2011 September E-zine

What's New?

Photos Galore
We’ve revamped our photo gallery which now includes photos from the recent Alumni Weekend. Take a peek you might see someone you know.  

Alumni Appeal Update  
Since its launch in March 2011, the Alumni Appeal has raised almost €100,000 from over 500 alumni and friends. We are looking forward to updating donors on how this money will be used in the coming year. View our films or donate online today.

Bollywood comes to Trinity
A taste of Bollywood will come to Trinity this September when one of the best-known Indian film companies, Yash Raj Films, produces a film, Ek Tha Tiger, on campus. The film, a spy thriller featuring the usual Bollywood elements of music and dance, has a well-known Director and features two major Bollywood stars, and has already captured the interest of the media in India. With a potential audience of 100 million people, it’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase the College around the world (and it makes for an exciting day on campus too). More...

Dublin Culture Night is coming to Trinity
This year Dublin Culture Night takes place on Friday, 23 September and Trinity will host a wide range of events once more. From the regular fixtures of the Library and Science Gallery to the Design Tower and Long Room Hub it promises to have something for everyone. Find out more about the events taking place in Trinity or visit the Dublin Culture Night website for more details.  

Trinity welcomes The Lir Academy
This month The Lir, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art, will open in Trinity. The new building will host plays from the Dublin Fringe Festival from 10-28 September so why not pay a visit to our newest cultural hub.

Events

TBA Dinner in Camera - CEO of Leinster Rugby, Michael Dawson
The Trinity Business Alumni (TBA) will host a Dinner in Camera, with the CEO of Leinster Rugby, Michael Dawson at 6:30pm, on Wednesday, 21 September in the Dining Hall, TCD. Find out more or purchase your ticket online.

School of Engineering Lecture
Trinity Engineering School is delighted to announce a special lecture with Prof Larry Leifer, Founding Director of the Centre for Design Research at Stanford University on “Dancing with Ambiguity, design thinking in action, theory from practice”. The event will take place at 6pm on Thursday, 22 September in the PACCAR Theatre, Science Gallery, Trinity College. To find out more or to reserve your place, please email Katherine Walsh.

European Studies 20th Anniversary Celebrations
Join students, alumni and lecturers past and present to celebrate the 20th anniversary of European Studies in Trinity at 6pm on Monday, 26 September in the Trinity Long Room Hub. The event will be hosted by the Centre for European Studies and Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast. Find out more or reserve your place online.

DUWGA Website Launch & Talk
The new website for the Dublin University Womens Graduate Association will be launched at their next event which will take place on Tuesday, 4 October at 6pm. Following Commons in the Dining Hall attendees will be addressed by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer – Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Modern History TCD. The title of her talk is ‘Connecting Communities through Trinity’ and will take place in the new Long Room Hub. For more info contact Madeline Nesbitt.

TBA Dinner in Camera – Michael Geoghegan CBE
The Trinity Business Alumni (TBA) is delighted to announce that Michael Geoghegan CBE, former Chief Executive of HSBC Group will address a special Dinner in Camera on Wednesday, 5 October in the Dining Hall, TCD. Michael will speak about "Ireland's Position within the World Economy”. Find out more or purchase your ticket online.

Botany Tercentenary Lecture & Commons
To celebrate the Department of Botany Tercentenary there will be a special commons followed by evening lecture on Wednesday, 5 October. Commons will begin at 6pm and will be followed by ‘Botany in the University of Dublin-Incubation and Emancipation’ by Dr James White at 7:30pm in the Lecture Theatre in the Botany Building. Find out more on Front Gate Online.

R.B. McDowell Memorial Service
It is with regret that we inform you that R.B. McDowell, former Junior Dean and Associate Professor of Modern History passed away on Monday, 29 August. A memorial service will be held on campus on Thursday, 20 October at 5:15pm. A separate service will be held in London, details to follow in our next e-zine.

For a full schedule of events in TCD please see www.tcd.ie/alumni/events   

News

Campus News

A Major Step Forward in Fighting Superbugs
Global Master’s in Development Practice Students meet President of Rwanda
Trinity Researchers Lead Effort to Develop Software Framework for Space Missions
Book of Kells Exhibition Receives €2.7 million Funding 
Trinity Student Wins Top Speaker Award at European Universities Debating Championships
New Masters in Public History and Digital Humanities Launched by Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sports News

3rd Ranji Trophy Cricket Match
The third annual Ranji Trophy Ireland cricket match took place at Trinity College between an Irish (Leprechauns) and Indian XI in College Park on Sunday, 7 August. The Indian XI beat the Irish with 227 for 5 wickets in a match that was supported by the Trinity South Asia Initiative, the Indian Embassy to Ireland, Ballynahinch Castle and Japiur restaurant. See the photos...

Run in the Dark
A ‘Run in the Dark’ will take place this November to raise funds for The Mark Pollock Trust in aid of Mark Pollock B.A. (1998) adventure athlete. More...

World Cup Watch
Good luck to Trinity rugby star and recent Trinity graduate Scott LaValla B.A. (2011) who has been selected for the United States panel to travel to New Zealand for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

With the students off campus for the summer it has been a quiet time in the world of Trinity sport but with term about to start again we'll have more to report in our next e-zine.

