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2006

December

DCU kicks off debate on the beautiful game
- 1 December 2006
FORMER AG, EU COMMISSIONER DAVID BYRNE APPOINTED CHANCELLOR OF DCU
- 7 December 2006
DCU LED INSTITUTE AIMS AT WORLD BREAKTHROUGH IN CANCER, HEART DISEASE DETECTION
- 11 December 2006

November

New appointment in the IUA
- 1 November 2006
Launch of new online journal during Anti-Racist Workplace Week 2006
- 2 November 2006
Bill Cullen attends DCU graduation
- 10 November 2006
DCU Uaneen Module Award Reception
- 10 November 2006
DCU appoints Professor Bill Harris, Former DG of Science Foundation Ireland, Adjunct Professor
- 22 November 2006
Sport Scholarship Awards Announced
- 15 Novmeber 2006
DCU's Hi Tech work'n'play cafe opens - cafe society goes digital
- 27 November 2006
Taoiseach Launches €5 million DCU Sports Academy – A First for Ireland
- 27 November 2006

October

DCU student start up company lists on LSE
- 1 October 2006
DCU to release 500 helium balloons to mark World Mental Health Day
- 4 October 2006
Matthew Skelton, from the U.S. Copyright Office, talks about intellectual property rights
- 10 October 2006
Mary Hanafin, TD, opened world-class €20m National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology Institute at DCU
- 10 October 2006
Irish online dictonary, focal.ie, launched
- 22 October 2006
DCU to have ‘stop’ on New ‘Metro North’ Line
- 20 October 2006
AIT and DCU Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement
- 27 October 2006

September

DCU students awarded for innovative commerical research projects
- 8 September 2006
NICB International Conference on Global mRNA and Protein Expression Analysis
- 8 September 2006
IUA agrees “poaching” accord
- 14 September 2006
DCU Student wins The Marketing Network Marketing Student of the Year Award
- 18 September 2006
DCU launches Ireland’s first Graduate Diploma/ Masters Programme in Procurement
- 22 September 2006
“IRELAND TRAINS TOO MANY LAWYERS” – DCU PRESIDENT FERDINAND VON PRONDZYNSKI
- 25 September 2006
DCU campus company Archport to create up to 30 jobs
- 25 September 2006

August

International Philosophy of Nursing Conference
- 31 August 2006
DCU introduces on-line registration
- 30 August 2006
CONFERENCE - Research applications in cancer and other diseases and in biopharmaceutical production DCU, 7-8 September 2006
- 11 August 2006
DCU collaborate with the Crafts Council of Ireland in Smart Garment development
- 14 August 2006
DCU launches new Procurement MBS
- 14 August 2006
Vehicle Alternative Fuel System and Environmental Protection Conference
- 16 August 2006

July

Minister Hanafin visits the Irish Centre for Talented Youth in DCU
- 27 July 2006

June

DCU links with Arizona State University
- 5 June 2006
Opening of Vhi SwiftCare Clinic at Dublin City University
- 19 June 2006
Veronica Guerin Memorial Bursary
- 21 June 2006
Nobel Laureate Comes to DCU
- 28 June 2006
Nanotechnology - What's the big deal?
- 28 June 2006

May

Tanaiste meets 'grads' of the future
- 2 May 2006
Sean Og O Halpin and Irish Times photographer Bryan 0 Brien among DCU Alumni to be honoured by President Mcaleese.
- 8 May 2006
DCU/Liberties Schools project watch Desert and Rainforest
- 15 May, March 2006
Shocking findings on gay and lesbian bullying in second-level schools to be revealed: at DCU book launch - Friday 19 May, 3pm
- 19 May, March 2006
Health4Life Conference at DCU
- 22 May 2006
New Courses at DCU
- 22 May 2006
DCU team in €10bn Global Safe Nuclear Energy Project
- 24 May 2006
DCU survey shows 42% increase in IT job vacancies in one year
- 24 May 2006

March

INSTITUTE FOR ETHICS SET UP BY DCU
- 8 March 2006
Pat Cox - Invitation to Seminar at DCU
- 8 March 2006
McDonald’s sponsor PhD studentship at Dublin City University
- 13 March 2006
Can the press regulate itself? UK press complaints head at DCU
- 22 March 2006
Thandika Mkandawire, Director of UN Institute, at DCU
- 23 March 2006
DCU President encourages a culture of strategic risk-taking
- 24 March 2006
Leading US Expert to Address Irish Business Community
- 24 March 2006

February

GOOGLE RESEARCH PROJECT FOR DCU
- 9 February 2006
BOSSES WHO ARE NOT ENTREPRENEURIAL ARE JUST “BOOKKEEPERS”, SAYS TOP US PROFESSOR
- 15 February 2006
MAKING WAVES AT DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
- 15 February 2006
DCU Fashion Show 2006
- 26 February 2006

January

DCU survey shows 14% increase in IT job vacancies
- 11 January 2006
DCU opens all degrees to top athletes
- 26 January 2006
'Lab in a Lorry' visits Dublin City University
- 31 January 2006
Dr Francoise Blin and Dr Tia Keyes – this year’s President’s research award recipients
- 31 January 2006