The NUI celebrated the academic achievements of its graduates and students at its annual awards ceremony held in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham on November 23rd 2010. Presenting awards with a total value of €640,000, the Chancellor of the University, Dr Maurice Manning remarked that ‘at a time when many other kinds of investments have proven to be worthless, we are satisfied that this is money well spent and will yield good returns for a long time’.
Graduates and students from UCC received 34 of the 101 NUI Awards in 2010. The total value of awards to UCC in 2010 was in the region of €80,000. Among the awards to be presented to UCC graduates and students were 3 NUI Travelling Studentships in the Humanities and Social Sciences and in the Sciences, the Dr Mary L Thornton Scholarship in Education (€5,000) and the Mansion House Fund Scholarships in Irish and Irish History (€2,000 each). UCC also featured prominently in the Dr H H Stewart Literary and Medical Awards winning 26 medals in this competition.
In 2010, over 100 students and graduates from the constituent universities and recognised colleges of the federal university received awards. UCD, UCC, NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway, RCSI and NCAD were represented in the award winners.
Other awards included the NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Literature and History, the Denis Phelan Scholarship, the NUI Art and Design Award and the NUI Club London Scholarship.
Picture: UCC NUI Award Winners with the Chancellor of the University, Dr Maurice Manning and NUI Registrar, Dr Attracta Halpin
NUI Awards 2010 – UCC Winners
NUI Travelling Studentships in the Humanities and Social
Sciences and the Sciences
Phillip Healy
Elaine O’Sullivan
Shane Mansfield
Dr Mary L Thornton Scholarship in Education
Regina Murphy
Mansion House Fund Scholarships (sa Ghaeilge)
Mary I. Groarke
Mansion House Fund Scholarship (Irish History)
Donal Walsh
French Government Medal and NUI Prizes for Proficiency in
French
Brighid Walsh
Dr HH Stewart Literary Scholarship in English
Nina L. Fitzpatrick (Scholarship)
Dr HH Stewart Literary Scholarship in French
Niall Colbert (Scholarship)
2nd prize: Caoimhín
A. Ó Muiréasa
Scoláireacht an Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart sa Ghaeilge
3ú Duais: Gillian
P. Ní Chionnaolaighas
Dr HH Stewart Literary Scholarship in German
2nd prize: Harry
Cullen
Dr HH Stewart Literary Scholarship in Italian
2nd prize: Claudia
H. Schwab
Dr HH Stewart Literary Scholarship in Latin
Anne E. Ledwidge (Scholarship)
2nd prize: Marie-Luise
Theuerkauf
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Anatomy
3rd prize: Nicolas
Clarridge
H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Biochemistry
Karen N. McCarthy (Scholarship)
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in General Practice
3rd prize: Eilis
Murphy
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Medical Microbiology
3rd prize: Jean
Kerins
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Medicine
3rd prize: Katie
A. Walsh
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Pharmacology
3rd prize: Antoinette
O’Connor
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Psychiatry
Dearbhla Kelly (Scholarship)
2nd prize: Una
Clancy
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Physiology
2nd prize: Terence
Ho
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Public Health
2nd prize: Benjamin
Lai
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Paediatrics
Peter Barrett (Scholarship)
H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Surgery
Rachel Power (Scholarship)
Dr H H Stewart
Scholarship in Dentistry
Emily Higgins
2nd Prize: Bonolo
Letsebe
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Occupational Therapy
2nd prize: Sarah
Barry-Reidy
H H Stewart Scholarship in Speech and Language Therapy
Una M Leonard (Scholarship)
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Midwifery
2nd prize: Frances
Friedlander
3rd prize: Margaret
S. Fitzpatrick
H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Nursing, 2009
2nd prize: Elizabeth
Mitchell
(The Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Nursing, 2nd
prize and 3rd prize 2010 will be awarded at the 2011 awards ceremony).
