Remembering John Henry NewmanJohn Henry Cardinal Newman was the founding rector in 1854 of the Catholic University of Ireland, the antecedent institution of University College Dublin. Newman lived in Dublin from 1851-58 and in those years delivered the lectures and wrote...
Students Unplugged - Advice for First Years
You arrive at university. What should you be doing? When should you be there? Where do you go? How do you do it? Why? Why not? Making the move from secondary school to university can be a little bamboozling...
Bloomsday 2010 - UCD Ulysses Medal and Honorary Awards
Bloomsday (16 June), synonymous with James Joyce and his novel Ulysses, is the most important honours day at University College Dublin (UCD), the alma mater of this great 20th century author...
Forming Global Minds: UCD Strategic Plan to 2014
Set against a challenging economic climate, UCD has launched its strategic plan to 2014, Forming Global Minds. The plan will see the next phase of development of UCD’s ground-breaking UCD Horizons undergraduate curriculum, significant expansion...
Summer honorary conferrings at UCD
Summer at University College Dublin sees an evaporation of students but a surge in global experts, Nobel Prize winners, charity ambassadors, playwrights, sporting heroes, business leaders, musicians and scholars...