January 2007
- Graduate Entry Programmes in Medicine - Announcement by the Minister for Education and Science (posted: 30 Jan 2007)
- Urban sprawl leads to fragmentation in the Greater Dublin housing market, study shows (posted: 25 Jan 2007)
- Five international architecture firms shortlisted for UCD Gateway Project (posted: 23 Jan 2007)
- UCD Professor launches expert advice report on Pandemic Influenza - Ireland stockpiles antiviral drugs in contingency plan (posted: 19 Jan 2007)
- Peter Sutherland gives €4 million for new Law School at UCD (posted: 8 Jan 2007)
- UCD researchers receive two of seven Charles Parsons Research Energy Awards (posted: 8 Jan 2007)
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December 2006
- 'Science at UCD' Information Evening (posted: 22 Dec 2006)
- NovaUCD-based BiancaMed secures €2.5 million investment (posted: 20 Dec 2006)
- €1.75m grant to investigate how plants react to global warming (posted: 19 Dec 2006)
- The origin of numerical weather prediction (posted: 18 Dec 2006)
- December 2006 edition of UCD Today now available online (posted: 15 Dec 2006)
- Rote learning improves memory in older adults, new research shows (posted: 12 Dec 2006)
- SFI President of Ireland Young Researcher Awards for UCD researchers (posted: 7 Dec 2006)
- One in four prisoners back in jail within a year, UCD study shows (posted: 6 Dec 2006)
- Ireland's most famous Olympian, Ronnie Delany honoured by UCD (posted: 5 Dec 2006)
- Professor Pat Shannon elected to Governing Authority (posted: 1 Dec 2006)
- Student ambassadors tell all about life at UCD (posted: 1 Dec 2006)
November 2006
- UCD awards 97 sports scholarships to students from across Ireland (posted: 29 Nov 2006)
- FitFone wins NovaUCD 2006 entrepreneur award (posted: 28 Nov 2006)
- Two UCD academics receive gold medals from Royal Irish Academys (posted: 27 Nov 2006)
- SFI/Dell Young Women in Engineering Scholarship Awards for UCD Students (posted: 27 Nov 2006)
- Scottish First Minister tours UCD Conway Institute on first official visit to Dublin (posted: 21 Nov 2006)
- Research potential grows with new IT Data Centre (posted: 16 Nov 2006)
- Three Professors contest Governing Authority by-election (posted: 16 Nov 2006)
- Alma Mater confers Denis O’Brien with honorary Doctor of Laws (posted: 15 Nov 2006)
- UCD win hard-fought victory over Wolfe Tones (posted: 13 Nov 2006)
- UCD at the forefront of change in Irish higher education, says Minister Hanafin (posted: 10 Nov 2006)
- UCD Triumphant in Dublin Senior Football Championship (posted: 7 Nov 2006)
- Nominations open for Governing Authority by-election (posted: 7 Nov 2006)
- First ever Cambridge Companion to living Irish playwright published (posted: 1 Nov 2006)
- IUA appoints new Chief Executive Officer (posted: 1 Nov 2006)
October 2006
- University College Dublin Launches International Architecture Competition for New Landmark Development at Belfield (posted: 31 Oct 2006)
- New range of anti-cancer drugs discovered by UCD researchers (posted: 31 Oct 2006)
- UCD Images of Research Awards and Exhibition (posted: 27 Oct 2006)
- Oxford and UCD collaborate to understand motion and acceleration in plasma jets (posted: 27 Oct 2006)
- The Lion and the Unicorn – Gladstone vs Disraeli (posted: 27 Oct 2006)
- The Future for Humanities and Social Sciences in 21st Century Ireland (posted: Nov 2006)
- National Roads Authority and UCD Archaeologists conserve Viking weaponry find (posted: 23 Oct 2006)
- SpeedNetworking at UCD Quinn School (posted: 17 Oct 2006)
- UCD Smurfit School of Business moves up in world rankings of full-time MBA programmes (posted: 16 Oct 2006)
- Ireland to Chair European Human Rights Group (posted: 13 Oct 2006)
- Ireland joins European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (posted: 12 Oct 2006)
- Irish Heart Foundation appoints UCD Professor as President (posted: 11 Oct 2006)
- World InterUniversity Games 2006 (posted: 11 Oct 2006)
- Enterprise Ireland Award for UCD Professor (posted: 11 Oct 2006)
- Scientists to capture CO2 from exhausts before it reaches the atmosphere (posted: 10 Oct 2006)
- First professor of James Joyce Studies at UCD (posted: 4 Oct 2006)
- Expert calls for independent investigation into health effects of Chernobyl (posted: 4 Oct 2006)
September 2006
- Chinese Vice-Premier officially opens UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland (posted: 26 Sept 2006)
- UCD Today, September 2006 edition (posted: 25 Sept 2006)
- Ryder Cup Team Captains honoured by UCD (posted: 20 Sept 2006)
