UCD News & Events

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December 2013	Posted
Materials from one of world’s largest folklore collections now available online	23 Dec 2013
UCD spin-out Logentries wins NovaUCD Innovation Award	20 Dec 2013
Poor health of Irish immigrants in England may be linked to childhood abuse, study claims	20 Dec 2013
UCD Today, The University Magazine: Dr Hugh Brady speaks of his term as President of UCD	20 Dec 2013
China makes unprecedented investment of €300m to establish new UCD international university campus	16 Dec 2013
New €150,000 Laureateship for Irish fiction	16 Dec 2013
UCD honours leaders in journalism, public service, business, law and medicine	13 Dec 2013
Minister Bruton launches €88 million SFI research centre, bringing new insights to Data Analytics	12 Dec 2013
€2 million ERC funding for UCD scientists to make drug synthesis safer and less expensive	10 Dec 2013
Minister Sherlock officially opens Systems Biology Ireland at UCD	10 Dec 2013
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School only Irish business school in Financial Times European Rankings	04 Dec 2013
UCD officially opens €25 million Law School named after Peter Sutherland	02 Dec 2013
UCD students win scholarships and awards from National University of Ireland	02 Dec 2013

November 2013	Posted
UCD Foundation Day honours for outstanding alumnus and UCD President	25 Nov 2013
Kinesis Health Technologies Wins Inaugural UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Award	25 Nov 2013
Irish-Florentine bronze sculpture representing harmony of the elements relocates to UCD	19 Nov 2013
Report: Consumer confidence highest since 2006	19 Nov 2013
UCD researchers develop low-cost crime scene evidence gatherer	19 Nov 2013
UCD Ulysses Medal for world-leading chemist	13 Nov 2013
UCD President delivers Menzies Oration on Higher Education at the University of Melbourne	06 Nov 2013

October 2013	Posted
10 years of successful innovation at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin	30 Oct 2013
FT ranks UCD Smurfit School Executive MBA in global top 100	21 Oct 2013
UCD O’Brien Centre for Science is quantum leap in scientific infrastructure	21 Oct 2013
Minister launches expert advisory group report on Early Years Strategy	14 Oct 2013
New encyclopaedia maps musical journey of the Irish nation	10 Oct 2013
Long-time partners, Inland Fisheries Ireland and UCD sign MOU	10 Oct 2013
Nominations open in UCD Governing Authority Staff Panel Elections	07 Oct 2013
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 - UCD climbs 26 places to 161	04 Sep 2013
UCD spin-out, Logentries raises $10m in largest funding round this year	01 Oct 2013

September 2013	Posted
VentureLaunch, UCD’s new accelerator programme begins	23 Sep 2013
Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly announces the appointment of Mr Thomas Lynch as Chairperson for Dublin East Hospital Group	27 Sep 2013
Taoiseach launches new UCD research institute to focus talent on energy systems integration	23 Sep 2013
UCD Ulysses Medal for Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly	16 Sep 2013
UCD Conway Institute, Ireland’s flagship biomedical institute celebrates 10 years of research excellence	13 Sep 2013
UCD awards honorary degrees during graduation week	12 Sep 2013

August 2013	Posted
New all-Ireland breast cancer research centre funded by Irish Cancer Society	30 Aug 2013
Kerry lake acted as Ice Age gene pool for fish	30 Aug 2013
UCD Professor elected President of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies	28 Aug 2013
Seamus Heaney reads from his translations at opening of International Society of Anglo-Saxonists Conference	28 Aug 2013
CAO Points rise for two-thirds of UCD courses	19 Aug 2013
Obesity and induction in Irish, first-time mothers linked with caesarean rates, says UCD/ESRI study	16 Aug 2013

July 2013	Posted
Change of mind outcome for first preferences: UCD first preferences approach 9,000	31 Jul 2013
UCD strengthens its foothold in China’s ‘Silicon Valley’	29 Jul 2013
Replica of 10,000 year old mesolithic dwelling built by UCD experimental archaeologists on campus	25 Jul 2013
UCD Smurfit School only Irish business school in two prestigious global rankings	24 Jul 2013
UCD Governing Authority announces appointment of Professor Andrew J Deeks as President elect	17 Jul 2013
Fulbright Awards for UCD scholars	16 Jul 2013
Taoiseach officially opens NexusUCD, the University's new industry partnership centre	11 Jul 2013
UCD Student Centre voted Ireland’s favourite new building	05 Jul 2013
First TEDxUCD event available to watch on YouTube	05 Jul 2013
New research uses ICT to explore ways to assist independent living for senior citizens and patients	03 Jul 2013

