct 16, 2024
    “There’s no making it. You just have to keep going.” Nicola Coughlan is one of TIME’s Next Generation Leaders ti.me/407vQAD
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Oct 23, 2020
    If you're a survivor of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home and want to tell your story, our researchers are creating a public archive. You decide whether to publish your story now or in the future. You can get involved and listen to survivor stories here: bit.ly/31CsnuN
    Tuam Mother & Baby Home
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Oct 15, 2018
    NUI Galway was very pleased to honour and recognise Catherine Corless today with an honorary degree. Catherine Corless speaks about her research into the Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway and advocacy work.
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Oct 20, 2021
    Friends, relatives and colleagues gathered this evening for a Posthumous PhD Degree conferring for Karzan Sabah D Ahmed​, and a memorial service honouring him, his wife Shahen and baby daughter Lina. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Jun 19, 2020
    Owen Ward, an Irish Traveller who is a Professional Master of Education student @nuigalway, has been appointed to the new independent Anti-Racism Committee. It is being established to draw up a new Action Plan Against Racism. Congratulations Owen, from all at NUI Galway!
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Apr 27, 2022
    Some news! We are changing our name✍️ Our university has been at the heart❤️of our beautiful city since 1845 – we are becoming Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway #UniversityofGalway
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Aug 17, 2021
    "I thought that I was fluent in English, and yet I struggled to understand not only accents but...sentences that I understood, but still made very little sense (‘come here to me now’)." - Prof Michal Molcho #CoisCoiribe #NUIGalway #Internationalisation ow.ly/BsZe50FRzrV
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Nov 11, 2019
    Congratulations to @OrlaGuerin who received an honorary degree today. Orla broadcaster and journalist at @BBCWorld has reported from over 60 countries and reported in conflict zones Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zimbabwe in 2006 – 2008.
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Apr 6, 2020
    Congratulations to our medical students who today celebrated their Virtual Conferring @nuigalway. We were also delighted to see their achievements praised by Minister for Health @SimonHarrisTD & @DrMikeRyan @WHO. See Virtual Conferring here bit.ly/3e3gS4m
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Aug 26, 2021
    Our University community gathered tonight on campus, joined by family and friends and the Kurdish community, to remember Karzan, Shahen, and baby Line . Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha dílse.
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Jun 10, 2020
    We are now ranked in the top 1% of universities in the 2021 QS @worlduniranking. This confirms our position among the world’s elite educational institutions, placing us in the top 1% of universities globally & in the top 20% in the QS World Ranking nuigalway.ie/rankings #QSWUR
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Mar 12, 2021
    We light the Quad tonight to mark 1 year since our campus closed due to Covid-19. As a message of hope, two Music and @NUIGDrama students present the poem ‘Seed’ by Paula Meehan. Share this special performance with anyone you are apart from, missing or might need some hope.
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Nov 14, 2021
    What an achievement! We are #UniversityoftheYear2022 @SunTimesIreland Good University Guide! Comgháirdeas libh👏 thesundaytimes.ie/gooduniversity… @thetimesIE @noirinhegarty
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    Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway
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    Jan 23, 2020
    Actor Cillian Murphy and @UNESCO_CFRC at #NUIGalway launched a new initiative to introduce #empathy education to secondary school students. The initiative is an interactive, social and emotional learning programme to teach empathy skills. bit.ly/2Gk6k14