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It is the greatest honour and privilege to have been appointed as the next President of
@ucddublin
. I greatly look forward to working with and for all members of the UCD community and to the many wonderful things we will achieve together.
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Deeply honoured and very excited to begin my term today as President of
@ucddublin
. Greatly looking forward to what we will achieve together. Ad Astra!
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Deeply honoured to be inaugurated this evening as President of Engineers Ireland. Looking forward to working with members and with the outstanding
@EngineerIreland
team over the next year to deliver creative and sustainable solutions at this time of disruption and opportunity.
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PhDs are an essential part of our research system & our economy, and we have great PhD opportunities in Ireland. But it is past time to increase the national stipend level. Thanks to
@KOSullivanIT
@IrishTimes
for our conversation on this.
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This appointment comes at a time of great personal sadness, following the death yesterday of my father, Frank Feely. He, like my sister Emer whose second anniversary we marked on Sunday, was a dedicated public servant and an inspiration to me. They will be forever in my thoughts.
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Deeply honoured to represent
@ucddublin
at the Canonisation of John Henry Newman.
#NewmanCanonisation
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Thanks to all who attended my
@EngineerIreland
Presidential Address yesterday in person or online, and to the Engineers Ireland team who did so much work to arrange our first hybrid event. It was particularly special for me to have lots of my family there, including my Dad.
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I am delighted that
@ucddublin
Governing Authority today approved the appointment of Prof.
@ColizScott
as UCD Registrar, Deputy President and VP for Academic Affairs. Colin is a creative and brilliant colleague, and I greatly look forward to working with him in his new role.
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Office emptied as I make way for
@HelenMRoche
, who will be a brilliant VP for Research, Innovation & Impact for
@ucddublin
. Thanks to all inside and outside UCD with whom I have worked during my time in the role, particularly the brilliant teams in
@UCD_Research
&
@UCDinnovation
.
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Hugely honored to present an honorary doctorate to the inspirational Fr Tony Coote, who is so greatly loved by the
@ucddublin
community.
#walkwhileyoucan
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Thanks all who made my inaugural lecture yesterday such a great celebration of our
@ucddublin
community, including
@mocireland
,
@aoibhinn_ni_s
,
@IsraelOlatunde5
,
@KerriRowen
,
@Stiofan_OB
,
@UCDChoral
and
@DLunnyofficial
.
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Today
@ColizScott
takes up the role of
@ucddublin
Registrar, Deputy President and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Colin will be terrific in this role, and I am greatly looking forward to working with him in this new capacity.
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Looking up into the night sky over Dingle tonight. Amazing to know that
#EIRSAT1
is out there, designed and built in
@ucddublin
and with a poem from schoolchildren in Ireland etched on its side. Congratulations to all in UCD who made this happen and many thanks to
@ESA__Education
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Delighted to see Prof Mary E Daly receive the
@RIAdawson
Gold Medal in the Humanities for her groundbreaking scholarship and leadership. Mary is the second woman to win an RIA Gold Medal, joining
@ucddublin
colleague Kathleen James-Chakraborty. Congratulations!
@HumanitiesUCD
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Lovely event in
@ucddublin
this evening as we marked the retirement of Acting President Mark Rogers and thanked him for his many contributions to the university and to our community.
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With my Dad on his 89th birthday today, and looking forward to a time when we can celebrate it in person.
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Of my 1000+ weeks in
@ucddublin
, this has been by far the most extraordinary. Some examples:
Colleagues doing heroic work in hospitals, with health professionals from faculty & graduates lining up in support.
Others mobilising to support the vital testing work of the NVRL. 1/5
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No better place to start
#IWD2023
than in my former school
@OurLadysSchool1
, to meet the brilliant 6th year students. Congratulations to Principal Marguerite Gorby and all the staff and students for the wonderful work going on in the school.
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Deeply honoured to be elected Vice-President of
@EngineerIreland
this evening. Looking forward to working with President Marguerite Sayers, DG Caroline Spillane and all the team.
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Congratulations to
@dfarrell_ucd
as he receives the
@IrishResearch
Impact Award from
@PresidentIRL
. Over David’s hugely distinguished career to date he has delivered impact through his work on electoral systems, party politics, the European Parliament and deliberative democracy.
