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Irish Technology Leadership Group and Dublin City University Ryan Academy to advance entrepreurship in Ireland and Silicon Valley
Dublin City University is joining forces with RTÉ Radio 1's The John Murray Show to launch the First Year Fitness Challenge for schools throughout the island of Ireland.
>>full text | 27 January 2012

Dublin City University and RTÉ's The John Murray Show roll out All-Island First Year Fitness Challenge to second-level schools
Dublin City University is joining forces with RTÉ Radio 1's The John Murray Show to launch the First Year Fitness Challenge for schools throughout the island of Ireland.
>>full text | 30 January 2012

Graduates in high demand in Ireland's 16,000-job localisation sector - Minister Sherlock calls for more skilled graduates in language and technology
Sean Sherlock T.D., Minister for Research and Innovation today launched a guide which urges secondary students to consider language and technology at third level for a potential career in the localisation sector.
>>full text | 25 January 2012
Nursing at DCU - 'one of the best decision you will ever make'
>>full text | 25 January 2012

Oscar nomination for DCU Graduate
Congratulations to DCU graduate, Eimear O'Kane who has been nominated for an Oscar in the Short Film (Live Action) Category for her short film entitled "Pentecost".
>>full text | 30 January 2012

DCU Mercy Basketball - Victor
DCU Mercy Basketball continued its development with two excellent victories in the National Cup semi finals last weekend in Cork.
>>full text | 18 January 2012

DCU joins prestigious consortium of EU universities -
to foster regeneration through innovation and entrepreneurship
Dublin City University has been invited to join the prestigious European university network, the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU).
>>full text | 17 January 2012

DCU student wins SCCUL Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011
Caroline McDonagh, MBA 2006 won the SCCUL Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Award at a reception in Clayton Hotel.
>>full text | 16 January 2012

Minister Quinn launches €3.75m science education initiative
Ruairí Quinn TD, Minister for Education and Skills today launched a €3.75m EU-funded initiative which will revolutionise the way science is taught and assessed in the classroom.
>>full text | 1 January 2012

DCU student wins 'best undergraduate' award from RIA
Ben Quigley, 4th year student on the BSc in Applicable Mathematics degree, has been awarded a Hamilton Award by the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
>>full text | 12st December 2011

Music Connections in DCU
A new lunch-time concert series started on a high note when students of St Patrick's College presented a varied programme at The Helix
>>full text | 19th December 2011

International Society of Automation (ISA) Irish branch award to DCU physics graduate Ms. Jennifer Gaughran
>>full text | 16th December 2011

SANTA DASH: in aid of FR Peter Mc Verry Trust and the Arusha Appeal
Over 50 DCU football players and athletes took part in a charity santa dash around DCU campus this week.
>>full text | 15th December 2011

Age and ageing in higher education: exploring the benefits and costs of higher education distribution over the lifecourse
>>full text | 8th December 2011

Leaving Cert Students Receive the inaugural Scholarship Award from the Faculty of Engineering and Computing DCU.
DCU's Faculty of Engineering and Computing Inaugural Academic Scholarship Awards took place on 29th November at 7pm, in the R&E Building on campus.
>>full text | 8th December 2011

MEDEA awards for DCU's MSc in Education and Training Management students
Deirdre Flood and Paul Maher, students on DCU's MSc in Education and Training Management, were both successful in the recent MEDIA awards held in Brussels last week..
>>full text | 8th December 2011

DCU research features on front cover of International Journal of Cancer
A research article by two senior researchers in DCU's School of Biotechnology, Dr Dermot Walls and Dr Sinead Loughran, will feature on the front cover of December's International Journal of Cancer (IJC).
>>full text | 6th December 2011

Football successes - Congratulations to our DCU teams
A hugely successful week on the pitch for three of our football teams winning All Ireland league titles at different levels, an unique triple success at University level in one week.
>>full text | 5th December 2011

'Through the Wormhole' - CLARITY research
A film crew from Discovery Channel visited DCU's CLARITY research centre this week to film interviews for series 3 of 'Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman'.
>>full text | 5th December 2011