- Veterinary scientists from Norway and Ireland pledge to join forces (posted: 19 Sept 2006)
- UCD Professor to chair European Food Safety Authority (posted: 15 Sept 2006)
- Chief Information and Technology Officer Appointment (posted: 15 Sept 2006)
- University Co-operation Accord Agreed (posted: 15 Sept 2006)
- Robert Fisk at UCD (posted: 14 Sept 2006)
- UCD is The Sunday Times University of the Year 2006 (posted: 11 Sept 2006)
- Announcement re Monday 11th September (posted: 11 Sept 2006)
- Minister Mary Hanafin welcomes UCD’s new Diabetes Research Centre - UCD selects diabetes and diabetic disease as a core research theme (posted: 1 Sept 2006)
August 2006
- UCD Academic Promotions Announced (posted: 31 Aug 2006)
- Stomach cancer gene identified by UCD researchers (posted: 28 Aug 2006)
- UCD now invites all continuing students to begin to enrol online (posted: 15 Aug 2006)
- International reaccreditation for UCD engineering courses (posted: 24 Aug 2006)
- UCD Professor Joins International Benchmarking Review Panel (posted: 21 Aug 2006)
- UCD moves up in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities (posted: 16 Aug 2006)
- UCD graduates shine bright
at European Athletics Championships (posted: 14 Aug 2006)
- UCD telescope captures early images of gamma-ray burst (posted: 14 Aug 2006)
- Cuddihy shows major progress at European Championships (posted: 11 Aug 2006)
- Lack of iodine in Irish women’s diets may affect unborn children, research says (posted: 3 Aug 2006)
- 10 million year old fossilised frogs yield bone marrow (posted: 2 Aug 2006)
July 2006
- EPA awards UCD Urban Institute Ireland €1m to develop urban environment management model (posted: 31 July 2006)
- Over 90% of incubation space at NovaUCD occupied, one year ahead of schedule (posted: 26 July 2006)
- Double National Championships Victory for UCD Athlete (posted: 24 July 2006)
- UCD Campus Development Plan Public Open Days Feedback (posted: 21 July 2006)
- Minister announces €1.25m Sports Capital Fund award for Belfield Bowl (posted: 12 July 2006)
- Life’s work of Professor Michael Hayes honoured (posted: 12 July 2006)
- Chinese students graduate from UCD/Fudan University international software engineering degree programme (posted: 6 July 2006)
- New voice-recognition system for UCD (posted: 5 July 2006)
June 2006
- New online biotechnology system helps scientists engineer more environmentally friendly enzymes (posted: 30 June 2006)
- Oxford Glycan Sequencing Group moves to Dublin to kick-start NIBRT's ambitious research and training programmes (posted: 28 June 2006)
- UCD Campus Development Plan Public Open Days (posted: 20 June 2006)
- NovaUCD 2006 Innovation Award for developer of new technology which tackles heart and respiratory diseases (posted: 20 June 2006)
- UCD honours author, businessman, aid worker and nobel laureate (posted: 20 June 2006)
- UCD Carnival Day - A special time for staff, family and friends (posted: 20 June 2006)
- UCD bestows Ulysses Medal on author Edna O’Brien (posted: 16 June 2006)
- First woman to pilot NASA space shuttle honoured by UCD (posted: 14 June 2006)
- Nobel laureate in economics receives UCD Ulysses Medal and takes up appointment as UCD Professor of Science and Society (posted: 7 June 2006)
- Denial and concealment of pregnancy still exists in Irish society today, research says (posted: 6 June 2006)
- UCD confers honorary Doctor of Laws on Rwandan humanitarian, Paul Rusesabagina (posted: 2 June 2006)
May 2006
- UCD report calls for repositioning of Irish Archaeology by 2020 to address critical issues (posted: 31 May 2006)
- UCD Budweiser Sports Achievement Awards 2006 (posted: 26 May 2006)
- UCD Professor of Computer Science shortlisted for Ernst & Young 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year® (posted: 25 May 2006)
- Australian Prime Minister, John Howard attends Q&A session in UCD (posted: 22 May 2006)
- NovaUCD Campus Company Development Programme 2006 offers support to 12 small business enterprises (posted: 19 May 2006)
- UCD postgraduate student triumphs at national ‘science speak’ competition (posted: 16 May 2006)
- UCD Ulysses Medal awarded to global philanthropist (posted: 15 May 2006)
- University College Dublin and Tec De Monterrey join Universitas 21 (posted: 12 May 2006)
- Minister Cowen launches strategic alliance between UCD and the Institute of Bankers in Ireland (posted: 12 May 2006)
- Students with intellectual disabilities learn to fully participate as
Irish citizens (posted: 12 May 2006)
- UCD receives Wellcome Trust award to explore the history of medicine in Ireland (posted: 10 May 2006)