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While in Berkeley, it was very moving to visit the memorial to those who died in the 2015 balcony collapse. We in
@ucddublin
hold all those who died in or as a result of the collapse, and their families and friends, in our thoughts.
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With Bas of the
@EIRSAT1
team at the Kerry ground station in the stunning setting of Dún Chaoin. All still overjoyed following yesterday’s successful launch.
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Well done to
@EmmaTeeling1
and colleagues on this week’s
@nature
cover paper on bat genomes.
@BatLabUCD
@ucdscience
@UCDSBES
@UCDEarth
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Honoured to have been elected President of
@CESAER_SnT
, the strong and united voice of universities of science and technology in Europe. I look forward to working with the 58 members of CESAER and to build on the great work of outgoing President
@rvdwalle
of
@ugent
.
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Thanks to all who came along this lunchtime to reaffirm our commitment and our gratitude to our multicultural community at
@ucddublin
. Thanks in particular to those who spoke so powerfully at the event, to the UCD Community Choir and to the team in
@UCD_EDI
.
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Very pleased to see this report and in particular the recommendation that the national PhD stipend increase to €25k. We will now work with stakeholders to make the case in the budgetary process for the funding that will enable us to deliver on this recommendation.
Today, I am publishing the 1st report of the independent review on PhD researchers.
Key recommendations about how we better support researchers. Determined to act on this. Further work will now continue.
Read the report & my comments here:
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It was a great honour to welcome Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Christine Grady to
@ucddublin
today, as Dr Fauci’s outstanding career was celebrated by
@UCDMedicine
.
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Great to be back at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
@BTYSTE
, now in its 60th year. A great privilege to be judging alongside co-founder
@Oldtonyscott
, who is still right at the heart of this extraordinary success story.
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Good to see increase in core higher ed funding in
#Budget24
, a step towards addressing the funding gap. Other positive measures also welcome, along with the plan to examine use of NTF surplus. A glaring omission is PhD stipends, so we await
@DeptofFHed
briefing over coming days.
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50 years ago today Eamon de Valera officially opened what is now the Newman Building in
@ucddublin
and Belfield became our main campus. The
@UCDBelfield50
project seeks to mark this 50 years, starting with this wonderful
@UCDPress
book by Finola O’Kane and
@Elsorowley
.
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Very sorry to hear of the death of Prof Mike Gibney, a giant in the area of food science and nutrition and a great colleague. Condolences to all his family and friends.
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Very sorry to hear of the death of Fr Tony Coote. His honorary degree conferring ceremony last December was profoundly moving, and will live long in the memories of those fortunate enough to be there. May he rest in peace.
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Delighted to announce two key leadership appointments in
@ucddublin
. Prof Kate Robson Brown will join us from
@BristolUni
as VP for Research, Innovation & Impact, and Triona McCormack, Director of
@UCD_Research
, will take up the new role of VP for Strategy & External Engagement.
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Very excited (as an engineer!) to visit
@CERN
today in support of the plan for Irish membership. Pictured with
@IrlAmbBerne
, long-standing CERN champion in Ireland Prof Ronan McNulty of
@UCD_physics
, and
@ucddublin
researchers at CERN past & present.
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This is terrific news, and will facilitate great research and innovation in Ireland. Thanks to Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
and colleagues, and well done to Ronan McNulty, Sinéad Ryan and all who have been eloquently making the case for Irish
@CERN
membership for so long.
Delighted to confirm I have received Government approval for Ireland to join
@CERN
.
CERN is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research. The benefits for Ireland will be significant. Our application will be considered in December.
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A huge thank you to
@barbara_dooley
, who today finishes her term as
@ucddublin
Acting Registrar, Deputy President and Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Barbara is a brilliant student-focused academic leader, and it is a great pleasure to work with her.
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This week in
@ucddublin
saw the opening of the transformed third floor of
@UCDLibrary
, and we are so looking forward to seeing it full of students. Congrats to
@SandriCollins
and the library leadership team as they now take the transformation project to its next exciting phase.
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Lovely obituary in the
@IrishTimes
of the wonderful Aidan Moran, who is so greatly missed.
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Congratulations to Kathleen Lynch on the
@IrishResearch
Award in recognition of her research and leadership in Equality and Participation, presented by
@PresidentIRL
.