June 2013	Posted
UCD marks Bloomsday by awarding honorary degrees to Patrick Mason, Conor McPherson, Sinead Cusack, and Bob Crowley	17 Jun 2013
UCD and Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT) sign Memorandum of Understanding	17 Jun2013
Study: Mothers obesity following childbirth linked to socio-economic status	11 Jun 2013
Official Japanese Racing Laboratory licences Equinome Speed Gene test	11 Jun 2013
UCD medical and nursing students first to graduate in new robes	11 Jun 2013
Four UCD academics elected to Royal Irish Academy	05 Jun 2013

May 2013	Posted
37 researchers complete first UCD Commercialisation Bootcamp	29 May 2013
UCD mourns the death of George Moore, philanthropist and highly successful international businessman	24 May 2013
UCD academics provide specialist training programme for national judges in EU competition law	24 May 2013
Study: Ireland needs real-time database for teen and young adult suicides	22 May 2013
DAMC welcomes new Dublin East Hospital Group	14 May 2013
UCD honours world-leading philosopher, Professor John H. McDowell	10 May 2013
Ireland ranked 18th in Universitas 21 ranking of world's top higher education systems	10 May 2013
Commissioner calls on the humanities to play a part in innovation research	10 May 2013
Irish Government appoints UCD Vice-President for Innovation to National Competitiveness Council	03 May 2013
First class of innovation and entrepreneurship students graduate from the Innovation Academy	01 May 2013

April 2013	Posted
Five UCD students and graduates among nine Irish named in Lions Squad	30 Apr 2013
New hoods and robes for UCD graduations	24 Apr 2013
UCD students selected for Washington Ireland Programme 2013	23 Apr 2013
ICON and UCD announce the ICON Business Academy	19 Apr 2013
24% of adolescents binge drinking weekly by sixth year in secondary school	19 Apr 2013
Thousands volunteer for HIV test as part of new research at Dublin’s Mater Hospital	17 Apr 2013
Judge Judy honoured by University College Dublin Law Society	11 Apr 2013
Report into foster care and supported lodgings for separated asylum seeking young people in Ireland	11 Apr 2013
Noam Chomsky awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	03 Apr 2013

March 2013	Posted
Government investment in CeADAR to target data analytics sector	21 Mar 2013
UCD wins three of four Irish Colours Boat Races and takes Gannon Cup for sixth year in a row	19 Mar 2013
Beijing-Dublin International College officially opened by Minister for Education, Ruairi Quinn	19 Mar 2013
Three team trophies for UCD at Irish Swimming and Lifesaving Intervarsities	14 Mar 2013
UCD continues to attract the most CAO first preferences for university degrees	14 Mar 2013
UCD debating chamber named in honour of the late Dr Garret FitzGerald	07 Mar 2013
Minister for Education presents UCD International Student of the Year Award	04 Mar 2013
UCD retain Collingwood Cup with 1-0 victory	04 Mar 2013
More sunlight months during pregnancy (above 42 degrees north) gives newborns longer thighbones, study claims	04 Mar 2013

February 2013	Posted
Irish research takes a big step in “Big Data”	27 Feb 2013
Irish Government and industry partners invest €300million in seven world-class research centres	27 Feb 2013
Lack of trust in leaders and institutions requires new model of leadership, says Executive Director of UN Women	22 Feb 2013
UCD Professor appointed Chairman of Food Safety Authority of Ireland	20 Feb 2013
Clerical training fostered a predisposition to perpetrate child sexual abuse, study shows	17 Feb 2013
New national indoor women’s 800m record for UCD’s Ciara Everard	15 Feb 2013
UCD Professor appointed Chairman of Horse Sport Ireland	08 Feb 2013

January 2013	Posted
14 UCD researchers awarded Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigator Programme Funding	31 Jan 2013
UCD Smurfit School moves up in Financial Times Global MBA Rankings	30 Jan 2013
Professor Philip O’Connell appointed Director of UCD Geary Institute	30 Jan 2013
Fairies, both good and evil, in Irish traditional music and song	28 Jan 2013
UCD Professor honoured for contribution to folklore scholarship	25 Jan 2013
President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins highlights key issues on global fight against hunger	18 Jan 2013
Two recent UCD graduates shortlisted Irish Times Theatre Awards	17 Jan 2013
Mother's education trumps marriage or co-habitation when it comes to well-being of children, study shows	14 Jan 2013
UCD Professor appointed editor-in-chief of Quarterly Journal of Medicine	11 Jan 2013