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.

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.

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

Pictured l-r:Tom Felle, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Galway, Gerasko Larysa, Ukranian Ambassador to Ireland, Vladyslav Piatin-Ponomarenko, University of Galway journalism student, and Professor Becky Whay, Deputy President & Registrar, University of Galway. Photo: Aengus McMahon

As part of Governor Walz' visit, BioInnovate hosted a panel discussion—From Ireland to the U.S.A. – Supporting Commercialisation of Health Tech in Minnesota.
📸Image credit: Andrew Downes.

Leaders from the University, our partner Medtronic, and the University of Minnesota discussed the strong MedTech cultures in both Galway and Minnesota, and how a collaborative MedTech culture—characterised by strong partnerships—is fuelling the next frontier of MedTech innovation.