BEES

Adam O'Reilly

This year was our first full year as BEES Society since being renamed from Geological Society. With the new name we aimed to host events related to all streams of BEES.

We screened a huge variety of films including educational documentaries such as “Frozen Planet 2” and “Bag It” to nostalgic animated hits “Ratatouille” and “The Lorax”. We also took part in multiple collabs with other societies from tree planting and beach-cleaning with EnviroSoc to a Geoguessr tournament with NetSoc among others. The committee took part raising money for Movember (our small society raised over €600, beating some universities!) and a few of us attended an “Ecology and Evolution” conference in TCD, representing UCC and the Society at the national level Dr Ed Jarvis gave a brilliant talk on the life of palaeontologist Mary Anning. In December we had great fun at the Alpine Skate Trail in Fota.

Chemical Doireann O Leary Brenann

2022/23 was a busy year for Chemsoc! We kicked off the year with our successful "Chemical Bonding" social, followed by the Bio&Chem ball. This year we took part in several charity fundraisers including Science Soc's Sunrise Seaswim and the School of Chemistry's annual Marymount fundraiser with our own Bakesale! Semester 2 brought many fun opportunities our way We headed back to Middleton Distillery for our much anticipated annual trip. We held the John Tobin Quiz, hosted by the amazing Dr Dave Otway, and we collaborated with Science Soc and Harry Potter Soc to create a magical potions event with liquid nitrogen ice cream thanks again to Dr Otway! We were so honored to be awarded UCC's Best Departmental Society at this years STARS awards to have the opportunity to attend BICS in Co Wexford Thanks from all of here at Chemsoc, and we look forward to next year when we will continue to spread the love of chemistry throughout UCC!

Our biggest achievement this year by far was successfully running the second ever BEES Ball. Set in Metropole Hotel on 21st March, its theme was “Blue Planet”. We held a Valentines Day bake sale and multiple quizzes to fundraise for this fantastic event. We found support and a relationship with over 20 local businesses around Cork to power this amazing event!

The success of the society this year was all because of the work and dedication of the incredible committee. Hoping for an even better next year!

We were so honored to be awarded UCC's Best Departmental Society at this years STARS awards to have the opportunity to attend BICS in Co Wexford Thanks from all of here at Chemsoc, and we look forward to next year when we will continue to spread the love of chemistry throughout UCC!