#LoveIrishResearch
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The financial year that has just closed was our most successful ever for research grants secured
@ucddublin
, with a hugely impressive total of €151 million. This will support outstanding research and innovation across all disciplines of UCD over the coming years.
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Delighted to accept the Athena SWAN award with
@ucddublin
colleagues, reflecting the progress being made across the university in pursuit of gender equality.
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Great news as four
@ucddublin
schools achieve
@Athena_SWAN
Bronze Awards:
@ucdarchaeology
,
@ucdagfood
,
@UCD_SBBS
and
@ucdvetmed
. Congratulations to the outstanding colleagues who led the School applications, and to those from
@UCD_EDI
who supported them.
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Thanks to Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
and
@DeptofFHed
colleagues for visiting
@ucddublin
today to meet some of our outstanding Covid-19 researchers and hear about their work. Really positive remarks from the Minister on the importance of research and the need for enhanced funding.
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The financial year just ended was the most successful ever for external research grants won by
@ucddublin
researchers, at over €155 million. European performance was great, and we are 17th among all higher education institutions (and 1st nationally) for
@HorizonEU
funding. (1/2)
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Huge congratulations to Joanna Bruck, Eoin Casey and Robert Gerwarth, the three
@ucddublin
recipients of
@ERC_Research
Advanced Grants today. Congratulations also to
@MaireCoyle
and
@UCD_Research
colleagues who supported this success.
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With
@BTYSTE
winner Adam Kelly at last night’s gala dinner rounding off a fantastic few days. The standard of the projects I judged this year was the highest I have seen in my decade as a judge. Something very special happening in our schools.
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Huge congratulations to
@LindaDoyle
on this historic achievement. Linda was a brilliant colleague as
@tcddublin
Dean of Research, and her election as Provost is great for TCD and for higher education in Ireland.
After an historic all-female race, Prof Linda Doyle has been elected Trinity’s next provost, defeating Prof Linda Hogan in the second round of voting
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The weather didn’t cooperate, but apart from that the
@ucddublin
social event marking the start of the new academic year was great, with food, music and the opportunity to catch up with colleagues. Big thanks to
@UCD_Engage
.
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Delighted to welcome Professor Tasman Crowe as he starts his new position as
@ucddublin
Vice-President for Sustainability. Greatly looking forward to working together on this vital agenda.
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Congratulations to
@WimGMeijer
and Denis Dowling
@I_Form_Centre
and colleagues who have received
@scienceirel
funding for their projects to detect SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and to 3D print PPE. Great to be able to welcome Minister
@HHumphreysFG
& Mark Ferguson to Belfield today.
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Chuck Feeney transformed higher education and research in Ireland through his extraordinary generosity. He leaves a wonderful legacy, for which we in
@ucddublin
are very grateful.
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Congratulations to
@ucddublin
School of Economics and School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, who have just achieved
@Athena_SWAN
awards for their work towards gender equality in higher education.
@EconomicsUCD
@UCD_SLCL
@UCD_EDI
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At Government Buildings today with
@LeoVaradkar
,
@Damien_English
,
@LorraineHanlon1
and the
@EIRSAT1
team to sign the official documents that will enable the launch of Ireland’s first satellite early next year. Congratulations to Lorraine and all the team on this major milestone.
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Wonderful news that IRC postgrad stipends & postdoc salaries are to increase, closing a long-standing gap nationally. This will benefit many highly deserving researchers. Thanks to
@SimonHarrisTD
and all in
@DeptofFHed
&
@IrishResearch
who made it happen.
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Big gathering in
@ucdscience
this evening to mark the retirement of Susan Hedigan. Susan developed the first research support services in
@ucddublin
, and gave enormous assistance to me and to many other academics as we started and grew our research activities. Thank you, Susan!
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Today is the centenary of the birth of Sheila Tinney, pioneering
@ucddublin
mathematical physicist and one of the Women on Walls at
@RIAdawson
.
@UCDScience
@UCDMathStat
@WITSIreland
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My op ed with
@ibec_irl
CEO Danny McCoy in today’s
@IrishTimes
on some consequences of the underfunding of Irish higher education. Full implementation of the Government’s “Funding the Future” report will go a long way to addressing this.
