
21 December, 2016
Royal Irish Academy features UCD scientists on their Women on Walls campaign
Women on Walls is a campaign by Accenture in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy, that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits, creating a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland in 2016.

20 December, 2016
Origin Announces €17.6 million Strategic Research Partnership with UCD, co-funded by SFI
Origin Enterprises plc and UCD recently announced the establishment of a dedicated digital, precision agriculture and crop science collaborative research partnership, supported through the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Partnership Programme.

20 December, 2016
New Microneedle Platform Technology Wins UCD Commercialisation Award
An early-stage medtech venture developing a new microneedle platform technology has won a UCD commercialisation award. The creator of Micro Needle Slow-Mo is Ellen Cahill, a PhD student in the UCD Medical Device Design Group within the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

06 December, 2016
Professor Da-Wen Sun Elected President of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (iAABE)
Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, has become the Founding President of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (iAABE), and has also been named a founding Fellow of iAABE.

05 December, 2016
UCD to Lead new €4 million European Research Network Developing Technologies to Support Mental Health Services for Young People
TEAM, a new €4 million research and training network focused on developing new technologies to support the provision of mental health services for young people, was announced recently at University College Dublin (UCD).

21 November, 2016
Science Apprentice books from UCD inspire a new generation of scientists
This autumn, schoolchildren around Ireland collected a new series of books produced by UCD called Science Apprentice. The five books, which were available free with the Irish Independent in Tesco stores nationwide, delved into topics about Space, Energy and Resources, Food and Health, Computers and Data and how technology will underpin our Connected Futures.

25 October, 2016
Minister Halligan announces investment of €22.3 million in next generation of research talent
Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD, has announced €22.3 million in research funding for 40 major research projects.

25 October, 2016
UCD leads €6m Horizon 2020 project to improve air quality in European cities
Researchers at UCD will lead a consortium of international scientific institutions in a new €6m Horizon 2020-funded research project to improve the air quality of several European cities.

25 October, 2016
UCD cancer research to reduce number of patients exposed to excessive treatment
A UCD cancer research project that aims to reduce the harmful effects of over-treatment by more accurately diagnosing patients has received €2.5 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland.

25 October, 2016
UCD Professor elected President of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Professor Tom Brazil has been elected President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). The MTT-S promotes the advancement of microwave theory and its applications. These include mobile phones, Wi-Fi, radio and radar.

04 October, 2016
World Expert in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Joins UCD
UCD has announced the appointment of Professor Fengzhou Fang, a world renowned expert in advanced manufacturing research and innovation, to UCD’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

03 October, 2016
Dearbhla Lenehan wins 2016 UCD Conway Festival gold medal
PhD student, Dearbhla Lenehan is announced as the 2016 UCD Conway Festival gold medal recipient for her research on the interactions between platelets and bacteria during the inflammatory response to bloodstream infections known as sepsis. This insight is vital to designing effective treatments to combat infections in future.

27 September, 2016
UCD to Lead €2.1 million European Connected Health Training Programme Focused on Cancer Rehabilitation
CATCH, a new €2.1 million connected health innovative training programme (ITN), involving 6partner organisations from 3 European companies, was formally launched on 22nd September, 2016 in UCD.

27 September, 2016
CeADAR and Kinesis Health Technologies Based at UCD Win Awards at Inaugural Data Science Awards
CeADAR, the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research, and Kinesis Health Technologies, have each won Awards at the inaugural Data Science Awards.

07 September, 2016
Green Technologies Researcher and Innovator Receives the NovaUCD 2016 Innovation Award
UCD has presented Professor Kevin O’Connor, a leading green technologies researcher and innovator, with the NovaUCD 2016 Innovation Award. The Award was presented to Professor O’Connor, UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science and UCD Earth Institute, by UCD President, Professor Andrew J. Deeks, during an event held at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs.

29 August, 2016
Knowing too much: experts more likely to experience 'false memories' about their specialist subject
High level of knowledge about a topic doubles the chances of 'false memories'

19 August, 2016
DNA analysis uncovers secrets of 5,300-year-old Iceman’s clothes
A 5,300-year-old mummy found in the Alps was wearing clothes made from at least five different ancient species of animal when he died, according to genetic DNA analyses carried out by a University College Dublin scientist.

04 August, 2016
UCD leads the field in Science Foundation Ireland research investment
With seven UCD research projects among 24 to receive funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Investigators Programme announced today, UCD once again leads the field with the highest number of projects funded.

26 July, 2016
DNA analyses reveal genetic identities of world's first farmers
First large-scale, genome-wide analyses of ancient human remains from Near East illuminates population dynamics of world's first farmers

07 July, 2016
NASA selects UCD alumnus for undersea mission
UCD alumnus Dr Marc Ó Gríofa will join two astronauts and three other researchers on an undersea research station as part of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations programme (NEEMO) this month.

01 July, 2016
New cancer centre partnership to deliver improved treatment
The centre will treat more than 45 per cent of all breast cancer cases in Ireland and 25 per cent of all pancreas cancer cases. It will also account for 50 per cent of all breast cancer screening in Ireland.

05 July, 2016
Professor Da-Wen Sun Conferred with Title of CIGR Honorary President
Professor Da-Wen Sun has been conferred with the title of CIGR Honorary President at the 4th International Conference on Agricultural Engineering held in Aarhus, Denmark.

29 June, 2016
Good gut relationships key in defence against pathogens
Fighting infection in the gut relies on a dynamic relationship between the cells that line gut walls and microbiota – the hundreds of different bacteria that co-exist within the human body without causing harm.

