The summer programme will officially be launched by DCU President, Professor Ferdinand von Prondzynski. Following the opening address, DCU Summer Scholars lecturers will be available to answer questions from prospective students and parents. There will also be talks on each of the course choices available and there will be further ...
A lecture entitled “Warm Climates of the Deep Past and what they tell us about the Future” will take place in the Botany Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin on Thursday 11 February at 7:30pm. The warm climates that predominated in Earth’s deep past provide some of the closest analogues for ...
Global Astronomy Month 2010 takes place this April with the motto “One People, One Sky”. Events in Ireland will include public talks, star parties and exhibitions. Your contribution could just be whatever you do anyway in astronomy in April, or your club could make a special effort to do more ...
This annual event involves a postgraduate finalist from each of the Republic’s seven universities presenting their research in an easy to understand manner to a lay audience. This is a competition that will test both their communication skills and their ability to make their research accessible to all. Come along ...
On the morning of 12 March between 10.00 am and 12 noon a number of short immunology lectures, directly relevant to the Leaving Certificate curriculum, are being organized in association with the Irish Society for Immunology. Each of the four 30 minute lectures will focus on how our body seeks ...
Leinster and Ireland rugby star Malcolm O’Kelly will be taking part in “Volunteers Day”
Engineers Week is a week long programme, Monday 8 to Saturday 13 February, of nationwide events with the aim of celebrating the world of engineering. Activities will take place on the week before the mid-term break while Saturday 13 February will host Engineers Week’s first family day! Learn more Visit ...
The annual Tyndall Lecture on Physics for Schools will take place in the RDS on 1 February 2010. The lecture by Dr Cathal Flynn from the School of Physics at Dublin Institute of Technology will include some action-packed demonstrations that you can make yourself – using easily available items such ...
The “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef” is a worldwide project that marries mathematics, marine biology, handicraft, community art practice and environmental consciousness-raising. People all over the world – from London and New York to Capetown – are collectively crocheting coral reefs, a woolly testimony to the disappearing wonder of living reefs ...
The UCD School of Mathematical Sciences welcomes students, teachers and parents to an evening which will include talks in mathematics, statistics and mathematical physics, and a chance to speak with lecturers and students about what to expect as a UCD mathematical science student. The event will take place in the ...
