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2007 Archive

December 2007	Posted
Commercialisation Award for UCD Advanced Manufacturing Science (AMS) Research Centre	21 Dec 2007
UCD Academic Promotions Announced	21 Dec 2007
UCD historian tops the Christmas “best sellers”	20 Dec 2007
December 2007 edition of UCD Today is now online	20 Dec 2007
Leading international researchers join UCD under the SFI Stokes Programme	19 Dec 2007
UCD Academic Council Executive approves new admission route for undergraduate medicine in 2009	18 Dec 2007
1916 in 1966 - Commemorating the Easter Rising	17 Dec 2007
UCD professor scoops commercialisation award	17 Dec 2007
UCD awards 140 entrance scholarships and welcomes 535 high achievers for 2007	12 Dec 2007
UCD awards 83 sports scholarships	11 Dec 2007
Tracking sand grains across super-continents narrows search for oil and gas	10 Dec 2007
Fighting International Cybercrime	07 Dec 2007
Is Ireland Different Anymore?	06 Dec 2007
Make way for the Mummers	05 Dec 2007
UCD confers honorary Doctor of Literature on actor Stephen Rea	04 Dec 2007

November 2007	Posted
Ralph Fiennes captivates audience at UCD	30 Nov 2007
Living our times, moment by moment	28 Nov 2007
UCD professor awarded RIA gold medal	27 Nov 2007
Leading Irish businessman, Dermot Desmond honoured by UCD	26 Nov 2007
Environmental Change Management Spin-out wins the NovaUCD 2007 Entrepreneur Award	23 Nov 2007
Remembering the War Dead	21 Nov 2007
Sticky situations at the UCD Science Festival	16 Nov 2007
UCD academic appointed joint editor of leading academic journal	16 Nov 2007
Child Pornography – Crime, computers and society	15 Nov 2007
UCD in Times Higher top 200	14 Nov 2007
GAA commentator, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh honoured by UCD	14 Nov 2007
UCD awarded over €25 million for SFI strategic research clusters	13 Nov 2007
UCD announces new Institute to look at Irish-American dream - The John Hume Institute for Global Irish Studies	12 Nov 2007
Business journalism awards at UCD	07 Nov 2007
Dr Gerald Mills and Mr Hugo O’Donnell elected to UCD Governing Authority	07 Nov 2007
Re-development project heralds new science facilities at Belfield	07 Nov 2007
UCD clinical psychologists lead the curriculum	01 Nov 2007

October 2007	Posted
Bank of Ireland / UCD New Irish Scholarship Awards	30 Oct 2007
How America got to where it is today	25 Oct 2007
The 11th Annual UCD / RTE Broadcasting, Society and the Law Lecture	23 Oct 2007
UCD awarded funding for four major Graduate Research Education Programmes	19 Oct 2007
Images show the diversity of research activity at UCD	16 Oct 2007
October 2007 edition of UCD Today now available online	16 Oct 2007
UNESCO protected musical masterpieces performed at UCD	15 Oct 2007
Annals of the Four Masters reunited for the first time since 1636	10 Oct 2007
Dog-biting attacks as likely inside as outside the home, says new research	10 Oct 2007
Mao biographer, Jung Chang at UCD	09 Oct 2007
Nominations Open in Governing Authority By-Elections	04 Oct 2007
Jung Chang, author of “Wild Swans”, to speak at UCD	03 Oct 2007
Medical tech firm locates new division at NovaUCD	01 Oct 2007
International electronics journal honours UCD Professor	01 Oct 2007

September 2007	Posted
Measuring Irish attitudes before and after the boom years	27 Sep 2007
Immigrants key to Irish political parties, says Minister	27 Sep 2007
Nobel Prize winning scientist awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	20 Sep 2007
President McAleese launches new research findings on health status and health gain in Ireland	21 Sep 2007
Come on Ireland – UCD wishes the Irish rugby team good luck	20 Sep 2007
Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Dr James Watson gives public lecture at UCD	18 Sep 2007
Chuck Feeney, the secretive billionaire who transformed Irish university research	18 Sep 2007
Rugby fever at UCD	14 Sep 2007
Irish students bike to Beijing for charity	12 Sep 2007
Edward Delaney’s ‘Celtic Twilight’ sculpture moves to Belfield	05 Sep 2007
Tom Munnelly - renowned folk song collector dies	01 Sep 2007
Ireland has much to do to become leader in scientific research, says Government's Chief Scientific Adviser	01 Sep 2007

August 2007	Posted
UCD professor appointed to National Economic and Social Council	31 Aug 2007
Cuddihy smashes Irish record at World Athletics Championships	28 Aug 2007
Asian currencies should be pegged to each other and US dollar, says Nobel economist	23 Aug 2007
UCD psychologist is editor-in-chief of new sport psychology journal	14 Aug 2007
Technology and art collaborate at Kilkenny Arts festival	13 Aug 2007
Summer School for Science STARs at UCD	10 Aug 2007
UCD, Mater, St Vincent’s sign agreement to create Dublin Academic Health Care Thomas Lynch appointed chair of Dublin Academic Health Care	07 Aug 2007
UCD awarded €30 million in PRTLI Cycle 4 for transformative initiatives in science and humanities research	03 Aug 2007
3 out of 4 provincial football champions captained by UCD graduates	01 Aug 2007
UCD first to adopt student laptop programme	01 Aug 2007

