UCD Relations

3 weeks ago | ucd.ie | Rebecca Hastings |UCD Relations

The UCD Sutherland School of Law has unveiled a new scholarship in honour of the late Declan McCourt to support those in financial need continuing on to postgraduate study in law. Established with a €1 million fund at the UCD Foundation, the scholarship memorialises the well-known businessman and chairman of the Development Council of the UCD Sutherland School of Law.

3 weeks ago | ucd.ie | Rebecca Hastings |UCD Relations

(opens in a new window)UCD Smurfit Executive Development remains one of the top education destinations for executives, according to the latest Financial Times rankings. Ranked 47th globally in Open Enrolment, and first in Ireland, the programme at the (opens in a new window)UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has for eight consecutive years been ranked among the most recognised business institutions in the world.

3 weeks ago | ucd.ie | Rebecca Hastings |UCD Relations

4 June 2025 (opens in a new window)Professor Brendan Murphy has been elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the world’s largest community of statisticians and data scientists. The only Ireland-based researcher currently holding this fellowship, Professor Murphy, from the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, is also the first Ireland-based recipient since 1960 and the only European elected this year.

3 weeks ago | ucd.ie | Rebecca Hastings |UCD Relations

3 June 2025 Four projects from UCD have received funding under the Research Alliance Award initiative,  a collaborative funding programme designed to boost Ireland’s research ties with Wales. Launched in December 2024 by the Wales Innovation Network (WIN) and Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, the Research Alliance Award provides seed funding to researchers in both countries to develop joint proposals for Horizon Europe and other European funding programmes.

3 weeks ago | ucd.ie | Rebecca Hastings |UCD Relations

3 June 2025 A forthcoming UCD-led study will use an app to connect pregnant women at risk of gestational diabetes with trained health coaches to provide personalised support. Led by (opens in a new window)Dr Sharleen O’Reilly from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, the Bump2Baby&Me+ study has received €2 million partnership funding from Horizon Europe, with the Health Research Board as the Irish national funder.