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Want to help rescue our beautiful native ash tree from dieback disease? Attend #AshforFuture talk: 📆Thu 31 July, 10.30am 📍James Joyce Library Link 3 Register forms.gle/ZLSxNeZ7FdKG... Presented by UCD #CitizenScience & @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Great news!📢 Full access to the book collections on James Joyce Library Levels 2 & 4 has been restored. Level 2 is now partially open to all library users. Watch for signage & floor plans for info. Thank you again for your patience as we prepare the JJL for change. See www.ucd.ie/library/summ....
Looking for help managing your #ResearchData? Join our Research Data Librarian on Fri 25th July for a live demo using #DMPonline to create a Data Management Plan. This session is suitable for researchers needing help navigating DMPonline. Book your place at Library Training: bit.ly/dmpo2507
Need books from JJL Level 2 this summer? Please submit our book retrieval form. buff.ly/71fCvxo (please allow up to 1 working day for retrieval). We're making space for big changes to the James Joyce Library! Thank you for your patience. @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
Need books from JJL Level 2 this summer? Please submit our book retrieval form. buff.ly/71fCvxo (please allow up to 1 working day for retrieval). We're making space for big changes to the James Joyce Library! Thank you for your patience. @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social
We're very proud to celebrate Centre member @kylzjarrett.bsky.social , and colleague Barry Wardell, on the reception of these incredible ERC awards! 👏🔥 Read more at the LinkedIn post below 👇 @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social
👩🔬🧑🔬 Amazing news: UCD researchers Professor Kylie Jarrett and Associate Professor Barry Wardell have just been awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grants worth a combined €5 million to fund… | Univers...
👩🔬🧑🔬 Amazing news: UCD researchers Professor Kylie Jarrett and Associate Professor Barry Wardell have just been awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grants worth a combined €5 million to fund groundbrea...
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Check out the new UCD Library #PoetryJukebox, located in the Sensory Garden near the UCD Lake. This interactive sound installation features 20 poems from the Irish Poetry Reading Archive held in UCD Special Collections. Just wind it up, press the button and listen!🔊👂 @ucddublin.bsky.social
In the Sustainability indicator, evaluating the social and environmental impact of universities as centres of education and research, UCD is 49th in the world and number one in Ireland. It also remains in the top 100 for Employment Outcomes at 88th globally. 📰 Full story: www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
University College Dublin rises to 118 in latest QS World University Rankings
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University College Dublin is ranked 118th in the latest QS World University Rankings (WUR), up eight places from last year. This year’s climb, up from 126, marks the third year in a row of upward movement for the University.
💙💛 University College Dublin rises to 118 in latest QS World University Rankings 🔹 A rise of eight places since last year 🔹 Ranked 49th in the world and No. 1 in Ireland for Sustainability
👩🔬🧑🔬 Amazing news: UCD researchers Prof Kylie Jarrett and Associate Prof Barry Wardell have just been awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grants worth a combined €5 million to fund groundbreaking research. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... 🎉 @ucdischool.bsky.social 🎉 @barrywardell.net 🎉 @ucdscience.bsky.social
€5 million awarded to UCD researchers working on potential scientific breakthroughs
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Applications are open for the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics undergraduate summer research placements in 2025. This programme is aimed at undergraduate students entering their final year in autumn 2025. Further information about the programme is available at www.ucd.ie/mathstat/new...
There's still time to register for the 25 March #Covidence workshop, giving you an introduction to the no. 1 systematic review tool. This 1-hr session take place at 1pm in the Health Sciences Library (Room D111). Book this or other sessions on our Library Training page: hub.ucd.ie/usis/W_HU_ME...
UCD Biology Transition Year Online Event – 10 March Join Dr Adam Kane to explore urban wildlife, conservation challenges & cutting-edge tech used to study our non-human neighbours in our Zoom Webinar TY event. 🔗 Register now: www.myucd.ie/visiting-ucd... 📸 Image via Mattie Purinton
Congratulations to Dr Adamaria Perrotta, UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, on receiving a University Award for Teaching Excellence in the UCD University Teaching and Learning Awards 2023-24 this week. #UCDTLAwards ➡️ Read the award citation: www.ucd.ie/teaching/awa... @ucdscience.bsky.social
Fiona Doohan from @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social reveals the evolution between cereal 🌾and fungi 🍄 Wheat diseases cost billions💲 How can evolution help us tackle this growing problem?
🦸♀️🧮 Ireland's Maths Superwomen! To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr Christiana Pantelidou, PhD from the UCD School of Mathematics and Statistics, has launched a nationwide outreach project highlighting Irish women's achievements in mathematics.
Five researchers from UCD have secured fellowships with industry partners via the (opens in a new window)Research Ireland Industry Research, Development, and Innovation Fellowship (IRDIF) Programme. 🧵 The UCD awardees are...
Research Ireland industry-focused fellowships awarded to UCD researchers
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University College Dublin is seeking to recruit 50 early-career faculty through the Ad Astra Fellows programme: ucd.ie/adastrafello... Applications are now open for 10 positions in the College of Science: ucd.ie/adastrafello...
University College Dublin is seeking to recruit 50 early-career faculty through the Ad Astra Fellows programme: ucd.ie/adastrafello... Applications are now open for 10 positions in the College of Science: ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Snowberries, polypores, sleepy forest and a splash of color in the garden
QQI-FET CAO Applicants Webinar Tuesday, 7 January 2025 at 4:00pm – 5:00pm Agriculture, Food Science, Science, Computer Science, Sustainability. There will be a Q&A as part of the webinar. Register at ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Seimineár ar Líne Iarrthóirí QQI-FET CAO (Lár-Oifig Iontrála) Dé Máirt, 7 Eanáir 2025 ag 4:00pm – 5:00pm Talmhaíocht, Eolaíocht an Bhia, Eolaíocht, Ríomheolaíocht, Inbhuanaitheacht. Beidh ceisteanna & freagraí mar chuid den seimineár. Cláraigh ag ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
‘I think we’re all very proud of doing an ‘Irish first’ EIRSAT-1 engineer & a research fellow at the UCD C-Space, Dr David Murphy tells @suhasini.bsky.social of @siliconrepublic.bsky.social that this experience has been nothing short of incredible.. @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
EIRSAT-1 lead talks roadblocks, discoveries and future projects
Ireland launched its first satellite late last year. Now, a year later, Dr David Murphy talks about the regulatory roadblocks and project successes.
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📊 Ranked first in Ireland and 49th in the world, the latest QS #sustainability rankings puts UCD among the world’s best for environmental and social impact.
🌍 It is the only Irish university to make it into the top 100 of the global ranking. It is also ranked 28th in Europe among the 556 European institutions featured. @ucdsustainability.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
UCD 49th in the world and No 1 in Ireland for sustainability, reports QS ranking
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Reconstructing historical pest dynamics by rescuing data. Our new #research paper explains the protocol and applies it to Ireland link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ucdscience.bsky.social #data
Understanding observable historical pest dynamics through a data rescue approach - Biological Invasions
Long-term historical data on the presence of invasive pests can inform current pest management. By examining correlations between shifts in pest occurrences and various potential drivers, we can bette...
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Our Environmental Biology, Botany and Zoology undergraduates attend a 2 wk field course in Costa Rica sampling and surveying the amazing diversity in Bijagual Ecological Reserve. Follow @ucdtropecol.bsky.social where we share the rich diversity of a tropical forest. @ucdscience.bsky.social