- Computer scientists arrive at the origins of humankind (posted: 10 May 2006)
- Teagasc awards 30 postgraduate fellowships to UCD researchers (posted: 09 May 2006)
- UCD Egalitarian World Initiative secures Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge Programme award (posted: 08 May 2006)
- CSCB awards €960,000 in PhD studentships to UCD researchers (posted: 05 May 2006)
- Minister Martin launches report on Irish entrepreneurship (posted: 04 May 2006)
- Irish Consortium Delivers on Fluke (posted: 03 May 2006)
April 2006
- Six student media awards for UCD (posted: 27 April 2006)
- Advanced Paramedics Reach New Heights (posted: 27 April 2006)
- Do robots dream of scoring trys? (posted: 21 April 2006)
- Maths and the world around us (posted: 21 April 2006)
- UCD CSCB Researchers on the trail of potential chemotherapy agent for renal cell cancer (posted: 18 April 2006)
- Talks 'by students, for students' prove successful
at UCD Open Days (posted: 18 April 2006)
- Blackboards without chalk – UCD Quinn School of Business students go back to the future (posted: 12 April 2006)
- New technology will improve the pace of translational research in Ireland (posted: 12 April 2006)
- Internships offer UCD students invaluable access to industry experience (posted: 11 April 2006)
- UCD research team develops new model to allow the study of a fatal form of leukemia (posted: 10 April 2006)
- Diageo announces €1.5 million sponsorship to UCD Geary Institute for major study into drinking behaviour (posted: 10 April 2006)
- The drama in Cork and the talk in Berlin: UCD student societies’ recent wins (posted: 10 April 2006)
- GPs and public health doctors encouraged to check for Hep C (posted: 07 April 2006)
- UCD Quinn School of Business Students Win Merrill Lynch European Case Study Challenge (posted: 07 April 2006)
- We’d like to be part of your future plans... explore our thematic areas (posted: 06 April 2006)
- UCD installs largest ever real-time locator system in Ireland to support research into pervasive computing
(posted: 05 April 2006)
- Irish patients play their part in the human genome project - Tanaiste and Minister for Health and Children, Ms Mary Harney TD officially opens UCD-Mater Genome Resource Unit (posted: 04 April 2006)
March 2006
- UCD archaeology student wins international award for research on human settlements (posted: 31 Mar 2006)
- March edition of UCD Today now available (posted: 29 Mar 2006)
- Royal Irish Academy honours UCD academics for significant contributions to research (posted: 24 Mar 2006)
- Mr Eamon Drea appointed UCD Vice-President for Staff (posted: 24 Mar 2006)
- April 1 2006 - Flann O’Brien: An academic conference marking the fortieth anniversary of his death (posted: 23 Mar 2006)
- UCD Ladies Hockey Win Leinster Cup Final (posted: 21 Mar 2006)
- Ivy League university bestows preferred status on UCD postdoctoral fellows in recent international recruitment drive (posted: 20 Mar 2006)
- Neil A. Porter (posted: 16 Mar 2006)
- Congratulations to Derval O’Rourke – World Indoor Champion in 60m hurdles, (posted: 14 Mar 2006)
- UCD Spin-off ChangingWorlds' Wins DHL Exporter of the Year Award, (posted: 14 Mar 2006)
- UCD wins award for leadership in disability studies (posted: 14 Mar 2006)
- New hope for Tsunami fishermen in Sri Lanka, (posted: 14 Mar 2006)
- AccesScience ’06 Unravels Scientific Research (posted: 09 Mar 2006)
- UCD CAO first preferences up by 10.42%. (posted: 07 Mar 2006)
- Irish women are more likely to die of cancer than their European counterparts, says new report by Women’s Health Council. (posted: 07 Mar 2006)
- Excavation findings from 3500 BC passage tomb at the Mound of the Hostages, Tara published. (posted: 03 Mar 2006)
- UCD Newman Scholars celebrate continuing success, (posted: 02 Mar 2006)
February 2006
- Nature teaches computers how to solve real-world problems. (posted 27 Feb 2006)
- Avian Influenza A (H5N1) "Bird Flu" - Frequently Asked Questions. (posted: 27 Feb 2006)
- Training bugs to eat plastic… Scientists team up to convert polystyrene into a biodegradable plastic. (posted: 27 Feb 2006)
- March 10, 2006 - UCD Choral Scholars host vocal ensemble from Yale University, (posted: 23 Feb 2006)
- March 1, 2006 - Guest Lecture - Gabrielle Alioth (posted: 22 Feb 2006)
- UCD research team to create beverage for more active later life, (posted: 22 Feb 2006)
- UCD experts to advise Minister for Agriculture on Avian Flu control measures, (posted: 17 Feb 2006)
