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December 2010	Posted
UCD honorary degrees for Maureen Toal and Brendan Halligan	14 Dec 2010
RTÉ donates cultural documents to UCD Archives	14 Dec 2010
IMAGE Businesswoman Award for UCD researcher	07 Dec 2010
Sewage water bacteria helps fill ‘missing link’ in early evolution	06 Dec 2010

November 2010	Posted
Tánaiste launches new academic alliance between NCAD and UCD	30 Nov 2010
World-leading Mezzo-Soprano, Cecilia Bartoli honoured by UCD	30 Nov 2010
RIA Gold Medal for UCD Professor	25 Nov 2010
Stembridge and Dungan reminisce about 1970s Belfield	25 Nov 2010
Visa Europe and UCD join forces to tackle cybercrime	23 Nov 2010
The Innovation Academy officially opens its doors	22 Nov 2010
Sporting double for UCD	22 Nov 2010
Software company, JLizard scoops NovaUCD 2010 Start-Up Award	19 Nov 2010
Veutility at UCD wins Globe Forum Innovators’ Challenge	19 Nov 2010
UN Special Representative: Sexual violence is a tactic in conflict	17 Nov 2010
How genes contribute to athletic performance in Thoroughbred horses	12 Nov 2010
‘Russian doll’ layering of Irish State agencies affects performance assessment	12 Nov 2010
Visitors claim victory in rugby centenary challenge	10 Nov 2010
Over 10,000 older people mistreated or neglected, study finds	09 Nov 2010
Solar-powered blood pressure monitor may help reduce heart disease rates in poorer countries	09 Nov 2010
UCD alumnus, Dr Eddie O’Connor, CEO, Mainstream Renewable Power, awarded UCD Foundation Day Medal	08 Nov 2010
History of bird life on earth slashed by 25 million years	05 Nov 2010
10,000 trees between the Grand and Royal Canals in Dublin, survey shows	03 Nov 2010

October 2010	Posted
€1 million investment for web search start-up: HeyStaks	28 Oct 2010
Global elite ranking for UCD Smurfit School MBA	28 Oct 2010
President of Ireland: Universities key to re-imagining Irish Society	20 Oct 2010
Scientists capture first direct images of theoretically predicted magnetic monopoles	19 Oct 2010
Laws against strikes need rethinking, says judge	19 Oct 2010
UCD image archive of Dublin’s architecture takes pride of place in global digital library	12 Oct 2010
UCD Professor elected President of the American Society for Information Science and Technology	12 Oct 2010
President Bill Clinton awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	01 Oct 2010
ESA space satellite results presented at UCD hosted conference	01 Oct 2010

September 2010	Posted
Irish and Chinese governments to co-finance new building for UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland	28 Sep 2010
Increase in suicide bombing likely as more militant groups adopt tactic, research shows	21 Sep 2010
NovaUCD 2010 Innovation Award for UCD Geology Research Group	21 Sep 2010
UCD Academic Council introduces bonus points for maths for 4 year trial	17 Sep 2010
Man Booker Prize Shortlist for UCD English Graduate	16 Sep 2010
Ireland's next generation sports stars begin the UCD Elite Athlete Academy	15 Sep 2010
Irish person’s genetic code sequenced for first time	09 Sep 2010
50 graduates to be placed in export-led Irish companies to drive growth	07 Sep 2010
Shorter life expectancy and higher suicide rates among Travellers, study shows	03 Sep 2010
UCD scientists and Weedle awarded €200,000 to define future of search and connect technology	02 Sep 2010

August 2010	Posted
Points increase in 56 entry routes to UCD degrees	23 Aug 2010
Horse industry responds to welfare issues raised by UCD report	20 Aug 2010
“Please talk” suicide prevention initiative to reach 250,000 college students throughout Ireland	05 Aug 2010
UCD scientists No 1 Hot Paper in Nature Medicine	05 Aug 2010
UCD Smurfit School and the Marketing Institute of Ireland launch Consumer Market Monitor Q2 2010 results	05 Aug 2010

July 2010	Posted
High percentage of pregnant women overweight and obese, research finds	30 July 2010
UCD leads €9 million EU funded research into personalised nutrition	29 July 2010
Minister announces 80 new highly skilled green tech jobs	27 July 2010
UCD President’s address to the 2010 MacGill Summer School, “The Inconvenient Truth”	22 July 2010
UCD secures major funding under PRLTI 5 to boost innovation	16 July 2010
UCD scientist wins European Young Researcher Award at Euroscience 2010	13 July 2010
UCD rowers claim Prince Albert Cup at Henley Royal Regatta	05 July 2010
Dublin-born poet named Ireland Professor of Poetry	05 July 2010
R&D consortium to develop next generation solar technology to cover the surface of electric vehicles	02 July 2010
President McAleese: Social work a ‘noble profession’ that can change lives	02 July 2010
Collaborative networks essential to drive innovation in Ireland	02 July 2010

