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

View the latest departmental research newsletter, issued September 2021.

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

Professor Karen O'Brien, our Vice-Chancellor, explores some of the opportunities on offer at the University this summer.

Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen O'Brien, explores how we're supporting students to make informed accommodation choices - plus news of upcoming events.

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.

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.

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

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

The commendable volunteering efforts of staff and students at Durham have been honoured at this year’s County Durham Together Awards.

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.

We are very excited to announce the launch of a new solar car, called ‘DUSC2023’, from our pioneering Durham University Solar Car Team.