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Congratulations to all who graduated from
@ucddublin
today. It was a great pleasure to be able to celebrate with you.
@UCDMedicine
@ucd_sphpss
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Wishing a very happy Christmas to all
@ucddublin
students, staff, alumni, partners and friends.
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A beautiful ceremony. May Michael rest in peace.
💙💛 The funeral of Michael Byrne, officiated by UCD Chaplain Fr Eamonn Bourke, will be streamed live on the University YouTube channel at 11am:
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It was a huge pleasure today to present my great friend
@Oldtonyscott
for membership of
@RIAdawson
. Congratulations to all admitted to RIA membership today, including lots of
@ucddublin
colleagues and
@UCC
President
@johbees
.
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It has been a pleasure and an honour to serve as President of
@EngineerIreland
this past year and to represent a profession so central to national success and addressing global challenges. Thanks to all the members who do so much for the organisation and to the outstanding staff.
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Delighted to see Prof Pat Guiry
@GuiryGroupUCD
awarded the
@BTYSTE
Founders’ Medal, presented by
@Oldtonyscott
. Pat has made an outstanding contribution to the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, as a long-standing judge and Chair of the Board.
@ucdchemistry
@RIAdawson
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Congrats to
@ucddublin
colleagues Prof Pat Guiry
@GuiryGroupUCD
and Prof Patricia Maguire
@maguirepatr
, just announced by Minister
@SimonHarrisTD
at the
#SFISummit
as joint winners of the
@scienceirel
Mentorship Award. They are outstanding and generous scientists and mentors.
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A warm welcome on a cold morning to Kate Robson Brown, who joins us in
@ucddublin
today as Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact. Many thanks to
@HelenMRoche
for doing such a great job as Interim VPRII.
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Three more
@Athena_SWAN
awards for
@ucddublin
: for the College of Engineering & Architecture
@UCDEngArch
, School of Biology & Environmental Science
@UCDSBES
and School of Medicine
@UCDMedicine
. Congrats to all involved in the College & Schools, and to the superb team in
@UCD_EDI
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Lovely day in
@ucddublin
as we reconnect on campus, thank the community for all that was achieved during the pandemic and remember those we lost. Thanks to
@UCD_Engage
for a great event.
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Well done to the seven
@ucddublin
Schools/College who today received
@Athena_SWAN
awards for their work towards gender equality:
@ucdagfood
,
@ucdarchaeology
,
@UCD_SBBS
,
@UCDSBES
,
@UCDEngArch
,
@UCDMedicine
&
@ucdvetmed
. Fantastic achievement!
#Athenaireland19
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The Governing Authority of
@ucddublin
today appointed Prof
@niamhmcherry
as College Principal of
@ucdsocscilaw
& Prof
@AoifeAhern1
as VP for EDI (along with her role as CP of
@UCDEngArch
.) I greatly look forward to working with them as they implement their exciting visions.
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We in
@ucddublin
are delighted to have achieved the
@Athena_SWAN
Bronze award for our work towards gender equality. Congrats also to DCU.
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How wonderful that on
#StPatricksDay
@PresidentIRL
hosts a celebration of those who promote science, technology, engineering and maths.
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Congratulations to the 248 graduates who received your
@ucddublin
degrees today in Singapore. Wishing you every success with your next steps.
@UCDQuinnSchool
@SmurfitSchool
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Terrific launch this evening of the Belonging Project - personal reflections by
@ucddublin
students and staff on their sense of belonging at university, with artistic interpretations by
@NCAD_Dublin
students. Congratulations to
@emmaefarrell
for leading this inspiring project.
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Huge thanks to FBD for a €6 million philanthropic contribution to the development of UCD Lyons Farm. With
@ucddublin
co-investment, this will transform our agricultural science education and our research into the challenges facing agriculture and farming.
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To all in the
@ucddublin
research and innovation community and all those who work with us, wishing you a happy, safe and restful Christmas.
@UCD_Research
@UCDinnovation
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Congratulations to
@mcmnorris
, Director of
@ucdgearyinst
, winner of the
@irishresearch
Impact Award for her outstanding and important work on social housing.
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Brilliant win for
@ucdadastracadmy
elite athlete and
@ucd_sphpss
graduate Ciara Mageean!