June 2010	Posted
10 of 22 Fulbright Awards for UCD graduates and staff	28 June 2010
UCD Professor elected President of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering	28 June 2010
Governments face ‘significant challenges’ in future approaches to regulation, says Minister	22 June 2010
UCD awards Ulysses Medal and Honorary Degrees on Bloomsday	17 June 2010
EU awards €18 million for cancer research at UCD	17 June 2010
Irish Researchers Discover New Autism Genes as Part of Major International Research Project	10 June 2010
Forests more prone to wildfires as climate heats up	03 June 2010
Leading Irish performers on the nature of performance	03 June 2010
Royal Irish Academy honours UCD scientists and scholars	03 June 2010
Fossils discovery fills 30-million-year gap in evolution of early life	01 June 2010
€500,000 donation provides Masters opportunities at UCD Smurfit School	01 June 2010

May 2010	Posted
95 million year old jaw bones from Sahara help scientists identify new pterodactyl	27 May 2010
Mary Kate O’Kelly – Taking education out of the attic to the national stage	26 May 2010
Shared history important in commemorations in Northern Ireland and the Republic, says Taoiseach	20 May 2010
Frank McGuinness: Honoured by Irish University Review and nominated for BAFTA	18 May 2010
Prehistoric birds were poor flyers, research shows	18 May 2010
Stanford President first International Advisor to TCD-UCD Innovation Alliance	13 May 2010
UCD graduate short-listed for best political science thesis in EU	07 May 2010
NovaUCD client companies create 30 jobs since start of year	06 May 2010
€8 million for UCD researchers under SFI Principal Investigator Programme	04 May 2010
GE Healthcare partners up with TRIL and invests $3 million	04 May 2010
UCD Business Alumni of the Year 2010	04 May 2010

April 2010	Posted
UCD scholars perform with EU Chamber Orchestra	31 Apr 2010
Natasha McShane Collection	29 Apr 2010
Graduation day for Irish international rugby player	27 Apr 2010
25% of fish products labeled and sold as cod and haddock are from different species, research shows	23 Apr 2010
UCD student journalist wins Editor of the Year in Oxygen.ie National Student Media Awards	22 Apr 2010
Forming Global Minds: UCD launches strategic plan to 2014	21 Apr 2010
UCD Historian, Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, shortlisted for Irish Book of the Decade for Judging Dev - Cast your vote now	19 Apr 2010
Minister officially opens new extension to childcare facilities at UCD	16 Apr 2010
Leading academic to deliver master class in phenomenology for Asian scholars	15 Apr 2010
UCD announces London 2012 Pre-Olympic Training Campus in the company of Irish Olympians	15 Apr 2010
Global Schoolroom delivers UCD teaching diplomas in India	14 Apr 2010
Website showcases teaching and learning developments and supports at UCD	14 Apr 2010
BT Young Scientist winners attend UCD to help turn their ideas into commercial opportunities	09 Apr 2010

March 2010	Posted
UCD Students' Union President elected chief of USI	31 Mar 2010
Corporate entrepreneurship is key to making innovation happen, says leading expert	29 Mar 2010
Skyware Global and UCD team up to provide opportunities for engineering graduates	26 Mar 2010
Leading philosopher and theologian honoured by UCD	25 Mar 2010
Professor Pat Guiry and Ms Thomond Coogan elected to UCD Governing Authority	22 Mar 2010
Disney and Irish scientists join forces on sports visualisation project	18 Mar 2010
Ireland-Vietnam Blood-borne Virus Initiative	17 Mar 2010
Innovation Alliance Announces Innovation Bursaries and Roll Out of Innovation Academy Graduate Programme	12 Mar 2010
Timor-Leste’s Ramos-Horta receives honorary doctorate from UCD	09 Mar 2010
UCD increases CAO first preferences by 5%	08 Mar 2010
Managing an Unstable Housing Market	05 Mar 2010

February 2010	Posted
Two Professors nominated for Governing Authority by-election	18 Feb 2010
Scientists unpick genetic code of extinct giant cattle	22 Feb 2010
Two Professors nominated for Governing Authority by-election	18 Feb 2010
UCD favourite for EU centre of excellence in fight against cybercrime	16 Feb 2010
Invention disclosures up 60% at UCD	15 Feb 2010
French National Order of Merit for UCD professor	11 Feb 2010
Charles Institute moves ahead on research into skin disease at UCD	10 Feb 2010
Financial Times ranks UCD Smurfit School MBA among world’s best	09 Feb 2010
Spring edition of university magazine, UCD Today now online	08 Feb 2010
Most authoritative biographical reference work ever produced in Ireland catalogues the lives of remarkable Irish men and women	02 Feb 2010
Nominations open in two by-elections to Governing Authority	02 Feb 2010

January 2010	Posted
White coats symbolise medical students' advance to clinical training	28 Jan 2010
Dinosaur feather colours and markings identified for first time	28 Jan 2010
Walter Kolch appointed Director of UCD Conway Institute	26 Jan 2010
Podcast explores Joyce's Dublin in 'The Dead’, the final story in his 1914 collection Dubliners	25 Jan 2010
UCD Spin out company launches genetic test for ‘speed gene’ in thoroughbred horses	21 Jan 2010
UCD Professor is first from Ireland or UK to be elected to German Academy of Science and Engineering	15 Jan 2010
Therapy for temporary tinnitus forms sound basis for company	14 Jan 2010
Trees in city carbon emissions test	13 Jan 2010
Education policy choices in an economic downturn	12 Jan 2010