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💙💛 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented representatives of UCD’s Ukraine Trauma Project with the Golden Heart Award, in recognition of the life saving medical training it has provided to first responders in Ukraine.

Pictured: First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska (right) is pictured with Minister for Further & Higher Education, James Lawless, TD (left); Professor James Kapaló; and Professor Ursula Kilkelly, UCC Vice-President of Global Engagement.

University College Cork joins global coalition for Ukrainian Studies

Joining this coalition reflects our long-term commitment to supporting Ukrainian scholars and strengthening the place of Ukraine’s culture and history in Irish higher education.

Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

A group of award recipients and staff pose together in a lecture hall. The students stand in the front rows holding NUI Awards folders, smiling towards the camera. Behind them, staff members stand in support. Red theatre-style seats are visible in the background, and the group is positioned on a wooden stage floor.

Congratulations to the RCSI students recognised in the @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Awards 2025 🎉

All 12 awardees were recipients of Dr HH Stewart Medical Prizes in areas including anatomy, pharmacy, physiotherapy and medicine.

Congratulations to all of our incredible awardees! We hope you and your families enjoyed yesterdays celebrations.

Here’s to the discoveries, ideas and impact that lie ahead.

In the words of NUI Chancellor, Professor Michael Murphy, NUI has been “recognising scholarly achievement and rewarding academic distinction for over 117 years.” Yesterday continued that tradition in inspiring fashion.

We were delighted to welcome back NUI Awards Alumna, Dr Niamh Wycherley to address this years awardees and speak about the importance of NUI funding and partnerships.

• Five outstanding PhD scholars received Travelling Doctoral Studentships, enabling research in countries from Greenland to Brazil, Germany, Belgium and beyond.

We were also proud to award 14 students with the NUI Denis Donoghue Award, funded by novelist Emma Donoghue in honour of her father.

• Dr Michela Dianetti was awarded an NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities & Social Sciences, where she will explore literature, philosophy and the power of attention. @universityofgalway.bsky.social

• The NUI Publication Prize in Irish History was awarded to Professor Christopher Morash (Young Ireland: A Global Afterlife) and Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion) of @maynoothuniversity.ie

From undergraduate achievers to leading researchers, the ceremony highlighted the breadth of talent across NUI universities.

Some Award Highlights:

• Dr Edel Bhreathnach received the prestigious NUI Irish Historical Research Prize for Monasticism in Ireland AD 900–1250.

NUI Awards 2025 ✨

We were delighted to honour and recognise over 175 scholars yesterday from across the NUI federation, awarding more than €850,000 in grants, scholarships and prizes recognising excellence at every stage of academic life.

NUI Awards Alumna, Dr Niamh Wycherley, addresses all award recipients on the importance of NUI awards and funding.

Today we celebrate senior scholars, early career & post-doctoral researchers, collaborative awards, postgrad, graduate level and undergrad awardees from all of NUI’s constituent universities: @ucc.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @universityofgalway.bsky.social & @rcsi.bsky.social 👏

We are delighted to be in the RDS today for our NUI Awards Ceremony 2025.

🎓 Congratulations to all MSc graduates in International Business, Management Consultancy, Project Management, Strategic Management, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management!

💙💛 Today we celebrated your achievements, the result of dedication, collaboration, and countless hours of hard work. 👏

Landmark portraits of Munster women unveiled as part of Accenture's Women on Walls at University College Cork

Read more: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Congratulations to RCSI's Professor Jarushka Naidoo on being named among the world’s most influential researchers in the Clarivate #HighlyCited2025 list!

She is recognised in the cross-field category for her impact in medical oncology.

🔗 people.rcsi.com/jarushkanaidoo

#RCSIdiscover

🧑‍🎓🖼️ Congrats to UCD graduate Daniel Nelis on winning the AIB Portrait Prize 2025 at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social.

A Donegal native, Nelis studied Fine Art Painting at Ulster University before completing his MA in Art History, Collections and Curating at UCD College of Arts and Humanities.

We were delighted to present an Honorary Doctorate to Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu today, recognising her impact in the field of nursing.

She delivered an inspiring address to graduates, speaking about her close ties to Ireland and her outstanding career.

#RCSIConferring

Huge congratulations, Dr Savage 🎓 👏

You can read Professor Peter Gray's citation for Professor Savage here: lnkd.in/ejXgtimD

His most recent volume, Northern Ireland, the BBC and Censorship in Thatcher’s Britain, was published by Oxford University Press in 2022. Savage’s new project addresses how the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ arrived in England in the early 1970s.

Savage’s 2010 book A Loss of Innocence? Television and Irish Society 1960-1972 won the Donnelly Prize for Best Book in History from the American Conference for Irish Studies. The BBC’s Irish Troubles: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland was short listed for the 2015 Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize

Savage served as one of the directors of BC’s renowned Irish Studies program for over 17 years bringing academics, writers, musicians, artists and filmmakers to the Chestnut Hill campus. His many publications explore contemporary Irish history and the evolution of the broadcast media.

🎓 Honouring Excellence | NUI 2025 Honorary Degrees

Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates:

🔹 Professor Robert Savage, historian, Boston College – Doctor of Literature (DLitt)

Robert Savage teaches Irish, British and Atlantic World history at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social.

It was a day of celebration at 123 St Stephen’s Green as we marked two #RCSIConferring ceremonies yesterday! 🎓

Congratulations to all graduates who received degrees including BSc in Pharmacy and Physiotherapy, MSc, MCh, MD and PhDs.

🔗 rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

Ms O’Donovan also served as an Independent Public Interest member, and Vice-Chair, of the Press Council of Ireland.

Huge congratulations to Dr O'Donovan 👏 🎓

You can read Dr Ruth Barrington's citation for Patricia O'Donovan here: www.nui.ie/college/docs...

Ms O’Donovan was an elected member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO). As Executive Director, she was responsible for management and administration at ILO headquarters in Geneva. She was appointed Director of the International Training Centre in Turin.

In the 1990s, Ms O’Donovan was involved in national level negotiations which led to the social partnership agreements which delivered economic growth, industrial stability, & social progress in Ireland. Appointed by President Mary Robinson, she served as a member of the Council of State from 91-97.

As the first person to hold the position of Equality Officer in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, she pioneered a positive action programme which led to the increased representation of women in leadership roles in trade unions.