UCD News & Events

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December News	Posted
Neuromod Devices to create 50 jobs as company launches new treatment device for Tinnitus	23 Dec 2014
UCD Ulysses Medal for world-leading MIT chemist	17 Dec 2014
Restorative justice may provide additional justice mechanism for victims of sexual crime, study shows	15 Dec 2014
Equinome announces international expansion as co-founder receives 2014 NovaUCD Innovation Award	03 Dec 2014
Guardian First Book Award for Colin Barrett, a graduate of UCDs MA in Creative Writing	28 Nov 2014
UCD President Prof Andrew Deeks delivers his inaugural lecture	25 Nov 2014
NovoGrid scoops UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Award 2014 with intelligent control system for energy efficiencies in wind farms	20 Nov 2014
Monumental five-volume work illuminates 1600 years of Art and Architecture in Ireland	18 Nov 2014
UCD Foundation Day Medal awarded to Jonathan Sexton and 12 outstanding alumni awarded	18 Nov 2014
Leading European agricultural co-operative group acquires stake in UCD spin-in company, Life Scientific	17 Nov 2014
Minister announces UCD global centre in Delhi	17 Nov 2014
UCD to go global - UCD strategy 2015-2020 published	11 Nov 2014
Professor Brian Farrell, 1929-2014	10 Nov 2014
Judging W.T. Cosgrave, the first leader of The Irish Free State	06 Nov 2014
Nature award for mentoring in science for UCD Professor Cormac Taylor	04 Nov 2014
UCD Professor Barry Smyth named SFI Researcher of the Year 2014	04 Nov 2014
UCD & Keenan join with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to form China-Ireland Dairy Science and Technology Centre	04 Nov 2014

October 2014	Posted
Dr Hugh Brady, former President of UCD, announced as next President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Bristol	31 Oct 2014
NYT bestselling author, David Epstein delivers Inaugural O’Brien Science Lecture at University College Dublin	30 Oct 2014
UCD's Professor Des Higgins in Nature's Top 10 most highly cited research publications of all time	30 Oct 2014
UCD Emeritus Professor of Geography awarded Vautrin Lud Prize	29 Oct 2014
FT & The Economist both rank UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School among top 50 in Europe	28 Oct 2014
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade launches database of Irish serving in Australian forces in First World War	28 Oct 2014
UCD opens global centre in Beijing	28 Oct 2014
Ancient Europeans remained intolerant to lactose for 5,000 years after they adopted agriculture	22 Oct 2014
UCD leads one of five new SFI research centres announced in €245 million investment	22 Oct 2014
European Meteorological Society Silver Medal for UCD Emeritus Professor Peter Lynch	08 Oct 2014
Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Patrick Honohan receives UCD Economics Society's Thomas Kettle Award	07 Oct 2014

September 2014	Posted
University College Dublin and University of California, Davis Sign Agreement of Co-operation	26 Sep 2014
AIB announces major investment partnership at UCD	24 Sep 2014
RIBA awards Royal Gold Medal to Sheila O'Donnell and John Tuomey	24 Sep 2014
UCD Governing Authority appoints chair to GA and to finance committee	24 Sep 2014
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand tours UCD Lyons Research Farm	16 Sep 2014
UCD holds position in QS World University Rankings	16 Sep 2014
UCD’s first of its kind international ladies GAA team enter 2014 FEXCO Asian Gaelic Games	10 Sep 2014
UCD psychology journal achieves top world ranking by impact factor	09 Sep 2014
UCD honorary degrees for racehorse trainer and breeder, Jim Bolger and Irish engineer and businessman, Liam Connellan	09 Sep 2014
UCD ranked 5th university in Europe for producing venture capital backed entrepreneurs	09 Sep 2014
Study: Majority of women in Ireland exceed weight gain guidelines during pregnancy	02 Sep 2014

August 2014	Posted
Mark English claims Bronze in European Athletics Championships	18 Aug 2014
Widespread Increase in UCD First Round Points	18 Aug 2014
UCD climbs in Shanghai Jiao Tong Rankings	18 Aug 2014
Charity research grant for UCD scientist to investigate early stage spread of breast cancer	08 Aug 2014
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship for UCD scientist	08 Aug 2014

July 2014	Posted
Harrison Medal awarded to co-editors of The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland	29 July 2014
Oxymem shortlisted for pan-European academic enterprise award	29 July 2014
UCD awarded highest number of Fulbright Awards	25 July 2014
Type of anaesthesia used during breast cancer surgery may affect the risk of cancer recurrence, new research suggests	11 July 2014
European Space Agency contracts UCD engineers to reduce vibrations in future space rockets	11 July 2014
Who Will Binge-Drink at Age 16? Teen Imaging Study Pinpoints Predictors	03 July 2014
Two UCD researchers among most "influential names in science", according to Thomson Reuters	02 July 2014

