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William C. Campbell

Campbell Returns to Ireland for Dublin Lecture

By Olivia O'Mahoney
April / May 2018

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Distinguished parasitologist, Nobel prize winner, and 2017 Irish America Hall of Fame inductee Dr. William Campbell delivered an academic discourse at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin in November. Campbell, who was in Ireland to receive the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, was born in 1930 in Ramelton, County Donegal, and has held honorary membership of the Royal … [Read more...] about Campbell Returns to Ireland for Dublin Lecture

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The Best of the Irish Diaspora Honored in Dublin


By Irish America Staff
December 1, 2017

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Ten members of the global Irish diaspora, including Irish America’s own editor-in-chief Patricia Harty, received Ireland’s top honor for civilians living abroad for service to the Republic of Ireland. The ceremony, held November 30 at Áras an Uachraráin, the official residence of the president of Ireland. In addition to Patricia Harty, three other U.S. residents received the … [Read more...] about Weekly Comment:
The Best of the Irish Diaspora Honored in Dublin

Irish Scientist Wins Nobel Prize

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
December / January 2016

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Irish scientist William C. Campbell, a researcher at Drew University in New Jersey, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Satoshi Ōmura and Tu Youyou. Campbell, from Donegal, is the second ever Irish-born scientist to win the Nobel Prize (after Ernest Walton in 1951). The 2015 prize winners all made discoveries that are being used to … [Read more...] about Irish Scientist Wins Nobel Prize