July 2007	Posted
UCD spin-out company wins international award for personalised content discovery solution for mobile portals	31 July 2007
100,000 commuters a day see science art on the DART	30 July 2007
UCD unveils winner of Gateway architectural competition	24 July 2007
Leading nanotechnology research group joins UCD	20 July 2007
UCD awarded €1.5m to help reduce poverty in developing nations	17 July 2007
Nobel laureate in ‘green chemistry’ awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	16 July 2007
New software to accelerate drug discovery	13 July 2007
AIB bases €30m seed fund at UCD	12 July 2007
Minister Harney Launches All-Ireland Traveller Health Study	10 July 2007
UCD Governing Authority - Casual Vacancies	06 July 2007
Viking Warship sets sail for Dublin after almost 1,000 years	04 July 2007
Leading neuropharmacologist receives NovaUCD 2007 Innovation Award for Collaboration with Industry	04 July 2007
Report calls for national psychotherapy service	03 July 2007

June 2007	Posted
UCD library joins Second Life	27 June 2007
UCD Archives to preserve the history of Irish nursing and midwifery	22 June 2007
UCD invention disclosures up by 50%	22 June 2007
McGuinness named Professor of Creative Writing at UCD	22 June 2007
Increased urbanisation and growing muti-ethnicity poses new challenges for Irish policing, says Ireland’s first Chief Inspector	19 June 2007
UCD honours veteran Irish actor, Nobel economist and classical pianist	18 June 2007
Nobel economist rejects ‘clash of civilisations’ analysis of violence	15 June 2007
Irish planning and the role of UCD	11 June 2007
Primary school students discover a world of science at UCD	11 June 2007

May 2007	Posted
Ireland’s first professorship in chemical biology	30 May 2007
Irish patients volunteer in the fight for new cures	29 May 2007
UCD pays tribute to its sports men and women	28 May 2007
Highest honour for three UCD academics	25 May 2007
Research identifies social dimension to ‘joy-riding’	24 May 2007
50% of Irish consumers willing to change shopping destination for improved farm animal welfare, study shows	24 May 2007
UCD Bids Farewell to the Terrace	21 May 2007
83% of young people in detention schools have at least one psychiatric disorder, according to new research	18 May 2007
Ruth Barrington appointed as new CEO to Dublin Molecular Medicine Centre	18 May 2007
Immigration and social change in contemporary Ireland	14 May 2007
New research aims to improve how we understand ourselves	10 May 2007
12 new high-tech ventures participate in Campus Company Development Programme	8 May 2007
UCD Today May 2007 Edtion now online	8 May 2007
Pension proposals deliver poor value for savers, says expert	4 May 2007
Humanities and social sciences funding awards secured by UCD researchers	1 May 2007

April 2007	Posted
UCD Rugby stay in 1st division	26 Apr 2007
Immigrants and ethnic minorities remain unrepresented by Irish parliamentary politics, says new report	26 Apr 2007
QUB, UCD and TCD sign historic all-Ireland strategic partnership	25 Apr 2007
Minister Hanafin opens UCD St Vincent’s Genome Resource Unit	24 Apr 2007
UCD students studying in Virginia, USA, safe and well (Book of Condolence)	17 Apr 2007
UCD professor chairs national policy debate on the future of Irish broadband	16 Apr 2007
UCD professor appointed editor-in-chief of new international journal	04 Apr 2007
Minister Martin announces €8.5million boost to knowledge economy	04 Apr 2007
New institute targets genetic information to deliver personalised healthcare	03 Apr 2007

March 2007	Posted
Minister Dempsey announces appointment of CEO at the National Digital Research Centre	30 Mar 2007
Five national student media awards for UCD students	30 Mar 2007
International conference explores gender balance and bias in education	29 Mar 2007
Venture capital backed firms show 40% increase in employment	29 Mar 2007
UCD explores development in comparative theology and world religions	22 Mar 2007
UCD business students represent Ireland in Montreal and Ontario	15 Mar 2007
New system reduces energy costs of commercial buildings	12 Mar 2007
US Supreme Court Justice engages in Q&A session at UCD	08 Mar 2007
Researchers compete to explain their science to non-scientists	07 Mar 2007
US Philosopher awarded UCD Ulysses Medal	06 Mar 2007
Innovative approaches to teaching and learning	06 Mar 2007
Celebrations of Louvain 400 begin with music and words	02 Mar 2007
Latest edition of UCD Today now available online	02 Mar 2007
Dermot Gleeson joins UCD School of Law as Adjunct Professor	01 Mar 2007

February 2007	Posted
First comprehensive report on Irish sport horse industry published	28 Feb 2007
Justice Adrian Hardiman joins UCD School of Law as Judge in Residence	22 Feb 2007
Sean Óg launches UCD “Please Talk” campaign to fight anxiety and suicide	22 Feb 2007
€5 million for Irish researchers to help identify autism gene	19 Feb 2007
Translational medicine at UCD receives €7.5m boost from Servier	14 Feb 2007
NovaUCD accounting solutions company, Visor secures €1 million equity funding	07 Feb 2007
Irish universities join Intel and IDA on $30 million ageing research project	01 Feb 2007
UCD and Cornell University launch cooperative programme in Industrial Relations and Human Resources	01 Feb 2007
Cybercrime has significant impact on Irish organisations, survey shows	01 Feb 2007

January 2007	Posted
Graduate Entry Programmes in Medicine - Announcement by the Minister for Education and Science	30 Jan 2007
Urban sprawl leads to fragmentation in the Greater Dublin housing market, study shows	25 Jan 2007
Five international architecture firms shortlisted for UCD Gateway Project	23 Jan 2007
UCD Professor launches expert advice report on Pandemic Influenza - Ireland stockpiles antiviral drugs in contingency plan	19 Jan 2007
Peter Sutherland gives €4 million for new Law School at UCD	08 Jan 2007
UCD researchers receive two of seven Charles Parsons Research Energy Awards	08 Jan 2007