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UCC students and alum honoured by NUI
Over 30 students and graduates from UCC were presented with post-doctoral fellowships, travelling studentships and other awards at the last NUI Awards awards presentation.
The Awards honour scholars of distinction at every stage of their academic studies, from undergraduates to senior scholars well established in their fields of expertise. Speaking at the Awards ceremony, Dr Maurice Manning said the recipients were “some of the brightest minds and talents across the diverse NUI community”.
Dominating the Dr Henry Hutchinson Stewart Literary Scholarships, UCC won five of the seven awards, and a commendation and a second prize.
The full list of UCC NUI Awards Winners is:
NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Irish and Celtic Studies
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile BA, MA, PhD
University College Cork
NUI Travelling Studentship in Music
James Milea BA, MA
University College Cork
NUI Travelling Studentship in Archaeology
Aurélien Burlot BA
University College Cork
NUI Denis Phelan Scholarship
Margaret O'Sullivan BMus, MRes
University College Cork
NUI E J Phelan Fellowship in International Law
Sandra Duffy LLB, LLM
University College Cork
NUI Scholarship in Education
Rebecca Buggy BA, PME
University College Cork
French Government Medal and NUI Prize for Distinction on Dual Degrees
Niall Colbert
University College Cork
French Government Medal and NUI Prize for Proficiency in French
Máiréad Jones BA
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in English
Chloe Harte
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in French
Daniel Herlihy
Commendation
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in German
Alexandra Philbin
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in Italian
Ana Harrington
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in Latin
Maria Benerrabeh
Scholarship
University College Cork
Niamh Kehoe-Rouchy
Second Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Literary Scholarship in Spanish
Daniel Herlihy
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in General Practice
Emily Rutherford MB BCh BAO
Scholarship
University College Cork
Conal Houstoun MB BCh BAO
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Medical Microbiology
Sinéad Flanagan
Scholarship
University College Cork
Alan Corkery
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Ophthalmology
Ruth Ellard MB BCh BAO
Second Prize
University College Cork
Robert Whiriskey
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Pathology
Sinead O'Riordan
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Physiology
Wei Qi Vanessa Chan
Second Prize
University College Cork
Cara Pray
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Psychiatry
Jacqueline Sheehan
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Surgery
Laura Walsh MB BCh BAO
Scholarship
University College Cork
David McDonnell MB BCh BAO
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Dentistry
Eoghan Flynn
Scholarship
University College Cork
Daniel James Chia
Second Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Nursing
Ciarán McClelland BSc
Third Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in in Intellectual Disability Nursing
Barry O'Brien BSc
Second Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Occupational Therapy
Aine Blake
Scholarship
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Pharmacy
Tessa Jean Cagney BPharm
Second Prize
University College Cork
Dr H H Stewart Medical Scholarship in Speech and Language Therapy
Catherine Goold BSc
Second Prize
University College Cork
For more on this story contact:
Ruth Mc Donnell, Head of Media and PR, Office of Marketing and Communications, UCC Mob: 086-0468950