June 2014	Posted
Pygmy shrew population in Ireland threatened by invasion of greater white-toothed shrew	17 June 2014
Report: Irish agri-food sector 5th in EU in terms of innovation	18 June 2014
Bloomsday honours for champions of justice and UCD Ulysses Medal for former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese	17 June 2014
Liu Yunshan attends laying of foundation stone for Confucius Institute at University College Dublin	16 June 2014
UCD team to represent Ireland at 2014 Enactus World Cup Final with social entrepreneurship project	06 June 2014
Three UCD students selected for Washington Ireland Program 2014	06 June 2014
UCD academics elected to Royal Irish Academy	03 June 2014

May 2014	Posted
UCD commemorates alumni Maeve Binchy with travel award for creative writing	28 May 2014
UCD joint first in total number of funding awards under SFI Investigators Programme	22 May 2014
UCD launches new enterprise gateway	14 May 2014
Report shows immigrants overlooked by political parties in local elections	08 May 2014
Study: Half of all mums-to-be gain ‘too much’ weight during pregnancy	08 May 2014
Boyle Higgins Gold Medal for UCD Chemist	07 May 2014

April 2014	Posted
Humans of New York creator, Brandon Stanton honoured by UCD Literary & Historical Society	24 Apr 2014
UCD archaeologists begin excavations at Meath site linked to Druid festival of Samhain	22 Apr 2014
Lifetime achievement honours for UCD Emeritus Professor of Geography	15 Apr 2014
UCD students scoop three National Student Media Awards	14 Apr 2014
UCD spin-out, OxyMem announced overall winner at the 2014 Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards	10 Apr 2014
Peking University, Beijing to host World Congress of Philosophy	09 Apr 2014
Dublin’s One City, One Book title supported by UCD online lectures	03 Apr 2014
Students complete first ever course delivered through Irish Sign Language	03 Apr 2014
President of Ireland Young Researcher award for UCD scientist	02 Apr 2014

March 2014	Posted
Albie Sachs awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	28 Mar 2014
Over €2 million investment into UCD’s Lyons Research Farm	27 Mar 2014
UCD Professor Mary E. Daly elected first woman president of Royal Irish Academy	18 Mar 2014
UCD graduate is first US based Irish scientist honoured with new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St Patrick’s Day Science Medal	14 Mar 2014
Study: Over 20% of children overweight or obese, but signs of stabilisation emerging	05 Mar 2014
UCD climbs to 9,219 CAO first preferences	10 Mar 2014
Picture this: Exhibition showcases research at UCD	05 Mar 2014
UCD medical student overall individual winner of Irish Times debate	04 Mar 2014

February 2014	Posted
Children with rare diseases to benefit from new genetic tests	28 Feb 2014
50th Anniversary of MBA at UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School	28 Feb 2014
McCann FitzGerald sponsors Chair of International Law and Business at UCD	28 Feb 2014
UCD ranked in top 200 for 22 subjects out of 30 categories in QS World University Rankings	27 Feb 2014
UCD win Irish Senior Cup	24 Feb 2014
President Michael D. Higgins launches student Ethics Initiative at UCD	20 Feb 2014
UCD appoints Professor Orla Feely VP for Research, Innovation & Impact	19 Feb 2014
McGuinness honoured with 2014 Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature	14 Feb 2014
Three UCD spin-out companies make shortlist for Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards	14 Feb 2014
Report: Consumer confidence on the up due to strong retail and property sales, and positive employment news	12 Feb 2014
Two of three researchers in Ireland awarded ERC 'Proof of Concept' funding are UCD based	06 Feb 2014
Prostate cancer researcher takes top prize at St Luke’s Young Investigators Awards	04 Feb 2014

January 2014	Posted
94 scholars join the UCD Ad Astra Academy	31 Jan 2013
Tracing the representation of ‘The Great Famine’ through memory and monument	31 Jan 2013
UCD Smurfit School maintains global top 100 position in Financial Times MBA ranking	27 Jan 2013
Bhronn An Cumann Gaelach UCD Gradam de hÍde ar an gcoimisinéir Eorpach Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	24 Jan 2013
New Community Entrepreneurship Programme aimed at promoting sustainable communities throughout Ireland	24 Jan 2013
Cod mislabelling eradicated in Dublin's supermarkets but not takeaways, study finds	23 Jan 2013
Three artists selected for UCD Science: Artists in Residence 2014	21 Jan 2013
Economist Professor Paul Krugman receives James Joyce Award from UCD Literary & Historical Society	14 Jan 2013
Online journey into final story of Joyce's Dubliners – "The Dead"	06 Jan 2013