Company developing genetic tests for equine industry wins NovaUCD 2009 Start-Up Award
Equinome, a biotech company developing genetic tests to optimise decision-making in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses, has won the NovaUCD 2009 start-up award. The company was founded in early 2009 by Dr Emmeline Hill, a leading horse genomics researcher...
UCD student scoops Irish Software Association Award
PhD student, Yuandong Zhu from the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics has won the Student Medal at the 2009 Irish Software Association Awards. The award recognises the most commercially viable piece of research developed by a student in 2009. Zhu is developing tools to revolutionise computer forensic investigations...
Economics at UCD in excellence group in European rankings
UCD economics has been awarded ’excellence group’ status in the 2009 CHE (Centre for Higher Education Development) Excellence Rankings. The result is due to outstanding achievements in citations and the Erasmus-Mundus master's programmes. The CHE - Excellence Ranking compares the best European university research facilities...
Health Minister announces national research centre for protection of the elderly
According to international research, between 1% and 4% of over-65s experience some form of abuse in the community. In order to help policymakers understand, locate and tackle elder abuse in Ireland, the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney TD officially announced...
27 November 2009: Realism & Exceptionalism in US Foreign Policy: From Kissinger to Obama
The symposium explores the historical roots of realism and exceptionalism in the conduct of US foreign policy, with particular attention to figures and events from the 1970s to today. It considers the parallel challenges facing Kissinger and Obama...
