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2006 Archive

December 2006	Posted
'Science at UCD' Information Evening	22 Dec 2006
NovaUCD-based BiancaMed secures €2.5 million investment	20 Dec 2006
€1.75m grant to investigate how plants react to global warming	19 Dec 2006
The origin of numerical weather prediction	18 Dec 2006
December 2006 edition of UCD Today now available online	15 Dec 2006
Rote learning improves memory in older adults, new research shows	12 Dec 2006
SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Awards for UCD researchers	07 Dec 2006
One in four prisoners back in jail within a year, UCD study shows	06 Dec 2006
Ireland's most famous Olympian, Ronnie Delany honoured by UCD	05 Dec 2006
Professor Pat Shannon elected to Governing Authority	01 Dec 2006
Student ambassadors tell all about life at UCD	01 Dec 2006

November 2006	Posted
UCD awards 97 sports scholarships to students from across Ireland	29 Nov 2006
FitFone wins NovaUCD 2006 entrepreneur award	28 Nov 2006
Two UCD academics receive gold medals from Royal Irish Academys'	27 Nov 2006
SFI/Dell Young Women in Engineering Scholarship Awards for UCD Students	27 Nov 2006
Scottish First Minister tours UCD Conway Institute on first official visit to Dublin	21 Nov 2006
Research potential grows with new IT Data Centre	16 Nov 2006
Three Professors contest Governing Authority by-election	16 Nov 2006
Alma Mater confers Denis O’Brien with honorary Doctor of Laws	15 Nov 2006
UCD win hard-fought victory over Wolfe Tones	13 Nov 2006
UCD at the forefront of change in Irish higher education, says Minister Hanafin	10 Nov 2006
UCD Triumphant in Dublin Senior Football Championship	07 Nov 2006
Nominations open for Governing Authority by-election	07 Nov 2006
First ever Cambridge Companion to living Irish playwright published	01 Nov 2006
IUA appoints new Chief Executive Officer	01 Nov 2006

October 2006	Posted
University College Dublin Launches International Architecture Competition for New Landmark Development at Belfield	31 Oct 2006
New range of anti-cancer drugs discovered by UCD researchers	31 Oct 2006
UCD Images of Research Awards and Exhibition	27 Oct 2006
Oxford and UCD collaborate to understand motion and acceleration in plasma jets	27 Oct 2006
The Lion and the Unicorn – Gladstone vs Disraeli	27 Oct 2006
The Future for Humanities and Social Sciences in 21st Century Ireland	23 Nov 2006
National Roads Authority and UCD Archaeologists conserve Viking weaponry find	23 Oct 2006
SpeedNetworking at UCD Quinn School	17 Oct 2006
UCD Smurfit School of Business moves up in world rankings of full-time MBA programmes	16 Oct 2006
Ireland to Chair European Human Rights Group	13 Oct 2006
Ireland joins European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network	12 Oct 2006
Irish Heart Foundation appoints UCD Professor as President	11 Oct 2006
World InterUniversity Games 2006	11 Oct 2006
Enterprise Ireland Award for UCD Professor	11 Oct 2006
Scientists to capture CO2 from exhausts before it reaches the atmosphere	10 Oct 2006
First professor of James Joyce Studies at UCD	04 Oct 2006
Expert calls for independent investigation into health effects of Chernobyl 4 Oct 2006	04 Oct 2006

September 2006	Posted
Chinese Vice-Premier officially opens UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland	26 Sept 2006
UCD Today, September 2006 edition	25 Sept 2006
Ryder Cup Team Captains honoured by UCD	20 Sept 2006
Veterinary scientists from Norway and Ireland pledge to join forces	19 Sept 2006
UCD Professor to chair European Food Safety Authority	15 Sept 2006
Chief Information and Technology Officer Appointment	15 Sept 2006
University Co-operation Accord Agreed	15 Sept 2006
Robert Fisk at UCD	14 Sept 2006
UCD is The Sunday Times University of the Year 2006	11 Sept 2006
Announcement re Monday 11th September	11 Sept 2006
Minister Mary Hanafin welcomes UCD’s new Diabetes Research Centre - UCD selects diabetes and diabetic disease as a core research theme	01 Sept 2006

August 2006	Posted
UCD Academic Promotions Announced	31 Aug 2006
Stomach cancer gene identified by UCD researchers	28 Aug 2006
UCD now invites all continuing students to begin to enrol online	15 Aug 2006
International reaccreditation for UCD engineering courses	24 Aug 2006
UCD Professor Joins International Benchmarking Review Panel	21 Aug 2006
UCD moves up in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities	16 Aug 2006
UCD graduates shine bright at European Athletics Championships	14 Aug 2006
UCD telescope captures early images of gamma-ray burst	14 Aug 2006
Cuddihy shows major progress at European Championships	11 Aug 2006
Lack of iodine in Irish women’s diets may affect unborn children, research says	03 Aug 2006
10 million year old fossilised frogs yield bone marrow	02 Aug 2006

