{"id":9798,"date":"2025-08-20T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T07:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?post_type=events&p=9798"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:29:31","slug":"awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celebrating Excellence \u2013 at the UCD Alumni Awards 2024 nine exceptional alumni were recognised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The UCD alumni community is one of the University\u2019s greatest assets, in terms of reputation and impact, and is filled with graduates blazing a trail in Ireland and around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October 2024, UCD President, Professor Orla Feely, hosted the UCD Alumni Awards. A highlight of the University calendar, it is a time when we celebrate the extraordinary talent and impact of nine exceptional UCD alumni. The awardees exemplify UCD\u2019s values of intellectual curiosity, drive and ambition, and showcase the breadth and depth of our academic programmes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine distinguished awardees recognised with Alumni Awards at the gala dinner in UCD\u2019s O\u2019Reilly Hall were: Dr Emma Donoghue, awardwinning novelist, screenwriter, and playwright (Arts and Humanities); Aengus Kelly, Executive Director and CEO of AerCap (Business); Dr Patrick Boland, world-leading orthopaedic surgeon (Health and Agricultural Sciences); John O\u2019Donnell SC, barrister and award-winning poet and author (Law); Dr Cl\u00edodhna Lyons, an innovator and VP for Product and Service Planning at Nissan (Engineering and Architecture); Dr Patricia Scanlon, an AI pioneer (Research, Innovation and Impact); Paul Gillen, a global leader in the fight against cybercrime (Science); Dr Mart\u00edn von Hildebrand, ethnologist and anthropologist (Social Sciences); and Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner and Olympic medallist (Sport). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are grateful to our sponsors, the Institute of Banking, Medtronic, AerCap, Accenture, Nissan, and RKD, for making this celebration possible. To relive the evening, visit our YouTube channel @UCDAlumni1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"President<\/a>
President of UCD, Prof. Orla Feely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Paul<\/a>
Paul Gillen, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Science and Prof. Jeremy Simpson, Principal, UCD College of Science.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Prof.<\/a>
Prof. Michael Keane, Dean of Medicine, Dr Patrick Boland, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Health and Agricultural Sciences, and Prof. Cecily Kelleher, Principal, College of Health and Agricultural Sciences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Dominic<\/a>
Dominic O\u2019Keefe, Director of UCD Student Services and Ciara Mageean, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Prof.<\/a>
Prof. Niamh Moore-Cherry, Principal UCD College of Social Sciences and Law, and Dr Mart\u00edn von Hildebrand, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Social Sciences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Dr<\/a>
Dr Emma Donoghue, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Arts and Humanities, and Prof. Regina U\u00ed Chollat\u00e1in, Principal, UCD College of Arts and Humanities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Prof.<\/a>
Prof. Imelda Maher, John O\u2019Donnell SC UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Law, and Prof. Laurent Pech, Dean of Law.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Aengus<\/a>
Aengus Kelly UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Business.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Student<\/a>
Student Presenter, Prarthana Saikia, with Dr Patricia Scanlon, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Research, Innovation and Impact, and President of UCD, Prof. Orla Feely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Student<\/a>
Student Presenter, Toluwabori Akinola and Ciara Mageean, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Dr<\/a>
Dr Cl\u00edodhna Lyons, UCD Alumni Award 2024 in Engineering and Architecture and Prof. Aoife Ahern, Principal, UCD College of Engineering and Architecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/a>
The Institute of Banking team at the UCD Alumni Awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"UCD<\/a>
UCD Trad Soc and UCD Dance Society\u2019s Irish Dance Team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Prof.<\/a>
Prof. Patricia Maguire with sister Olivia Maguire, recipient of the 2021 UCD Alumni Award in Business.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Faith<\/a>
Faith Olasogba, UCD Ad Astra Performing Arts Scholar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Catherine<\/a>
Catherine Clery, Tony Neary and Hilda Mulvihill of Medtronic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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