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Prestigious Award for Wolfson Fellow Professor Jonathan Steed

Professor Jonathan Steed, Wolfson Fellow and Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

DSES Research Newsletter Issue 6

View the latest departmental research newsletter, issued September 2021.

Dr Kelly Jakubowski receives Early Career Award

Congratulations to Dr Kelly Jakubowski who received an Early Career Award from the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC).
Academic receiving an award

A summer of opportunities

Professor Karen O'Brien, our Vice-Chancellor, explores some of the opportunities on offer at the University this summer.
Professor Karen O'Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, stood smiling with arms folded, in front of bookshelves

Ensuring a student housing market that works for everyone

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O'Brien, explores how we're supporting students to make informed accommodation choices - plus news of upcoming events.
Professor Karen O'Brien, Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University, stood smiling with arms folded, in front of bookshelves

Durham leads Teesside Academic Cluster as part of new Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre

The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has today, Monday, 24 May, received £20m from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Research and Innovation Centre as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programme to decarbonise the industrial sector. Durham Energy Institute researchers are involved in three of the projects funded for the first phase of IDRIC activity.
A thermal power plant in Latvia at night

IMH Welcomes New NNMHR ECR Development Lead, Dr James Rákóczi

Following on from the successful work of Dr Christy Slobogin, the Northern Network for Medical Humanities (NNMHR) and Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) welcomes Dr James Rákóczi to the role of Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Development Lead. IMH thanks Christy for all her efforts and wishes James the best of luck in this new endeavour.
Dr James Rákóczi

Narrative & Cognition Lab Events Programme, Jan–June 2024

Announcing the events line-up for the Narrative and Cognition Lab.
Narrative Cognition

The Gobeshona Global Conference 4

Co-organized by ICCCAD, IUB and IHRR, Durham University 1st to 8th March 2024
Climate

Durham named ‘Business of the Year’ at County Durham Together Awards

The commendable volunteering efforts of staff and students at Durham have been honoured at this year’s County Durham Together Awards.
Katie Binks, Volunteering and Community Partnership Senior Manager, Quentin Sloper, Director of Student Enrichment Directorate and Stacy Porter Staff Volunteering Coordinator, are pictured at the awards ceremony

Peter Higgs’ famous particle discovery is now at the heart of strategies to unlock the secrets of the universe

Described as a "giant of particle physics", Peter Wade Higgs sadly died earlier this month. Dr Martin Bauer from our Physics department explains how Peter’s ground-breaking work means his legacy will live on.
Peter Higgs in a gown in 2013 on the day he received his honorary degree

International Women’s Day 2025 in the Music Department

Durham University Department of Music marks International Women’s Day 2025 with a special concert. We present the Music Department Showcase: Pop, Rock & Jazz Special on Friday 7 March 2025 at 6:45pm.
woman singing