July 2006	Posted
EPA awards UCD Urban Institute Ireland €1m to develop urban environment management model	31 July 2006
Over 90% of incubation space at NovaUCD occupied, one year ahead of schedule	26 July 2006
Double National Championships Victory for UCD Athlete	24 July 2006
UCD Campus Development Plan Public Open Days Feedback	21 July 2006
Minister announces €1.25m Sports Capital Fund award for Belfield Bowl	12 July 2006
Life’s work of Professor Michael Hayes honoured	12 July 2006
Chinese students graduate from UCD/Fudan University international software engineering degree programme	06 July 2006
New voice-recognition system for UCD	05 July 2006

June 2006	Posted
New online biotechnology system helps scientists engineer more environmentally friendly enzymes	30 June 2006
Oxford Glycan Sequencing Group moves to Dublin to kick-start NIBRT's ambitious research and training programmes	28 June 2006
UCD Campus Development Plan Public Open Days	20 June 2006
NovaUCD 2006 Innovation Award for developer of new technology which tackles heart and respiratory diseases	20 June 2006
UCD honours author, businessman, aid worker and nobel laureate	20 June 2006
UCD Carnival Day - A special time for staff, family and friends	20 June 2006
UCD bestows Ulysses Medal on author Edna O’Brien	16 June 2006
First woman to pilot NASA space shuttle honoured by UCD	14 June 2006
Nobel laureate in economics receives UCD Ulysses Medal and takes up appointment as UCD Professor of Science and Society	07 June 2006
Denial and concealment of pregnancy still exists in Irish society today, research says	06 June 2006
UCD confers honorary Doctor of Laws on Rwandan humanitarian, Paul Rusesabagina	02 June 2006

May 2006	Posted
UCD report calls for repositioning of Irish Archaeology by 2020 to address critical issues	31 May 2006
UCD Budweiser Sports Achievement Awards 2006	26 May 2006
UCD Professor of Computer Science shortlisted for Ernst & Young 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year®	25 May 2006
Australian Prime Minister, John Howard attends Q&A session in UCD	22 May 2006
NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme 2006 offers support to 12 small business enterprises	19 May 2006
UCD postgraduate student triumphs at national ‘science speak’ competition	16 May 2006
UCD Ulysses Medal awarded to global philanthropist	15 May 2006
University College Dublin and Tec De Monterrey join Universitas 21	12 May 2006
Minister Cowen launches strategic alliance between UCD and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland	12 May 2006
Students with intellectual disabilities learn to fully participate as Irish citizens	12 May 2006
UCD receives Wellcome Trust award to explore the history of medicine in Ireland	10 May 2006
Computer scientists arrive at the origins of humankind	10 May 2006
Teagasc awards 30 postgraduate fellowships to UCD researchers	09 May 2006
UCD Egalitarian World Initiative secures Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Programme award	08 May 2006
CSCB awards €960,000 in PhD studentships to UCD researchers	05 May 2006
Minister Martin launches report on Irish entrepreneurship	04 May 2006
Irish Consortium Delivers on Fluke	03 May 2006

April 2006	Posted
Six student media awards for UCD	27 April 2006
Advanced Paramedics Reach New Heights	27 April 2006
Do robots dream of scoring trys?	21 April 2006
Maths and the world around us	21 April 2006
UCD CSCB Researchers on the trail of potential chemotherapy agent for renal cell cancer	18 April 2006
Talks 'by students, for students' prove successful at UCD Open Days	18 April 2006
Blackboards without chalk – UCD Quinn School of Business students go back to the future	12 April 2006
New technology will improve the pace of translational research in Ireland	12 April 2006
Internships offer UCD students invaluable access to industry experience	11 April 2006
UCD research team develops new model to allow the study of a fatal form of leukemia	10 April 2006
Diageo announces €1.5 million sponsorship to UCD Geary Institute for major study into drinking behaviour	10 April 2006
The drama in Cork and the talk in Berlin: UCD student societies’ recent wins	10 April 2006
GPs and public health doctors encouraged to check for Hep C	07 April 2006
UCD Quinn School of Business Students Win Merrill Lynch European Case Study Challenge	07 April 2006
We’d like to be part of your future plans... explore our thematic areas	06 April 2006
UCD installs largest ever real-time locator system in Ireland to support research into pervasive computing	05 April 2006
Irish patients play their part in the human genome project - Tanaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Ms Mary Harney TD officially opens UCD-Mater Genome Resource Unit	04 April 2006