Oliver Cussen presents the inaugural DAA Aviation Management prize
Oliver Cussen, Deputy Chief Executive and Company Secretary of the DAA was on campus to present the inaugural DAA Aviation Management prize to four students studying for a B.Sc in Aviation Management with Pilot Studies at DCU
>>full text | 1st December 2011

The Twelve Business Days of Christmas: 24 new jobs created by DCU's LINK Start-ups
Each business day from 1st to 20th December, a team of staff and students from Dublin City University will launch 12 new internet startup businesses
>>full text | 1st December 2011

'Women After Beijing': speaker Gertrude Mongella, Secretary General of the UN Beijing World Conference on Women
Seminar to take place Wednesday 30 November at 6pm Irish Aid centre O Connell St Dublin.
>>full text | 30th November 2011

DCU graduate publishes LA Commandments
DCU graduate Gillian Duffy has published her first novel, the LA Commandments.
>>full text | 30th November 2011

Transgender Awareness – talk by Vanessa Lacey
Ms Vanessa Lacey of the Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) presented a seminar on Transgender Awareness in Ireland in Dublin City University on the 29th November 2011.
>>full text | 30th November 2011

A Luncheon to Launch the Arts Bursary Programme 2011
Yesterday, staff and students gathered in the Space (the Helix) and joined the Office of Student Life for lunch to launch the Arts Bursary Programme 2011.
>>full text | 29th November 2011

'Please Talk' - Students' Union campaign
'Please Talk' is an initiative aimed at safeguarding the mental health of students in Irish schools and universities by getting students talking about any problems and issues that they may be facing in their lives.
>>full text | 29th November 2011

National Procurement Awards 2011
The National Procurement Awards 2011 took place before a packed audience of the top echelon of Ireland’s procurement professionals, with Richard Curran of RTÉ's Dragons Den and Deputy Editor of The Sunday Business Post presiding over the glittering awards ceremony.
>>full text | 29th November 2011

140 Sport Scholarships Awarded to Elite Athletes in DCU
140 sport scholarships were announced at a ceremony in The Helix, DCU on Tuesday the 22nd of November 2011.
>>full text | 23rd November 2011

Professor John Delaney speaks at Environmental Environmental symposium
>>full text | 23rd November 2011

Prof Colum Kenny donates family archives to DCU Library
Correspondence from Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement, Arthur Griffith and other patriots are among family papers and books that have been donated to Dublin City University.
>>full text | 23rd November 2011

Irish technologies to keep astronauts fit and healthy in space
Helping astronauts deal with ‘accelerated ageing’ and a lack of exercise in space are the focus of two European Space Agency research contracts awarded to Irish researchers announced by Seán Sherlock T.D, Minister for Research and Innovation.
>>full text | 21st November 2011

Congratulations to DCU graduate, Lorraine Twohill - Google Brand Genius
Dublin City University is delighted to congratulate DCU graduate and VP of Global Marketing for Google, Lorraine Twohill, on being named 'Grand Brand Genius' by Adweek.
>>full text | 18th November 2011

Government-supported research to build on 15,000-job, €680million-a-year localisation sector
SFI research centre created technology used at 2010 FIFA World Cup to automatically translate tweets into global languages.
>>full text | 18th November 2011

Covidien to invest in DCU's Biomedical Diagnostic Institute
Medical devices group, Covidien, has announced plans to invest in an innovative R&D project with the Biomedical Diagnostic Institute (BDI) of Dublin City University.
>>full text | 17th November 2011

President Michael D Higgins presents 2012 National School Film Awards
President Michael D Higgins attended the 7th annual Fiche Film Festival awards held in the Helix today. The ceremony was attended by representatives from 24 national schools from around the country.
>>full text | 17th November 2011

CLARITY student wins Irish Software Association award
Adam Bermingham, a PhD student working under the supervision of Professor Alan Smeaton, has won this year's Irish Software Association award for a student project with the greatest commercial potential.
>>full text | 17th November 2011

Service Improvement with Cooperative Learning
On Monday 27th June 2011 at the School of Nursing and Human Sciences, Dublin City University twelve students celebrated their achievement of successfully completing a module entitled Service Improvement with Cooperative Learning.
>>full text | 17th November 2011