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Today is International Women in Engineering Day
#INWED21
. This year’s theme is Engineering Heroes, and here are two of mine: inspirational trailblazers
@LindaDoyle
and Jane Grimson. Who are your
#EngineeringHeroes
?
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Heartbreaking to hear once again this summer of the deaths of graduating students celebrating the big post-Leaving Cert moments, at a time of such excitement and promise. As we welcome students to campus next month we will be thinking of those lost and all who love them.
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With Jordan Campbell, Gerardine Doyle and Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason
@IrelandAmbUSA
at the Ambassador’s reception in Washington DC for
#StPatricksDay2023
.
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A wonderful speech by Kathleen James-Chakraborty as she receives the
@RIAdawson
Gold Medal, thanking the women who inspire her. Kathleen is herself an inspirational role model and trail blazer.
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SFI
@scienceirel
are in
@ucddublin
with the
#CreatingOurFuture
roadshow. If you’re in Belfield this morning drop down to
@UCD_Research
, grab a coffee and share your bright ideas for the next stage of research in Ireland.
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Stunning evening for some social distancing on Sandymount Strand.
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At Áras an Uachtaráin with
@ucddublin
colleagues at the
#InternationalWomansDay
reception hosted by
@PresidentIRL
to celebrate Women in Science.
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The financial year just ended was our most successful ever for external research grants in
@ucddublin
. Thank you to all colleagues and partners who enable this success through your expertise and dedication.
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The
@RIAdawson
Admittance Day is always a lovely celebration, run online this year. Congratulations to my
@ucddublin
colleagues
@ProfNiamhBre
, Cecily Kelleher,
@kellehmv
, Frank McDermott, Máire Ní Annracháin and
@Bentonra
, and to all those admitted today.
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Celebrating
@ucddublin
’s involvement in the Venice Biennale with curators of the Irish Pavilion Peter Carroll, Peter Cody, Elizabeth Hatz, Mary Laheen and Joseph Mackey, along with
@hughcampbellucd
and Fionnuala Sweeney of
@artscouncil_ie
.
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Despite all the professional and personal challenges of 2020, those involved in research and innovation at
@ucddublin
have been amazing. Here are a few examples of their work and achievements, but there are so many more. Heartfelt thanks, and Happy New Year to all.
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Absolutely thrilled to see Seán Corish of
@tcddublin
win the
@BTYSTE
Founders’ Medal, presented by his great friend
@Oldtonyscott
. Seán has been a
#BTYSTE
judge for 44 years, and I have been a member of his judging panel for the past 10 or so. He is an inspiration!
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My trip to work in the sunshine this morning began with Prof. Paul Rouse of
@UCDHistory
reading the Proclamation of the Irish Republic on
@TheRestHistory
podcast. Highly recommended.
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Great to welcome
@PhilipNolan_SFI
to
@ucddublin
today for a very engaging discussion of strategic opportunities in research and innovation.
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Welcome to all students returning to
@ucddublin
today, and to those joining us for the first time. Wishing you a great year.
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Thanks you to
@womeninstem_ucd
for presenting me with this very special award this evening. They are a wonderful society, and it was great to spend time with them.
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Finally getting to celebrate in person those admitted to
@RIAdawson
in 2020, including
@ucddublin
colleagues
@ProfNiamhBre
,
@kellehmv
, Máire Ní Annracháin,
@Bentonra
, Cecily Kelleher & Frank McDermott. Congrats to all, and also to the 2021 intake being celebrated this afternoon.
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Fantastic launch today of the Trapdoor performance space at
@ucddublin
, in the presence of luminaries of Irish culture and building on the history of the old
@dramsoc
theatre (with a nod to the infamous Trap). Thanks to
@hea_irl
for funding &
@pjmath
for his vision and hard work.
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Delighted to support the
@UCDRugby
and
@UCDWomensRFC
Daffodil Day fundraiser for
@IrishCancerSoc
. Today is the third anniversary of the death from cancer of my sister Emer, and tomorrow the first anniversary of my father Frank. If you can, please donate at
UCD President Professor
@OrlaFeely
was also supporting the event and received her daffodil day pin from UCD Men’s RFC player Jeff Williams and UCD Women’s RFC player Rachel Murphy.
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