March 2006	Posted
UCD archaeology student wins international award for research on human settlements	31 Mar 2006
March edition of UCD Today now available	29 Mar 2006
Royal Irish Academy honours UCD academics for significant contributions to research	24 Mar 2006
Mr Eamon Drea appointed UCD Vice-President for Staff	24 Mar 2006
April 1 2006 - Flann O’Brien: An academic conference marking the fortieth anniversary of his death	23 Mar 2006
UCD Ladies Hockey Win Leinster Cup Final	21 Mar 2006
Ivy League university bestows preferred status on UCD postdoctoral fellows in recent international recruitment drive	20 Mar 2006
Neil A. Porter	16 Mar 2006
Congratulations to Derval O’Rourke – World Indoor Champion in 60m hurdles	14 Mar 2006
UCD Spin-off ChangingWorlds' Wins DHL Exporter of the Year Award	14 Mar 2006
UCD wins award for leadership in disability studies	14 Mar 2006
New hope for Tsunami fishermen in Sri Lanka	14 Mar 2006
AccesScience ’06 Unravels Scientific Research	09 Mar 2006
UCD CAO first preferences up by 10.42%.	07 Mar 2006
Irish women are more likely to die of cancer than their European counterparts, says new report by Women’s Health Council.	07 Mar 2006
Excavation findings from 3500 BC passage tomb at the Mound of the Hostages, Tara published.	03 Mar 2006
UCD Newman Scholars celebrate continuing success,	02 Mar 2006

February 2006	Posted
Nature teaches computers how to solve real-world problems.	27 Feb 2006
Avian Influenza A (H5N1) "Bird Flu" - Frequently Asked Questions.	27 Feb 2006
Training bugs to eat plastic… Scientists team up to convert polystyrene into a biodegradable plastic.	27 Feb 2006
March 10, 2006 - UCD Choral Scholars host vocal ensemble from Yale University	23 Feb 2006
March 1, 2006 - Guest Lecture - Gabrielle Alioth	22 Feb 2006
UCD research team to create beverage for more active later life	22 Feb 2006
UCD experts to advise Minister for Agriculture on Avian Flu control measures	17 Feb 2006
March 15 - 16, 2006 - UCD’s Annual March Open Days	17 Feb 2006
UCD Zoology Graduate Appointed CEO Designate of Natural England	16 Feb 2006
March 2006 - NovaUCD seeking applications for its Campus Company Development Programme	16 Feb 2006
February 16, 2006 - Technical workshop on Independent Film Making and Sound Design for Film.	15 Feb 2006
UCD Mechanical Engineering Graduate wins worldwide Motorola Innovation Competition with ‘Mood Phone'	13 Feb 2006
UCD Sinfonia at the National Concert Hall	13 Feb 2006
Professor Declan Kiberd Appointed to Abbey Theatre Board	09 Feb 2006
2006 - Ireland Canada University Foundation Research Scholarships	08 Feb 2006
Excavation findings from 3500 BC passage tomb at the Mound of the Hostages, Tara published.	03 Mar 2006
Taoiseach opens UCD Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology building. €26m is largest single investment in chemistry research by Irish Government	03 Feb 2006

January 2006	Posted
UCD Smurfit School of Business maintains its presence in Financial Times global MBA rankings	31 Jan 2006
2006 - UCD Celebrates the 250th birthday ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Such people come into the world only once in a 100 years" – Mozart in the 21st Century	31 Jan 2006
Double top award for PhD student in UCD School of Geological Sciences	31 Jan 2006
Classical Guitarist David Creevy in a special tribute concert: Tribute to Andres Segovia, 7:00pm, Astra Hall, UCD	31 Jan 2006
Award-winning physicist to give lecture at UCD entitled ‘The Secret Order of the Cuprates'	27 Jan 2006
UCD Researchers Seek New Dinosaur Fossils in Kazakhstan	27 Jan 2006
UCD School of Business lecturer and former Newman Scholar, Dr Séamas Kelly wins ‘Best Paper Award’ at International Conference on Information Systems	24 Jan 2006
Students of Equality for Older People Awarded UCD Certificates	20 Jan 2006
Jan 23, 2006 - UCD Quinn School of Business Open Evening	20 Jan 2006
Chomsky at UCD	13 Jan 2006
May 05-06, 2006 - Conference - 'Bare bones of a fanlight': Georgian Dublin	13 Jan 2006
Bank of Ireland sponsors UCD Quinn School of Business “Community Engagement Awards”	09 Jan 2006
Dr Ian O’Donnell appointed Director of UCD Institute of Criminology	09 Jan 2006