abies given formula milk instead of being breastfed are more likely to become obese, according to new research. A new Europe-wide study led by the World Health Organisation looking at 22 countries and more than 100,000 six to nine-year-olds found that even nursing babies for some of the time helped protect them from obesity. The breastfeeding study, […]
Four UCD researchers are among the top 1% of the most cited researchers in the world, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2018, compiled by Clarivate Analytics. Working in the areas of food engineering, bionanotechnology and food chemistry, the researchers included in the listing are: Professor Colm O’Donnell, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering. Professor Da-Wen Sun, […]
Five Irish universities ranked in latest employability rankings by QS By Sorcha Pollak for the Irish Times University College Dublin has been named Ireland’s leading university for employability and ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide in the latest global QS rankings. The southside Dublin university has been ranked 74th in the QS graduate employability rankings, […]
In The Media The Irish Times Silicon Republic Tech Central NovaUCD, the University’s centre for new ventures, is getting a €6.5 million facelift to help expand its facilities for early stage companies. When work is completed on renovating the hub’s east courtyard, the new extension will allowed Nova to accommodate between 15 and 30 additional start-ups – […]
DCU, Trinity, DIT, University of Limerick, UCD, and College of Surgeons make impact at Knowledge Transfer Ireland awards Six innovation projects from Ireland’s research and technology sectors won prizes at the annual Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards in Dublin on Thursday. University College Dublin was awarded the “Collaborative Research” award for its work with […]
Prof Kenneth Wolfe, Professor of Genomic Evolution has been awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant for the second time in his career. He is the first ever Ireland-based researcher to receive two of the highly sought after research funding awards. ERC Advanced Grants fund well-established research leaders with internationally renowned track records. They support […]
A €300 million on-campus accommodation complex at University College Dublin (UCD) has become the first development approved by An Bord Pleanála under the new “fast-track” planning process. However the board has reduced the amount of student housing sought by the State’s largest university by more than a quarter, bringing the number of beds down from 3,006 to 2,178. UCD […]
by Lewis Catchpole University College Dublin (UCD) is commissioning an international search for a design team to devise and design a landmark €48m building. The international competition, which will launch in early 2018, is to design the 8,000 sqm University’s Centre for Creative Design as well as an Entrance Precinct Masterplan. London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants […]
UCD Professors Da-Wen Sun and Colm O’Donnell, UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, have been included on the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled by Clarivate Analytics. This is the third time that both Professor Sun and Professor O’Donnell have been included on the list. The list identifies journal publications’ authors – as determined […]
By June Shannon University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin students won the inaugural competition A team of medical students from University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin were champions at recent inaugural ‘Move Neurology’ competition at the famous Pitiè-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris — the birthplace of modern day neurology. Prof Emmanuel Flamand-Roze, who […]
Company’s products help to prevent falls among older people In 2016, firm secured €590,000 from investors and Enterprise Ireland University College Dublin spin-out company, Kinesis Health Technologies, has won the Tech Day start-up pitching competition in the United States. At the Tech Day event, entitled ‘Technology and Ageing – Innovation for Independence and Innovation’, Kinesis […]
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) today announced that it will invest €72 million, over the next six years, in four new world-class SFI Research Centres in Ireland. The new SFI Research Centres will be supported by 80 industry partners who will provide an additional €38 million to support cutting-edge basic and applied research with strong industry […]
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