29 June, 2016
Atlantic Bridge Announces €60m Fund Initiated by UCD and Trinity to Invest in Companies Emerging from Third Level Research
Atlantic Bridge, one of Europe’s top performing growth technology funds, has announced a new €60 million investment fund for early stage companies with global potential that are built from world class research from all Irish third-level institutions and universities.

27 June, 2016
UCD Wins Knowledge Transfer Ireland 2016 Mature Spin-out Impact Award
UCD has won the Mature Spin-out Company Impact Award with Logentries at the 2016 Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards. The Award was presented by Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at an event held last night at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin.

27 June, 2016
5 UCD researchers amongst 2016 Fulbright Awardees
The US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley and Ireland’s Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs & Natural Resources, Seán Kyne TD, announced 39 new Fulbright Irish Awardees at the Ambassador’s Residence in Dublin. Five of these students are from University College Dublin.

30 May, 2016
New Members of the Royal Irish Academy announced
The enrolment of 22 world-renowned scientists & academics took place recently at the Royal Irish Academy – Ireland’s leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities.

25 May, 2016
UCD and the Irish Red Cross have jointly developed digital applications aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian action
UCD President, Professor Andrew J. Deeks and Irish Red Cross Head of International Relations and Cooperation, John Roche, travelled to India recently to sign an agreement and to launch a pilot study with the Indian Red Cross. The pilot study will assess the impact a mobile crowd source application will have on the charity’s efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) in India.

24 May, 2016
Researchers Complete University College Dublin’s Seventh Commercialisation Bootcamp
Twenty-one researchers have today completed the seventh UCD Commercialisation Bootcamp, delivered over the last 5 weeks at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin.

24 May, 2016
UCD Wins 2016 US-Ireland Research Innovation Award
The Awards celebrate excellence in research innovation that has taken place on the island of Ireland as a result of US business investment. This is the second year of the joint initiative between the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy.

23 May, 2016
US-Ireland partnership award to study gastric bypass weight loss
Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD), Ulster University and Florida State University have been awarded 2.5 million euro to investigate the effectiveness of gastric bypass surgery under the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership grant programme.

18 May, 2016
University College Dublin Researcher to Receive Prestigious US Award
The American Physiological Society (APS) has announced that Professor Cormac Taylor, UCD School of Medicine and UCD Conway Institute, is to be presented with the 2017 Takeda Distinguished Research Award by the Society’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Section.

27 April, 2016
New €1.7 million SAFE Research Programme at University College Dublin Positions Ireland at the Forefront in Food Safety Innovation
A new 3-year Innovation Partnership programme in food quality and safety was launched today at University College Dublin (UCD).The €1.7 million Enterprise Ireland and industry funded programme, Sequencing Alliance for Food Environments (SAFE), aims to develop a new predictive software toolbox to enhance food quality and safety approaches, nationally and with global reach, using environmental intelligence data.

19 April, 2016
Professor Des Higgins named as Kimura Motoo awardee
Professor Des Higgins, Conway Institute Fellow and Professor of Bioinformatics, UCD School of Medicine and Systems Biology Ireland will receive the Kimura Motoo award in recognition of his significant contributions to the advancement of evolutionary biology, and to the field of molecular phylogeny specifically.

19 April, 2016
Lowering cardiovascular disease risk in obesity
New UCD research findings, published in Circulation, the highest impact journal in the cardiovascular field, indicate that replacing dietary carbohydrate with monounsaturated fat in otherwise obesogenic diets is better for the cardiovascular health.

12 April, 2016
Bounce Beacon wins University College Dublin IoT Commercialisation Award
Using stationary vehicles to improve cooperative positioning algorithms.

17 March, 2016
UCD Positioned as Ireland’s Science and Research Gateway to Europe during Washington Visit
A high-level delegation, led by Professor Andrew J Deeks, President, University College Dublin (UCD), has paid a 3-day visit to Washington D.C., to coincide with St. Patrick’s Day.

14 March, 2016
UCD’s Performance Engineering Laboratory Shortlisted for 2016 US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards
Developed in 2015 by the American Chamber of Commerce, Ireland and the Royal Irish Academy, the awards recognise and acknowledge exemplary ideas, originating in Irish organisations, making a social and economic impact through research innovation in meeting market needs.

09 March, 2016
University College Dublin and IBM in Ireland Expanding Research Collaboration
University College Dublin (UCD) and IBM in Ireland has announced the expansion of the research collaboration between both organisations with the establishment of a new software development collaboratory.

29 February, 2016
The European Commission’s Director-General for Research and Innovation Visits University College Dublin
Mr Robert-Jan Smits, Director-General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission, recently visited University College Dublin (UCD) and was welcomed to the University by Professor Andrew J. Deeks, President, UCD.

22 February, 2016
Chinese Vice-Minister Tan Tianxing Visits UCD
On February 19th, a delegation led by Vice Minister Tan Tianxing of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council paid a special visit to Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, and held a meeting with UCD Chinese academic staff and postgraduate students.

02 February, 2016
€2.3 million dairy research facility opens at UCD Lyons Research Farm
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD has officially opened a new €2.3 million Dairy Research and Education facility at UCD Lyons Research Farm

05 January, 2016
Professor Da-Wen Sun named as 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
Professor Da-Wen Sun, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, has been selected for the prestigious Thomson Reuters 2015 list of Highly Cited Researchers.