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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 23 January, 2026

A new, global study led by Queen’s University Belfast reveals that tropical amphibians have evolved resistance to the most lethal wildlife pathogen recorded to date.

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MARINE BIOLOGY | 22 January, 2026

A new seagrass meadow has been discovered at Strangford Lough by a PhD student from the School of Biological Sciences.

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BELFAST REGION CITY DEAL | 20 January, 2026

Queen’s University along with government, civic, academic, and industry representatives today cut the sod at Belfast’s Titanic Quarter to mark the start of construction on the expanded Momentum One Zero innovation centre.

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UNIVERSITY NEWS | 16 January, 2026

Queen’s University is partnering with Techstars, one of the world’s largest mentoring and funding networks, and Belfast-based Ormeau Labs, to support the growth of high potential, early-stage companies across Northern Ireland.

RESEARCH | 19 January, 2026

Administrative Data Research NI (ADR NI) has secured over £26 million to continue its vital, ground-breaking work until 2031 using linked, administrative data to inform policy and practice and improve the lives of people in Northern Ireland.

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RECOGNITION | 19 January, 2026

A leading Queen’s historian has been elected President of the International Federation for Public History.

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ARTS & CULTURE | 15 January, 2026

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s has announced the appointment of Marcella L.A. Prince as its new Publishing Fellow, and Emma Devlin and Matthew Rice as the Ciaran Carson Writing and the City Fellows for 2026.

HEALTH | 15 January, 2026

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast are playing important roles in Ireland’s first all-island mental health research initiative which has been set up to help combat mental ill health in a more coordinated way across Ireland.

UNIVERSITY NEWS | 14 January, 2026

Queen’s University Belfast has been listed as a participant for the Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education: USA Exchange 2026. The flagship programme will bring eight UK universities to Washington DC to advance transatlantic academic collaboration.

8 January, 2026

A County Wicklow hillfort has been declared the largest, nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain by researchers at Queen’s.

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SOCIETY | 7 January, 2026

Queen’s is part of a new consortium, Evidence Exchange, which will enable civil and public servants to learn from and connect with research organisations across the UK.

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ARTS & SOCIETY | 5 January, 2026

An academic from Queen’s University Belfast has launched an immersive virtual reality (VR) drama titled ‘The Afters’, designed to educate young people about the importance of sexual consent.