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News 2018
BEES Prizegiving Ceremony 2018
The BEES Prizegiving 2017 took place earlier this week 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 / Nomination |
| Lord Mayor’s Perpetual Trophy Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science graduate on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Lauren Quinlivan |
| Savills Prize Awarded to the top ranking Environmental Science student in 3rd year on first attempt |
Environmental Science |
Jemma Doyle and Stephanie Marwood |
| Butler Prize Awarded to the top ranking Plant Science graduate on first attempt |
Plant Science |
Donal Shiels |
| Mulcahy Prize Terms of ref below
|
Zoology |
Kate O’Mahony |
| O’Rourke Prize Awarded to the top ranking Zoology student in third year on first attempt |
Zoology |
Darren Wilkinson |
| Crawford Hayes Prize Awarded to the top ranking Ecology graduate on first attempt |
Ecology |
Laura McCarthy |
| Rising Star Award Awarded to the most improved BEES student from Year 2 to Year 3
|
BEES |
Christopher Ahern |
| Nichol Prize Awarded to the top ranking Geology research project on first attempt |
Geology |
Daniel Rowell |
Some great photos from the recent School of BEES Prize-giving ceremony. Well done to all on their great achievements. #teambees @ucc @sefsucc pic.twitter.com/7pjYeDIwrC
— School of BEES, UCC (@uccBEES) October 17, 2018
More photos from the recent School of BEES Prize-giving ceremony. #teamBEES @ucc @SEFSUCC @AndyWhe22227280 pic.twitter.com/aUcY1FS1ck
— School of BEES, UCC (@uccBEES) October 17, 2018
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 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".