Winners of the Conway / Iarnród Eireann ‘Science Track’ poster competition to visually represent 21st Century science
The winners of the UCD Conway Institute’s AccesScience ’07 poster competition were announced recently at the launch of Science Track, a joint initiative between UCD Conway Institute and Iarnrod Eireann.
Winners of this competition to visually represent 21st century science will see their artwork displayed in DART stations and trains. With three categories; primary school, secondary school and adult, the standard in this year’s event was extremely high. The celebrity judging panel chaired by Olympic medalist, John Treacy, also included RTE weather presenter, Nuala Carey; singer/ songwriter Juliet Turner and Nick Kelly, former lead singer with The Fat Lady Sings.
Dylan Kavanagh, a 5th class pupil in De La Salle, Ballyfermot took first place in the primary school category with his poster “Science is Cool”. Isabel Kelly, a pupil at the Teresian School in Donnybrook won the secondary school category with her poster “Colour life with Science”.
Kate Hedigan, a postgraduate student in UCD Conway Institute took first place in the adult category with her work entitled “Looking Deeper: 21st Century Science”. Runner up in this category was Dr Alfonso Blanco, technical officer in UCD Conway Institute.
Members of the commuting public can see the six winning posters over the coming weeks on DART trains and in stations. These posters will highlight scientific issues to a diverse audience and will widen the reach of scientific research.