Branch Updates

Cambridge – September Outing
The next Cambridge branch outing will take place on Saturday, 24 September at Selwyn College, Cambridge, by kind invitation of Prof John Morrill, Fellow and newly created Fellow of TCD. The speakers will be Prof Jane Ohlmeyer, TCD History on '1641 Massacres records etc in TCD Library, now on line' and Dr Ruth Dudley-Edwards Independent Journalist, Novelist, Historian on the 'Present N/I situation, etc'. The event will begin with drinks at 12 noon drinks, lunch at 1pm and the talks begin at 2:15pm.

DUWGA - September Outings
The Dublin University Women’s Graduates are planning a trip to the theatre during the Dublin Fringe Festival this September, if you are interested in attending or would like to feedback on the proposed plays please contact Madeline Nesbitt.

Devon & Cornwall– October Outing
The Devon and Cornwall branch will be having a luncheon at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay on Saturday, 8 October. This is open to anyone with any connection whatever to TCD (spouses etc. welcome!). The event will begin at noon and will include a 3-course lunch. For more details contact Malcom Clapham.

County Wicklow/South Dublin – Autumn Outings
The branch plans to visit a “Hidden Gem of South Dublin” on Friday, 9 September for a guided tour of the historic church and graveyard of St. Nahi in Dundrum. The church has an excellent collection of stained glass and tapestries and the font in which the Duke of Wellington was baptised.  As usual, the tour will be followed by tea and scones in the nearby Taney Parish Centre.

Also planned at the end of September, is a supper and an evening to evoke favourite memories of work by Irish Poets and authors. Members will introduce and recite their favourite piece of poetry or read prose in the Glenview Hotel. The branch also has plans for a formal dinner this year which will be in the Royal St. George Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire in early November.  For more details contact Eamonn Darcy.

East Midlands – Annual Lunch November
The Annual Brendan Magill Memorial Meeting will take place on Sunday, 13 November at the Burleigh Court Hotel on the campus of Loughborough University. Lunch is at 12pm for 12.30. The guest speaker will be John West, former Kings Hospital Schoolmaster and International Rugby Referee. Anyone interested in attending should contact Rosemary May or on phone 01509 890606.

For a full schedule of TCD events visit www.tcd.ie/alumni/events   

Alumni Interview

Colin Devlin – Musician

Name: Colin Devlin
Degree: TSM Italian and Classic Civilisation

What are you doing with yourself these days? 
I've been on the slippery slope of Rock 'n' Roll for almost twenty years now, although I feel my time in Trinity was exceptionally good training for it, at least Friday afternoons/evenings at the Pav were anyway!

Why did you choose your current career?
It seemed like a good idea at the time...

How do you like to spend your free time? 
I'm a huge movie buff, so I love going to the cinema, I'm based in LA now and have started to work on original film soundtrack scores which has been a lot of fun and challenging at the same time, not unlike college life.

What are your strongest memories of Trinity? 
The great friendships I made there, being dragged into the adult world with great respect and dignity by the university, being infatuated by girls in the library that I was too shy to talk to at the time, but no regrets though right? And of course... the Trinity Ball!

Are you still in touch with other alumni? 
Yes, I made some of my lifelong friends during my time in Trinity, I continue those friendships to the present day.

Where do you see yourself in five years’ time?
Doing a mature course at Trinity College?

Have you any advice for students or fellow alumni? 
In the words of Viv Savage from the cult rock mocumentary Spinal Tap "Have a good time... all the time". 
Over and Out.

Notices & Class Notes

Tercentenary Symposium 2011 - The Future of Medicine: 2020 Vision

Farmleigh Fellowship Applications Open
Applications are now open for the 2012 Farmleigh Fellowships. Find out more about the fellowships or apply online. 

Yibo Hu M.Sc. (2008)
Yibo lives in Dublin and currently manages his own business B&T Computers Ltd. He also owns an offshore company in China doing outsourcing work between Ireland and China. They provide various opportunities between China and Ireland and are always actively looking for opportunities between the two countries. He would be very interested in talking with anybody with interest in his business. Contact Yibo.  

Jessica Peterson Lernmark M.B.A. (2003)
Jessica and her husband Johan Lernmark M.B.A. (2003) welcomed their first son, Tobias Johan, on 2 June, 2011. The family resides in Seattle, Washington, USA and is settling nicely into parenthood.

Andrew Lacy B.A.I. (1992)
Andrew lives in Munich, Germany and works as an Oracle DBA. He married a German girl and they have two boys. He can be contacted through LinkedIn and Xing.

Would you like to share your news with fellow alumni?
Reach out to old classmates by submitting your news to Class Notes or read about fellow alumni on Front Gate Online.

Obituaries

Kader Asmal M.A. (j.o.), LL.D. (h.c.), (1966)

Malcolm Foley M.Sc., M.A., M.I.E.I., (1937)
Malcolm entered Trinity in 1933 to study Physics. He graduated in 1937. He was a scholar and went on to do a Master's. He went to work in Portsmouth to be involved in the development of radar during the war. He died at the age of 96 and was always very proud to wear his Trinity tie!

R.B. McDowell M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D. (h.c. 2003), Fellow Emeritus, M.R.I.A., (1936)

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