DCU Iolite Gala celebrating 21 years of Access
In celebration of the achievements of the DCU Access Programme over the last two decades, the Dublin City University Educational Trust was proud to host the DCU Iolite Gala on Wednesday, 9th November 2011.
>>full text | 14th November 2011

Mickey Whelan receives PhD from DCU and receives first 'Darren Sutherland Memorial Award'
Graduation 2011
>>full text | 9th November 2011

Graduation Chancellor's Medals 2011
Medals presented to David McMullin and Paul Conroy
>>full text | 9th November 2011

'The Global Health Workforce: Pathways to Health', Symposium and learning event: School of Nursing and Human Sciences DCU, 20 October 2011
>>full text | 3rd November 2011

DCU Nuring Fair, Wednesday 16th November, 2-5pm
The first ever DCU Nursing Fair will be taking place in the School of Nursing and Human Sciences on Wednesday 16th November, 2-5pm.
>>full text | 2th November 2011

DCU graduate, Linda Byrne, completes the Dublin Marathon in under 2:37
DCU graduate, Linda Byrne, completed the National Lottery Dublin Marathon in 2:36.21, inside the Olympic A standard of 2:37.
>>full text | 2th November 2011

DCU Iolite Gala - Celebrating 21 years of the DCU Access Programme
2011 marks the 21st Anniversary of the Dublin City University Access Programme, the first and the largest programme of its kind in Ireland.
>>full text | 29th October 2011

Undergraduate Research Conference
Last Wednesday, October 12th, DCU hosted over a hundred undergraduate students from all over the country at "Research in the Real World", the Dublin Regional Higher Education Alliance's 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference.
>>full text | 26th October 2011

The University and Economic Recovery: The Role of Technology, Enterprise and Learning Approaches
The conference on "The University and Economic Recovery: The Role of Technology, Enterprise and Learning Approaches" will take place on October 25-26th in the Helix at DCU.
>>full text | 25th October 2011

International Rules - DCU students and graduates selected
DCU's Michael Murphy has been selected to play in the forthcoming International Rules series due to take place in Australia. Michael, who captains the Donegal county team, is a third-year student on the BSc in Physical Education and Biology.
>>full text | 21th October 2011

DCU grad Joe Hogan and Niall Norton win 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2011'
Joe Hogan and Niall Norton were last night presented with the Ernst and Young 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2011' award
>>full text | 19th October 2011

Celebrating 21 years of work on equality and access at Dublin City University
A day of celebration was held on 14 October 2011 to mark the 21st anniversary of the DCU Access Service which began in 1990 with just 6 students and which has since grown to 500 students in the college today. >
>>full text | 20th October 2011

Noel Curran delivers speech on public service media
Noel Curran, the Director General of RTÉ, delivered the inaugural lecture in the ‘Media and the Public’ series on October 17th in the Helix Theatre.
>>full text | 19th October 2011

DCU students all star nominations
Congratulations to current DCU students and graduate on being nominated for a GAA/GPA All Star Football Award.
>>full text | 17th October 2011

Launch of HSE-funded report on 'Marte Meo'
Launch of HSE-funded report on a programme for parents with communication and developmental difficulties
- a DCU study of parents' and professionals' experiences of the Marte Meo therapy programme
>>full text | 17th October 2011

The Business of Aviation
Willie Walsh, Chief Executive of International Airlines Group visited campus on Thursday, October 13th to deliver a talk titled "The Business of Aviation" to students.
>>full text | 14th October 2011

Minister Sean Sherlock presents commercialisation awards to new companies
>>full text | 12th October 2011

Minister Quinn launches major university collaboration on disease research and control
>>full text | 2nd October 2011

DCU/CLARITY awarded €2m European Framework funding for sensor research
>>full text | 30th September 2011

Representing Women -- images, discourses and realities in Irish political life
>>full text | 23rd September 2011

DCU Business School awarded contract for "Grow your Business" by Enterprise Ireland
>>full text | 15th September 2011

Drinks Industry contribution to tourism - report by Anthony Foley, DCU
>>full text | 2nd September 2011