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Watch the Hamilton Lecture 2022
Friday, 10 March 2023If you missed the 2022 annual Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture given by Professor Avi Wigderson, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton you can watch it now. Professor Wigderson spoke about 'Cryptography: secrets...

9 students awarded the 2022 Hamilton Prize for Mathematics
Tuesday, 28 February 2023Today, the prestigious undergraduate Hamilton Prize was awarded to the top 9 mathematical students on the Island of Ireland, at a ceremony in the Royal Irish Academy.

RIA celebration of ‘Ireland greatest scientist’ discussed on podcast
Tuesday, 11 October 2022Dr Mary Canning, President of the Royal Irish Academy features on the latest Ibec Voices podcast episode to discuss the upcoming 2022 RIA Hamilton Day celebrations.

Calling all winners of the RIA Hamilton Prize
Tuesday, 5 July 2022We want to hear from winners of the RIA Hamilton Prize for Mathematics since 2002

Hamilton Day 2021 Review
Wednesday, 20 October 2021Caroline Series, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, delivered the Royal Irish Academy's 2021 Hamilton Lecture on the topic 'Glimpses into Hyperbolic Geometry'.

Top nine final year maths students get Hamilton Prize
Wednesday, 20 October 2021Sponsors Ibec see developing STEM talent as a key role in safeguarding Ireland’s economic future.

Hamilton Day 2020 Review
Friday, 23 October 2020Professor Terence Tao, UCLA, delivered the Royal Irish Academy's 2020 Hamilton Lecture on the topic ‘The Cosmic Distance Ladder’

Top nine final year math’s students get Hamilton Prize
Friday, 16 October 2020Sponsors Ibec see developing STEM talent as a key role in safeguarding Ireland’s economic future.

Hamilton Day 2019 Review
Wednesday, 23 October 2019On the 16 October each year, a day of celebrations is held to commemorate famed Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton's quaternion algebra 'Eureka moment' in 1843.

Emerging artist commemorates Hamilton's graffiti
Wednesday, 16 October 2019Today at Broombridge Luas stop Minister Paschal Donohoe TD launched an artwork by emerging artist Emma Ray that celebrates a 176 year old act of graffiti.