News 2019
BEES Prizegiving 2019
The School of BEES annual prizegiving ceremony took place recently with awards presented across the School.
Awards were presented across the range of disciplines and programmes in the School of BEES, honouring student achievement including:
| Prize |
Discipline |
Recipient / Nomination |
| Lord Mayor’s Perpetual Trophy Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science graduate on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Julie Hayes |
| Savills Prize Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science student in 3rd year on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Michael Davis |
| Butler Prize Awarded to the top ranking Plant Science graduate on first attempt |
Plant Science |
Elizabeth Van Veen |
| Mulcahy Prize Terms of ref below
|
Zoology |
Darren Wilkinson |
| O’Rourke Prize Awarded to the top ranking Zoology student in third year on first attempt |
Zoology |
Evan Hickey |
| Clive Hutchison Prize Awarded to the best overall final year project in avian research within UCC |
Zoology |
Darren Wilkinson |
| Crawford Hayes Prize Awarded to the top ranking Ecology graduate on first attempt |
Ecology |
Sara Fissolo |
| Rising Star Award Awarded to the most improved BEES student from Year 2 to Year 3
|
BEES |
Robert Donohue |
| Nichol Prize Awarded to the top ranking Geology research project on first attempt |
Geology |
Simon Jeggo |
| Devoy Prize Awarded to the top ranking Earth Science project on first attempt. |
Earth Science |
Christopher Ahern |
The @uccBEES Lord Mayor's Perpetual Trophy for Environmental Science 2019 award was presented by Prof Andrew Wheeler, David McHugh and Councillor Dan Boyle to Julie Hayes. Congratulations to all students of #uccBEES @UCC School of BEES #StudentPrize #Ceremony @corkcitycouncil pic.twitter.com/pVDy3hEQ90
— Fehily Timoney & Co. (@FehilyTimoneyCo) October 14, 2019
Very proud of our son Darren today. Awarded Zoology Prize and the new Clive Hutchinson Prize for avian research. He graduated with 1st class degree from UCC. @uccBEES pic.twitter.com/D9Gf1RIbrj
— Adrian Wilkinson (@AWilkinson267) October 14, 2019
About the prizes:
The Lord Mayor's Perpetual Trophy award is sponsored by Fehily Timony and Company.
The Savills Prize is funded by Savills Auctioneers since the late 1990s.
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 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 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 Clive Hutchinson Prize is awarded in honour of Clive D. Hutchinson, a renowned Irish ornithologist.
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 Nichol Prize is awarded in honour of Professor James Nichol, the first Professor of Geology at University College Cork from 1849-1853.
The Devoy Prize marks the contribution of Professor Robert Devoy with regard to the establishment of the Earth Science degree at UCC.