As our students rev up for end of semester exams and begin planning their finals travels, I can’t help but reflect on how… More
Gráinne Hand
Assistant Director 
As our students rev up for end of semester exams and begin planning their finals travels, I can’t help but reflect on how far we’ve come in this Spring 2022 program. When our students first arrived, we were in the midst of a partial COVID lockdown. Testing… More
What a great day yesterday was! As we come to the end of our UCD STEM Summer Research programme, we wanted to give the group a good send off! The day started with a trip out to UCD to meet with the students and view their poster presentations. Twelve… More
This week, in an attempt to create some variety in my life and step away from my living room office and the sameness of everything, I decided to pack a bag with a laptop and a lunch and walk the 5km back into the Dublin Center! It was my first being there… More
This week, my supervisor, our Director, suggested that I reach out to a colleague who we have worked with for quite some time. In my case, eighteen years. There were maybe one or two suggestions for the call but it was really meant to be a catch up.… More
This week, Ireland and beyond learned of the death of John Hume, a Northern Irish politician widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process… More