News 2017
BEES Prizegiving Ceremony 2017
The BEES Prizegiving 2017 took place recently at the School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Awards were presented across the range of disciplines in the School of BEES, honouring student achievement including:
| Prize | Discipline |
Recipient |
| Mulcahy Prize Best overall final year Zoology student |
Zoology |
Ronan O'Sullivan |
| Butler Prize Awarded to the top ranking Plant Science graduate on first attempt |
Plant Science |
Sharon Crowley and Melanie Smith |
| Rising Star Award Awarded to the most improved BEES student from Year 2 to Year 3 |
BEES |
Daniel Weldon
|
| O’Rourke Prize Awarded to the top ranking Zoology student in third year on first attempt |
Best third year student Zoology |
Cassandra McAree
|
| Lord Mayor's Perpetual Trophy Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science graduate on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Isabel O'Mahoney
|
| Devoy Prize Awarded to the top ranking Earth Science project on first attempt |
Earth Science |
Shauna Creane and Eoin Downing
|
| Crawford Hayes Prize Awarded to the top ranking Ecology graduate on first attempt |
Ecology |
Alan McCarthy
|
| Thorley Sweetman Prize Awarded for the BSc (Hons) mapping project awarded the highest marks in the final Honours examination. |
Geology |
Sean Cunningham |
| Savills Prize
|
Environmental Science |
Lauren Quinlivan |
| Nichol Prize
|
Geology |
Megan Dolan |
(Photos: Daragh McSweeney -Provision)
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— School of BEES, UCC (@uccBEES) October 24, 2017
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 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.