UCD News & Events

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December 2011	Posted
Landmark agreement heralds Beijing-Dublin International campus	19 Dec 2011
RIA Gold Medal for UCD engineer	16 Dec 2011
Family structure in Ireland moving beyond the traditional model, study shows	14 Dec 2011
Physicists focus in on Higgs boson – the so called ‘God particle’	14 Dec 2011
Born with no eyes: scientists identify genetic cause	13 Dec 2011
University College Dublin and Elan announce initiative to create leadership in biotechnology	12 Dec 2011
UCD honorary degrees for Joseph O’Connor, Andrea Camilleri, Mary Gordon, and Olivia O’Leary	06 Dec 2011
Study presents strong business case for revival of Irish Sugar Industry	06 Dec 2011

November 2011	Posted
Pharmaceutical research and technology company, APC wins NovaUCD 2011 Start-Up Award	28 Nov 2011
UCD-Teagasc partnership to enhance agricultural research, education and innovation	28 Nov 2011
High sugar diet of mums-to-be linked to larger babies and childhood obesity	22 Nov 2011
Irish technology to keep astronauts fit and healthy in space	21 Nov 2011
UCD campus redevelopment supported by European Investment Bank	18 Nov 2011
Biosensia, a spin-in company based at NovaUCD, secures €1.2 million investment	18 Nov 2011
Ancient fossils reveal moth’s true colors	17 Nov 2011
Christopher Lee honoured by UCD Law Society	09 Nov 2011
UCD Foundation Day Medal for Grammy Award winner, Bill Whelan	07 Nov 2011
Actress, Sinead Cusack in conversation with playwright, Frank McGuinness	04 Nov 2011
Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church - views from within the Irish clergy	04 Nov 2011

October 2011	Posted
Washing machines deposit microplastic around world’s shorelines	24 Oct 2011
New PhD programme supports Ireland’s knowledge economy	19 Oct 2011
Wood shares rugby insights with students of the game	13 Oct 2011
Crab pulsar beams most energetic gamma rays ever detected from a pulsar	10 Oct 2011
UCD celebrates 100 years since the birth of alumnus Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien	06 Oct 2011
The Life of Heydrich, Hitler’s hangman, from middle-class youth to rapacious murderer	04 Oct 2011
Traveller infant mortality still higher than the general population	03 Oct 2011

September 2011	Posted
Irish presidential election candidates attend UCD student debate	29 Sep 2011
UCD Ulysses Medal for Nobel Prize-winning Australian scientist	26 Sep 2011
Beijing Mayor visits UCD	23 Sep 2011
One ceiling, over 2,000 names – celebrating UCD architecture	20 Sep 2011
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: UCD and Dublin's winning squad	20 Sep 2011
UCD honours Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win Nobel Peace Prize	19 Sep 2011
Taoiseach opens first phase of €300 million UCD Science Centre	19 Sep 2011
President to new graduates: Be part of the future of this great university and ambassadors for Ireland	02 Sep 2011
13 UCD projects funded under SFI Research Frontiers Programme	01 Sep 2011

August 2011	Posted
Rise in points at UCD follows economic trend	22 Aug 2011
Rwanda does not intend to live on aid forever	22 Aug 2011
University Libraries and the National Library of Ireland Join Forces in a New Collaborative Storage Facility in Bid to Conserve Ireland's Library Collections	22 Aug 2011
UCD launches major medicine and biotechnology initiative in the heart of China's 'Silicon Valley'	16 Aug 2011
Cybercrime focus of first joint INTERPOL and academia training programme	05 Aug 2011
UCD scholarship student crowned South of Ireland Amateur Open Champion	02 Aug 2011
UCD in Merrion Street: The Building of the State	02 Aug 2011

July 2011	Posted
Strong Ireland-China relations essential for economic recovery and growth	27 July 2011
UCD academic shortlisted for leading UK Poetry Prize	26 July 2011
Equinome launches elite performance test for racehorses	22 July 2011
UCD Boat Club win Senior Men's and Women's National Rowing Championships	19 July 2011
Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows	19 July 2011
Cod Mislabelling Four Times More Prevalent in Ireland than UK, study shows	18 July 2011
RIAI sustainability award for UCD student residences	14 July 2011
Sweet dreams: US sleep therapy group ResMed buys UCD start-up BiancaMed	07 July 2011
Mums-to-be need more vitamin D, say experts	06 July 2011
Cancer researcher receives NovaUCD 2011 Innovation Award	05 July 2011
Final space shuttle mission by NASA - the Irish connection	01 July 2011

