World Autism Awareness Day display: a table with a light blue table cloth and a purple display board, featuring posters, books about autism, and quotes from famous people with autism.

World Autism Awareness Day display: a table with a light blue table cloth and a purple display board, featuring posters, books about autism, and quotes from famous people with autism.

World Autism Awareness Day display: a table with a light blue table cloth and a purple display board, featuring posters, books about autism, and quotes from famous people with autism.

It's World Autism Awareness Day!

Come check out our display if you are passing through Bill Bryson Library today, and feel free to borrow any of the books 📚🌈♾️💜 (1/2)

#DULib #DurhamUniversity #WorldAutismAwarenessDay

Scientists and Regulators Grapple with Scarborough’s Water Quality Puzzle Two scientific reports attempting to untangle the complex web of factors affecting bathing water quality in Scarborough’s North and South Bays have come to differing opinions on the impact of Seagulls...

A good accurate report, but honestly which seaside town around the UK would not have seabird markers in the water!!!

#NorthYorkshireCouncil
#DurhamUniversity
#SurfersAgainstSewage
#EnvironmentAgency

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Her work explores innovative deep‑learning methods for forecasting groundwater levels in data‑sparse regions, offering new insights into how machine‑learning models can support water management. A fantastic achievement!
@geolassoc.bsky.social

#DUinspire #ECR #WomenInSTEM #DurhamUniversity

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Two new papers – one led by Ed Llewellin, and another by former PhD student Janina Gillies – offer new explanations for the formation of these volcanic glasses.
- doi.org/10.1038/s414...
- doi.org/10.1130/G539...

#DurhamUniversity #NewPaperAlert

Master’s students Isabel Marshall, Oscar Terry, and Freddie Lacy (all pictured below) presented posters on their research projects. In addition, Kristijan Rajic, Luke Franks, and Jotis Baronas delivered talks.

#ResearchInProgress #DurhamUniversity

Energy Research Fund Landsvirkjun's Energy Research Fund provides research grants in the fields of environmental and energy affairs.

🌋 An important opportunity to see if the exponentially increasing rates of micro-seismicity, beneath the previously seismically quiet Hofsjökull volcano, continue to increase, and explore their underlying cause.
www.landsvirkjun.com/energy-resea...

#DUinspire #DurhamUniversity #WomenInSTEM

Get the Northern Lights to the ICCA World Finals in New York Northern Lights are raising funds to travel to New York for the ICCA World Finals after reclaiming their UK National Champion title. Support will help cover costs for 16 performers and strengthen the ...

Northern Lights a cappella are heading to New York to represent the UK at the ICCA finals, but need help to get there.

Support if you can:
www.justgiving.com/campaign/nln...

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity should be too. #NorthEast #CreativeIndustries #DurhamUniversity #StudentSuccess

Blurry photo of library stairs and a feminist symbol with text reading: Your BBL librarians recommended books for International Women's Day.

Blurry photo of Durham Cathedral with book covers for the How's Moving Castle trilogy by Diana Wynne Jones. Text reading: Magical fantasy trilogy. Subversion of fantasy tropes. Wildly incentive, sharply funny, while firmly grounded in real life. Book 1 is available as a physical copy at Billy Bryson Library, and all are available as e-books on Discover and Libby.

Blurry photo of bookshelves with book cover for The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Text reading: Dystopian and relevant. Based on real events. A classic must-read. Available as physical copies at Bill Bryson Library, ISC, and some colleges. E-book available on Discover and Libby.

Blurry photo of the Palatine view from the library with book covers for the Her Majesty's Royal Coven series by Juno Dawson. Text reading: Fantasy series about modern magic and ancient prophesies. Female friendships... and enemies. LGBTQ+. Book 1 is available as a physical copy at Bill Bryson Library. E-book available on Discover and Libby.

It's International Women's Day! ♀️
Here are some of our favourite books written by women 📚
Let us know your own recommendations in the comments 😊💜

#DULib #DurhamUniversity #IWD2026

Another brilliant day teaching archaeological illustration with some lovely students in Durham today. #archaeology #Illustration #Lifelinglearning #DurhamUniversity

International students: ready for something extraordinary?
Study at Durham – University of the Year 2026 – in one of Britain’s happiest places to live. 💜
Applications 2026 open now 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... #DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities

Library litmus test display

Library litmus test display

Library litmus test display

World Book Day is coming and we’re starting the celebrations early with our Library Litmus Test 🗳️

Cast your vote In the Billy B this week and tell us which titles stole your heart, and which ones ... didn’t quite 
Look out for the results coming soon 👀

#DULib #WorldBookDay #DurhamUniversity

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Walking around in the nature of the city of Durham, walked about two miles.

