Trinity College Dublin heralds the beginning of the annual Trinity Week on Monday 16th April with the announcement of the Honorary Fellows, new Fellows and Scholars of the College. The ceremony is one of the oldest and most colourful at Trinity College and refers back to the foundation of Trinity College Dublin in 1592 as a Corporation consisting of the Provost, the Fellows and the Scholars.

The announcement is made by the Provost surrounded by members of the Board of the College in full academic gowns and hoods on the steps of the Public Theatre. Students and staff celebrate the occasion with colleagues, friends and families in Front Square, and members of the public are also welcome to witness this event.

This is followed by a series of events including symposia, lectures and talks on a variety of topics around themes such as earthquakes, geology, energy, mineral exploration and pyrite which will be of particular interest to the general public. The Trinity Week Academic Symposium on Wednesday 18th April will be centred around Geology in Modern Society. On Thursday 19th April at the Synge Symposium there will also be a special memoir of Edward Hutchinson Synge, nephew of John Millington Synge (writer of the Playboy of the Western World) whose visionary insights into future technology lie in what we now call nanoscience, with the invention of the near-field optical microscope that allows imaging below the diffraction limit, in LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) where he outlines a scheme for studies of the atmosphere, and in astronomy where he invented a new type of telescope.

We hope that you will visit Trinity College Dublin during Trinity Week and take part in some of the events being organised to show you what goes on the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science.

Many of these events are of interest to the public, and you will find a full listing of events in the brochure below

Trinity Week 2012 Brochure (PDF 10.5 MB)

Professor Clive Williams
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science