School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences awards students

24 Nov 2021

The Lord of Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Colm Kelleher, was among the guests of honour at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) Student Prizegiving ceremony which was held recently. 

The event was held virtually and a total of 10 prizes were awarded to students on the evening, with The Lord Mayor's Perpetual Trophy presented as the top prize. This trophy was established in 2002 by Cork City Council and Fehily Timoney and Co. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the final year of the BSc (Hons) Degree in Environmental Science at UCC.

The winner of this year's Lord Mayor’s Perpetual Trophy was Laura O’Donovan, for her final year project titled ‘An investigation into the spatial patterns of noise pollution and its relationship with deprivation across Co Cork, Ireland’. Laura was supervised by Dr Paul Holloway.

A full list of awardees is below. Congratulations to all the prizewinners!

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences - Student Prizes 2020/2021

• Lord Mayor’s Perpetual Trophy. Awarded to the top-ranking Environmental Science graduate on first attempt Environmental Science - Laura O’Donovan. Sponsored by Fehily Timoney
• The Savills Prize. Awarded to the top-ranking Environmental Science student in 3rd year on first attempt Environmental Science -Tiernan O’Shea and Erin Driscoll. Sponsored by Savills
• Butler Prize. Awarded to the top-ranking Plant Science graduate on first attempt Plant Science - Heidi Liddy
• Maire Mulcahy Prize. Awarded to the best overall final year Zoology student - Daragh Brown
• Clive Hutchinson Prize. Awarded to best overall final year project in avian research within UCC Zoology - Cian Kelly
• O’Rourke Prize. Awarded to the top-ranking Zoology student in third year on first attempt Zoology - Niamh McCaffrey
• Crawford Hayes Prize. Awarded to the top-ranking Ecology graduate on first attempt Ecology - Katrina Walsh
• Rising Star Award. Awarded to the most improved BEES student from Year 2 to Year 3 Zoology - Roisin Voorneveld
• Thorley Sweetman Prize. Awarded to the BSc (Hons) Geology field project awarded the highest marks in the final Honours examination Geology - Eimear McKenna
• Devoy Prize. Awarded to the top-ranking Earth Science project on first attempt - Adrian Tanner

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.

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