#durham #durhamuniversity #walking #walkingtour #urban #urbanexploration #wildcamping #england #countryside #trending #exploring #vlog #viral

Encouraging words for world peace from Prof. Karen O’Brien, Vice-Chancellor & Warden, Durham University (UK), dated 25 April 2023. Her message to Pagidipalli applauds the commitment to peace and wishes success to the World Peace Summit 2023. 🌍🕊️
#WorldPeace #DurhamUniversity #PeaceSummit2023

We were delighted to return to Durham University Business School to deliver another Trader Experience Day, led by the ZISHI Education team and attended by both undergraduate and postgraduate finance students.

Great to be back at Durham University Business School delivering a Trader Experience Day – taster session for Level 5 and Level 7 quals.
Students stepped into live trading and rose to the challenge brilliantly.
#ZISHI #DurhamUniversity

Look at the size of this seaweed collected by my PhD student Freya Alldred in Antarctica. It’s 5.5m in length. 😳

#DurhamUniversity

#BookLaunch #ResearchExcellence #IHRR #DurhamUniversity #RiskAndResilience

#GrantSuccess #DisasterResilience #InfrastructureResilience #IHRR #DurhamUniversity #GlobalCollaboration

Postgraduate applications for 2026 entry are open! 🎓
Join Durham - the University of the Year 2026 - and make your mark.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#DurhamUniversity #TransformativeHumanities

Thank you to all the participants for these lovely cakes and biscuits, and for giving everyone a delicious break!
✨ Congratulations to Katie S., Joe B., and Kristijan R., for winning best taste, best look, and people's choice awards!

#BakeOff #DurhamUniversity #TeamBuilding

These appointments reinforce IHRR’s mission to understand hazards, reduce risk and build resilience through world-leading interdisciplinary research.
#IHRR #DurhamUniversity #Risk #Resilience #Research

#Antarctic #SouthersOcean #OceanCurrents #CircumpolarCurrent #OverturningCirculation #SeaIce #penguins #DurhamUniversity #COP30

#ICCI lecture: Basics on #Antarctica, and #climatechange consequences

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3jN...

#climate #ClimateScience #ClimateDisruption #ExtremeWeather

Talk: Algorithmic Exclusions: Humanitarian Ethics, Automation, and the Calculation of Vulnerability in Refugee Governance in Lebanon

✨ Explore how automation is reshaping humanitarian ethics, aid, and governance.

#DurhamUniversity #IHRR #Humanitarianism #AlgorithmicEthics #ResearchSeminar

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Picture by E. Richmond

Today is the first session of the Earth Sciences Wellbeing Pottery Workshop! A great way to engage in a calming, creative activity and socialise with colleagues in a relaxed setting! We can't wait to see the final beautiful creations of the researchers and students! 🌱☀️☕

#wellbeing #DurhamUniversity

Enjoyable experience last night at the Castle College Sunday Seminar Series. Presented a 15 minute overview on my topic and spent even longer answering some very insightful questions from colleagues. Can't help but notice how much I gesticulate while talking. #DurhamUniversity

Laura Riba, ExGal-Twin Project Manager at IAC, visited @durham.ac.uk last week to exchange best practices in project management. A productive visit that included a tour of the COSMA supercomputers. Thanks to all involved! #ExGalTwin #HorizonEurope #Durhamuniversity #REA

Great to see Mercury Prize awards in Newcastle after hosting fringe event at our Mark Hillery Music Studios #mercuryprize #durham #durhamuniversity

🌋 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 🌋
Join us for Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios with Professor Bruce D. Malamud, Director & Wilson Chair, IHRR.

📅 20 Oct 2025 | 🕐 1:15–2:30pm | 📍 TLC 117 / Teams
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/4p4f84nx

#IHRR #DurhamUniversity #NaturalHazards #RiskResearch

David Galloway Annual Education Lecture 2025

Thursday, 23 October 2025 at 14:00.

‘Solving the SEND Crisis’ by Helen Hayes, Member of Parliament.

For more information and to register, visit: durham.ac.uk/departments/...

#education #durhamuniversity #lecture #helenhayes #durham

💬 Discover how participation, dialogue, and dignity-based engagement drive real adaptation.

#DurhamUniversity #IHRR #Resilience #WaterManagement #RiskResearch #Geography #PublicEngagement