June 2011	Posted
MuteButton to grow staff to 20 following €200,000 investment	29 June 2011
Three in four women below recommended exercise levels during pregnancy, research shows	23 June 2011
Independent reviewers commend UCD’s visionary approach to education	21 June 2011
UCD honours Ireland Chairs of Poetry among Bloomsday conferrings and awards Ulysses Medal to Seamus Heaney	20 June 2011
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Principal Investigator Awards for UCD scientists	17 June 2011
Fulbright Awards for UCD scholars	15 June 2011
UCD honours access and lifelong learning achievement and dedication	13 June 2011
Minister opens €57 million facility to support biopharmaceutical industry	10 June 2011
Drugs being developed to tackle CJD could also help block Alzheimer's, research shows	08 June 2011
Stained glass window commemorating Kevin Barry relocated to UCD Belfield	07 June 2011
Minister for Justice: UCD centre to spearhead EU cybercrime fighting network	01 June 2011
UCD professors elected to Royal Irish Academy	01 June 2011

May 2011	Posted
Summer edition of univeristy magazine, UCD Today	30 May 2011
Greater North South economic collaboration may accelerate recovery	30 May 2011
Leinster Rugby forges ‘High Performance Partnership’ with University College Dublin	25 May 2011
Strong commercialisation results at UCD	23 May 2011
UCD mourns the death of Garret FitzGerald, one of Ireland's most significant statesmen and intellectuals	18 May 2011
International team to investigate second-line HIV therapy in Africa	17 May 2011
EU grant for Nobel prize-winner puts Ireland at vanguard of health inequalities research	16 May 2011
HEA Chairman: Higher education system must prioritise pursuit of excellence	13 May 2011
UCD Governing Authority appoints Professor Mark Rogers as Acting Registrar/Deputy President	10 May 2011
McGuinness awarded UK Classics Association Prize	10 May 2011
Success on all levels for UCD GAA	05 May 2011

April 2011	Posted
Tail hair tells tale of cattle’s diet – Scientists trace grassland production	27 Apr 2011
Scientists identify natural defence cells that impede chemotherapy treatment	26 Apr 2011
UCD researcher awarded 2011 Globe Sustainability Award	20 Apr 2011
UCD economist awarded Barrington Medal for insights into financial costs of terrorism	13 Apr 2011
Citizens invited to help renew trust in Irish public life	13 Apr 2011
One in four Irish men now obese, study shows	01 Apr 2011
Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists	01 Apr 2011

March 2011	Posted
Ireland rugby coach, Kidney honoured by UCD Law Society	31 Mar 2011
Drama awards and TV choir competition success for UCD students	22 Mar 2011
Major expansion of UCD and RCSI medical education programmes in Malaysia	22 Mar 2011
UCD retains Gannon Cup for fourth year as College secures clean sweep in rowing colours - Rowing colours go green	18 Mar 2011
Recession: firms try to cut costs and preserve staff morale	10 Mar 2011
Global network formed in response to resurgence of deadly viruses	09 Mar 2011
National award for UCD community education initiative	07 Mar 2011
UCC victorious over UUJ in centenary Sigerson final	07 Mar 2011
Naturally enriched mushrooms a target for increasing vitamin D	03 Mar 2011
BT Business of Science and Technology Programme begins at NovaUCD	03 Mar 2011

February 2011	Posted
2011 General Election: Today's politics makes tomorrow's history	24 Feb 2011
Shared memories from 'bands of brothers'	23 Feb 2011
Irish medieval fishing site will be 'lost to the tide'	18 Feb 2011
Dr Philip Nolan appointed President of NUI Maynooth	16 Feb 2011
Star of the Damned United and the Queen receives L&H Society James Joyce Award	15 Feb 2011
UCD receives first Wellcome Trust funding for Irish based PhD Programme	10 Feb 2011
Rare native bat 'missing' in Ireland since 2003, study shows	08 Feb 2011
UCD players join Under-20s Six Nations squad	04 Feb 2011
UCD Smurfit School moves up Financial Times MBA rankings	02 Feb 2011

January 2011	Posted
UCD Marian snatch historic victory in Men’s SuperLeague National Cup	31 Jan 2011
UCD medical students “robed” with their white coats	31 Jan 2011
Scientists unearth tiny ‘one fingered’ dinosaur in China	25 Jan 2011
Business Award for UCD scientist and entrepreneur	24 Jan 2011
UCD scientists receives President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA)	20 Jan 2011
Online social media key to communicating food risks & benefits to consumers	18 Jan 2011
Hot search start-up, HeyStaks opens to the public	17 Jan 2011
New processed cheese with 60% less salt could improve diets	05 Jan 2011
Mothers who use alternative medicine less likely to immunise children	05 Jan 2011