- March 15 - 16, 2006 - UCD’s Annual March Open Days (posted: 17 Feb 2006)
- UCD Zoology Graduate Appointed CEO Designate of Natural England, (posted: 16 Feb 2006)
- March 2006 - NovaUCD seeking applications for its Campus Company Development Programme (posted: 16 Feb 2006)
- February 16, 2006 - Technical workshop on Independent Film Making and Sound Design for Film. (posted: 15 Feb 2006)
- UCD Mechanical Engineering Graduate wins worldwide Motorola Innovation Competition with ‘Mood Phone', (posted: 13 Feb 2006)
- UCD Sinfonia at the National Concert Hall, (posted: 13 Feb 2006)
- Professor Declan Kiberd Appointed to Abbey Theatre Board, (posted: 09 Feb 2006)
- 2006 - Ireland Canada University Foundation Research Scholarships, (posted: 08 Feb 2006)
- Taoiseach opens UCD Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology building. €26m is largest single investment in chemistry research by Irish Government (posted: 03 Feb 2006)
January 2006
- UCD Smurfit School of Business maintains its presence in Financial Times global MBA rankings, (posted: 31 Jan 2006)
- 2006 - UCD Celebrates the 250th birthday ofWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Such people come into the world only once in a 100 years" – Mozart in the 21st Century, (posted: 31 Jan 2006)
- Double top award for PhD student in UCD School of Geological Sciences, (posted: 31 Jan 2006)
- Classical Guitarist David Creevy in a special tribute concert: Tribute to Andres Segovia, 7:00pm, Astra Hall, UCD, (posted: 31 Jan 2006)
- Award-winning physicist to give lecture at UCD entitled ‘The Secret Order of the Cuprates', (posted: 27 Jan 2006)
- UCD Researchers Seek New Dinosaur Fossils in Kazakhstan, (posted: 27 Jan 2006)
- UCD School of Business lecturer and former Newman Scholar, Dr Séamas Kelly wins ‘Best Paper Award’ at International Conference on Information Systems, (posted: 24 Jan 2006)
- Students of Equality for Older People Awarded UCD Certificates, (posted: 20 Jan 2006)
- Jan 23, 2006 - UCD Quinn School of Business Open Evening, (posted: 20 Jan 2006)
- Chomsky at UCD, (posted: 13 Jan 2006)
- Bank of Ireland sponsors UCD Quinn School of Business “Community Engagement Awards”, (posted: 09 Jan 2006)
- Dr Ian O’Donnell appointed Director of UCD Institute of Criminology, (posted: 09 Jan 2006)
December 2005
- Wyeth sets up research facility at UCD Conway
- Five New Graduate Schools for UCD, 19 Dec 2005
- UCD Quinn students win with Fantasy Budget Competition, 16 Dec 2005
- John Moran awarded Honorary Degree, 16 Dec 2005
- Mapping Frontiers, Plotting Pathways: Routes to Cooperation on a Divided Island - Two-day conference hosted by the Insitute for British-Irish Studies
- 100 years of Sinn Fein and Ulster Unionist parties - UCD Conference Highlights Plural History of Sinn Féin, 13 December 2005
- Adaptive Information Cluster Produces Expressive Garments, 13 Dec 2005
- Thousands of students come to hear what UCD has to say at Open Days, 13 Dec 2005
- Ninth Annual Irish European Law Forum, 13 Dec 2005
- Chemistry and Biology meet at CSCB Symposium, 13 Dec 2005
- International Award for UCD Professor, 9 Dec 2005
- Nature Physics Publication for UCD School of Physics Research Team, 12 Dec 2005
- School of Politics and International Relations
- UCD researchers and Wyeth Research win global recognition for joint research initiative into brain disease
- UCD President welcomes pioneering budget initiative
- World-renowned public intellectual, Prof Slavoj Žižek brings his unique blend of materialist philosophy to UCD
- UCD’s School of Social Justice – a world first - Erik Olin Wright inaugural lecture: Taking the ‘Social’ in Socialism Seriously
- Professor Janet Allen appointed Director of UCD Conway Institute
- Honorary Doctorate conferred on UCD's Dean of Engineering
- Research Group at UCD Conway Institute nominated and shortlisted for Scrip Award
- ITENIBA Conference - ‘Intergenerational Transmission of Ethno-National Identity: Comparative Perspectives’, ASTRA Hall, UCD
- ITENIBA Conference - ‘Intergenerational Transmission of Ethno-National Identity: Comparative Perspectives’, ASTRA Hall, UCD, Jan 26-27 2006
- Lack of Jobs could jeopardise Government’s PhD targets - Strong partnerships between industry and academia needed
- Bridging Boundaries: Inclusion as a Condition for Successful Societies
- UCD catalogues de Valera archive
- UCD PhD Student, Shannon Byrne awarded Anglo-Irish Bank Scholarship
November 2005
- UCD hosts conference marking centenary of the establishment of Sinn Féin and the Ulster Unionist Council - 12th & 13th Dec 2005.
