DCU student wins Hamilton Award

Kevin Gough, Hamilton prize winner 2008

The Hamilton Prize in Mathematics celebrates the life and work of William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) – Ireland’s most prestigious mathematician. This annual prize of € 1000 is awarded to the best undergraduate mathematics student as nominated by their university in his or her penultimate year of study. It is sponsored by DePfa Bank.

Pictured above is Kevin Gough, student of Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, at Dublin City University, being congratulated on the receipt of his Hamilton Prize for 2008.