🌷 Fresh blooms and fresh perspectives! Happy Easter to our amazing @DCU doctoral students. May your spring be filled with progress and your break be filled with peace 🌼
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Congratulations to all of last week's graduates. Last Friday, we saw almost 1,300 graduates crossing the stage of The Helix for #DCUGraduation, including a significant number of doctoral students reaching this incredible academic milestone.
Stay in touch with us ▶️ dcu.ie/keepintouch!
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[ICYMI] Submission link is closing next week! 4pm 4 April
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📸 Research on Walls 2026 is closing next week! We’re looking for bold, visual snapshots of why your research matters.
🔗 dcu.ie/graduatestudies/research-walls
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Huge congratulations to the @DCU Class of 2026! 🎓 A special shout-out to our doctoral research students on reaching this massive milestone. We wish you every success in the future, stay connected with us here ▶️ dcu.ie/keep-in-touch 💫
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Are you attending #DCUGraduation this week? Please remember to collect your two complimentary guest tickets at the U Building from Thursday at 4pm. Each ceremony will be screened live in T101, Larkin Lecture Theatre.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the GSO team! ☘️✨
Wherever you are in the world today, we’re sending a bit of the "Luck of the Irish" your way!
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How Medieval Irish people saw themselves as Europeans and not Celts.
Piece by Dr Patrick Wadden, Assistant Professor in Medieval History in the DCU School of History and Geography, for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4rw2V3q
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Slí na Sláinte routes, cycle to work scheme for staff, joining one of our 130 student clubs and societies... There are many ways for staff and students to increase their level of activity at DCU.
For tips on how you can get more active on campus, visit: dcu.ie/dcusport/active
We're thrilled to announce Ellucian awarded DCU the Customer Transformation Award! 🏆
From Admissions in 2023 to Full Banner Student in 2024 and our region-first Structured Progression launch this year - DCU is leading the way in digital transformation.
A huge congratulations to the team! 👏
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Photo by aboodi vesakaran on Unsplash
Iran’s regime has shut down the internet in the middle of war - placing civilians in the crosshairs.
Piece by Amin Naeni, Visiting Fellow at DCU, for The Conversation UK.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/40LXEJN
Dr Vincent Tawiah
China in Africa: investment and trade work well when there’s strong oversight, and badly when there isn’t.
Piece by Dr Vincent Tawiah, Associate Professor of Accounting at DCU Business School, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/410dFvK
Prof Christine Loscher
Can multivitamins slow the ageing process?
According to DCU's Prof Christine Loscher, a Harvard Medical School study shows daily multivitamins can slow "biological age" with cells aging only 20 months over a 24-month period.
Listen on @newstalkfm.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/4dcrPkL
To successfully implement climate policy, it's essential to explore how the population thinks about climate change. Photo: RTÉ
What influences how you think about climate change?
How we think about climate change is strongly influenced by our social and political identity.
Piece by Dr Ashling Bourke and Salam Jabbour of @dcuioe.bsky.social for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/47Fegqu
What Trump's Iran war means for Russia and Ukraine. The US president's decision to go to war against Iran will be another factor in prolonging Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Winners and Runner-Ups: In photo (no particular order) Prof Sharon O'brien, Sara Sadr, Dylan Kelly, Gráinne McHugh, Ciara Tobin, Gemma Davis, Holly O’Grady, Francesca Mastrosimone, Hai Anh Nguyen, Sally Owens, Ana Guadalupe Rodrigues Armendariz, Jane Adkins, Seval Kemal, Kate Caffrey and Lakshika Chandradeva
TIS Finalists: 2026 Tell It Straight Finalists and Prof Sharon O'Brien, Dean of Graduate Studies
🎤 Huge congrats to the winners, runners up and all of the wonderful participants of #TellItStraight 2026!🏆
The future is bright!🌟➡️ dcu.ie/graduatestudies/news/2026/mar/dcu-research-students-tell-it-straight-annual-communication-final
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It’s a beautiful day for #TellItStraight! ☀️
The room is ready. We kick off at 2pm on the Glasnevin Campus as 15 finalists take the stage! 🎤
Best of luck to everyone competing. Stay tuned for updates! 🏆
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Will Middle East conflict see a rise in Irish petrol prices? We are likely to experience the impact of war in Iran on the cost of fuelling our cars, heating our homes and generating electricity, explains Paul Deane @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Prof Christine Loscher
Hay fever season is coming - here’s how to get ahead of symptoms.
Piece by Prof Christine Loscher, Professor of Immunology at DCU, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/4sqHnWO
Dr Dónal Mulligan
Seven tips for talking to children and young people about generative AI.
Piece by DCU's Dr Dónal Mulligan @donalmulligan.com for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/46WEaWH
Help! My child has suffered a concussion. What does this mean - and what do I do? Analysis by Siobhán O'Connor @dublincityuni.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why the census is integral to Ireland's past, present and future. Census records remind us that behind every statistic is a household, a family and a life carefully recorded, write Zoe Reid National Archives & Eileen Murphy @csoireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Prof Debbie Ging
What is #Looksmaxxing?
DCU's Prof Debbie Ging @debbieging.bsky.social breaks down its origins in the incel community and manosphere logic on the @newstalkfm.bsky.social Daily Podcast with Ciara Doherty.
Listen to the podcast: launch.dcu.ie/4sbDSTS
[#ICYMI] The Tell It Straight Final is next week, Wednesday, March 4🎉Get ready to be impressed! The Graduate Studies Office is thrilled to host the final showdown of this year's Tell It Straight competition.
🔗 Check your inbox for the link to register!
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Prof Donnacha Ó Beacháin
A planned EU loan of €90bn for Ukraine has been blocked by Hungary ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion.
DCU's Prof @donnachadcu.bsky.social told @rte.ie's ‘Behind the Story’ podcast the EU will likely have to step up to support Ukraine more.
Listen: launch.dcu.ie/4kOOK7w
As Ukraine war enters its fifth year, will Putin's support hold in Russia? A deep dive into the Russian public's apparent support for the war suggests it's more fragile than the Kremlin would like to believe www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Photo by BrianAJackson on iStock
Looking to change some habits? You need psychological flexibility.
Piece by Sarah Fitzpatrick DCU School of Psychology for RTÉ Brainstorm.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/3OlAlDW
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Dr Chloë Keegan
Does your child feel like they're in a 'baby jail'?
The difference for children between 'baby jail' and feeling heard often comes down to how adults respond to active child participation.
Piece by Dr Chloë Keegan of @dcuioe.bsky.social for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/46legvp
🐌 Nature as a Sensor
In our latest spotlight, Dr Thomas McCloughlin @dublincityuni.bsky.social explores how aquatic organisms act as early warning signals for pollution.
Research, community action, and education coming together 🌍
Read more👇
www.dcu.ie/water/news/2...
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Rose Byrne is raw, magnetic and unfiltered as a woman in crisis.
Piece by Laura O'Flanagan, PhD candidate at the DCU School of English, for @uk.theconversation.com.
Read more: launch.dcu.ie/40oJQ7X
[#ICYMI] .@DCU Graduate Studies Office will be hosting the annual Tell It Straight Final on Wednesday, March 4, from 2 - 4pm.
Please come along to support the finalists on the day!
To register, click check your staff/student email 📧
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