- WERRC, university community partnership programme graduation ceremony
- Taoiseach launches The Lemass Era
- UCD Sports Scholarships announced
- Rosalyn Moran a UCD PhD Student takes first prize in NovaUCD’s 2005 Entrepreneurship Programme
- UCD Ruby and Silver anniversary graduates step back on-campus
- Dr Marc Caball appointed as Director of UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland
- Australian Parliamentary Delegation commends UCD for strong tradition of teaching and research in Australian history
- Photographic exhibition reflects life in UCD through the decades
- Minister Micheál Martin announces funding of €11.7million for the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
- Former President of Ireland, Dr Paddy Hillery, awarded UCD Foundation Day Medal
- Astellas USA Foundation Award for UCD Researcher
- UCD announces December Open Days for incoming students
- Public Lecture - “Linking Research, Teaching, and Public Scholarship: The Role of Universities – A U.S. Perspective”.
- UCD Sport would like to express its sincere condolences to the family of Jim Wallis who died on Saturday 29th October.
- Chinese Ambassador pays tribute to UCD’s strong links with China.
October 2005
- UCD to host 4th International PERVASIVE Computing Conference
- Irish employers Top Europe in investment in business education.
- Dr Garret A FitzGerald, UCD Graduate, awarded RDS Boyle Medal, in association with The Irish Times.
- Dr Cormac Taylor, UCD Conway Institute receives SFI grant for Industry-Research collaboration
- Launch of Irish Universities Association
- NUI Awards 2005 - UCD Award Winners
- GARNIVILLE GAELS - PSNI Footballers welcomed to Belfield.
- UCD School of Business successfully reaccredited by European Foundation for Management Development.
- UCD architecture lecturers, O’Donnell and Tuomey on shortlist for 2005 RIBA Stirling Prize.
- Fergal O’Connor O.P.
- Can Nutrition Solve Low Fertility in High Yielding Dairy Cows?
- UCD PhD Student wins RIA / Irish Times Chemistry Essay Competition.
- UCD physio student helps Cork claim victory twice.
September 2005
- UCD Researchers win President of Ireland Researcher Awards.
- UCD plans graduate medical school for 2006.
- Paul Haran to lead UCD College of Business and Law
- UCD’s class of 1955 returns to university after 50 years.
- NovaUCD Seminar Series - Journey of the Entrepreneur from Research to Commercialisation, 27 September 2005.
- NovaUCD Student Enterprise Seminar Series, 27 September 2005.
- UCD grad hoists Sam in Tyrone’s epic victory over the Kingdom, 26 September 2005.
- Property Investors Course for UCD - University College Dublin, 22 September 2005.
- Empires of Religion Call for papers, 22 September 2005.
- Eircom League Cup Final in Belfield Park - 20th of September.
- US Envoy for Northern Ireland addresses the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies, 15 September 2005.
- Silver Medal for the 29th Conway Review Lecture awarded.
- Government announces €72 million research investment on UCD campus.
- University College Dublin welcomes New 1st Year Students.
- New UCD Academic Structure.
- Educationalists look to the Future - European Conference on Education Research UCD, 7 September 2005.
- International Trade Conference at UCD, 8-10 September 2005.
August 2005
- Tribute Paid to International Journal Editor, 10 August 2005.
- IUTAM Symposium on Impact Biomechanics, 10 August 2005.
- UCD launches new crest, 4 August 2005.
- UCD spin-out ChangingWorlds opens new R&D Centre at NovaUCD, 4 August 2005.
