Taoiseach, Enda Kenny officially opens new student centre at UCD

A new student centre development which includes a 50 metre Olympic-specification swimming pool has been officially opened by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny at University College Dublin. The 11,000 sq metre building designed by Fitzgerald Kavanagh and Partners was developed with student funds following a student referendum in 2006...

Study identifies accelerated risk pattern of suicide towards age 21

Suicide risk patterns accelerate up to the age of 20 before moderately levelling off, according to a new report published in the Cambridge Journal of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. The study conducted by researchers from University College Dublin and St Vincent’s University Hospital examined almost 12,000 suicide...

UCD spin-out company, Equinome opens Australian office to expand sales in the Asia-Pacific Region

Leading Irish equine genomics company, Equinome is establishing a sales and marketing office in Australia. The office will be the focal point for the company’s sales and marketing activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region...

Social history of nursing available through digitised INMO journals

Historical back editions of early nursing journals belonging to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have been digitised by UCD as part of a research project co-funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) and the INMO. The Irish Nursing Journals Collection consists of almost 400 issues of the INMO...

Wednesday  19 – Friday 21 December: A Choral Celebration of Christmas

UCD Choral Scholars, joined by the UCD Ad Astra Ensemble and guests, perform a programme of traditional carols and songs in Newman University Church. A pre-concert mince pie and mulled wine reception will be hosted by the UCD Alumni Relations Office in Newman House...