2007 Press Releases
UCC student awarded medal for first place in Leaving Cert Physics
Every year the Institute of Physics in Ireland presents a medal to the
student who came first in the country in Leaving Cert Physics. This
year, the Medal has been awarded to UCC student, Deborah Buckley for
First Place in Physics in Ireland in Leaving Certificate Examination
2006. Deborah, a first Civil Eng student at UCC, is a former
pupil of St Aloysius School, Carrigtwohill, Cork.
The medal was presented to Deborah by Dr Vincent Casey, acting Chairman
of the Institute of Physics in Ireland prior to the recent Tyndall
Lecture at UCC's Brookfield Health Sciences Complex on physics and rock
guitar attended by hundreds of students.
The Institute of Physics is a leading international professional body
and learned society with over 37,000 members, which promotes the
advancement and dissemination of a knowledge of and education in the
science of physics, pure and applied. It has a world-wide membership
and is a major international player in: scientific publishing and
electronic dissemination of physics; setting professional standards for
physicists and awarding professional qualifications; promoting physics
through scientific conferences, education and science policy advice.
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