News 2015
BEES Student Prize-giving Ceremony
An event was held today to present awards to students across the School of BEES for academic distinction.
The annual School of BEES Student Prize-Giving Ceremony took place at the North Mall campus and recognised the outstanding performance of students across the school disciplines. You can find photos from the ceremony below and on the BEES Facebook Page. Awards were presented, as follows:
| Prize |
Discipline |
Recipient |
| Mulcahy Prize
|
Zoology |
Louise Archer |
| Rising Star Award Awarded to the most improved BEES student from Year 2 to Year 3
|
BEES |
Thomas O’Toole |
| O’Rourke Prize Awarded to the top ranking Zoology student in third year on first attempt |
Best third year student Zoology |
Jane Delaney |
| Crawford Hayes Prize Awarded to the top ranking Ecology graduate on first attempt |
Ecology |
Amanda Nevin |
| Thorley Sweetman
|
Geology |
Hugh O’Keeffe |
| Nichol Prize Awarded to the top ranking Geology research project on first attempt |
Geology |
Brennus Voarino |
| Devoy Prize Awarded to the top ranking Earth Science project on first attempt |
Earth Science |
Stephanie Arcusa |
| Hincks Prize Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science graduate on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Elizabeth Grainger |
| Butler Prize Awarded to the top ranking Plant Science graduate on first attempt |
Plant Science |
Cliona Byrne |
About the prizes:
The Mulcahy Prize is awarded in honour of Prof. Maire Mulcahy, Emerita Professor of Zoology at UCC and the first female Professor of Zoology at the university.
The Butler Prize is presented in honour of Sir Edwin John Butler, UCC graduate, noted plant pathologist and founding director of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology.
The Nichol Prize is awarded in honour of Professor James Nichol, the first Professor of Geology at University College Cork from 1849-1853.
The O'Rourke Prize is awarded in honour of Prof. Fergus O'Rourke who served as Chair of Zoology at University College Cork from 1954 to 1982.
The Hincks Prize is named in honour of Rev. William Hincks who was first Professor of Natural History at Cork in 1849.
The Devoy Prize is presented in honour of Prof. Robert Devoy, School of Geography and Archaeology, UCC.The Crawford Hayes Prize is presented in honour of Thomas Crawford Hayes. In 1922 Miss Isabelle Hayes bequeathed £27,600 to the National University of Ireland, in memory of her late brother Dr. Thomas Crawford Hayes, for the purpose of "founding or aiding a Chair of Biology in the University and also for the furtherance and promotion of natural knowledge".
The Thorley Sweetman Prize is presented in honour of the late Dr. Thorley Sweetman who was a postgraduate student and subsequently a staff member of the Department of Geology, UCC from 1979 to 1989.
Peter O'Rourke presents the O'Rourke Prize to Jane Delaney at the BEES Prizegiving 2015 pic.twitter.com/eoZg7FpJlL
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March 2, 2015
Dr Marcel Jansen presents the Butler Prize to Cliona Byrne at the BEES Prizegiving 2015 pic.twitter.com/4A49DOW6yl
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March 2, 2015
Prof Maire Mulcahy presents the Mulcahy Prize to the father of Louise Archer at the BEES Prizegiving 2015. pic.twitter.com/iWSkPrIqot
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March 2, 2015
Prof. Gavin Burnell presents the Crawford Hayes Prize to Amanda Nevin at the BEES Prizegiving 2015. pic.twitter.com/1bFPEnR3Zb
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March 2, 2015