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Issue 3: July 2024
Attendees at NUI's evening of recognition for Dr Maurice Manning in May.
Exams have ended, the sun has tentatively come out on several occasions, and we would love to share some of our news with you as we enter July.
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Evening of Recognition for Dr Maurice Manning
Dr Maurice Manning in conversation at the evening of recognition at MoLI on 13 May.
It was a great pleasure for us to welcome family, friends and colleagues to Museum of Literature Ireland in May to an evening of recognition for Dr Maurice Manning.
In January, Dr Manning announced the end of his term as Chancellor of the National University of Ireland. Maurice's contribution to NUI, higher education, public service, politics and Ireland over the course of his illustrious career has been immense.
On the evening, attendees heard speeches from Prof Orla Feely, President of University College Dublin and Vice-Chancellor of NUI; Dr Attracta Halpin, Vice-President of the Institute of Public Administration and former NUI Registrar; Dr Patrick O'Leary, Registrar of NUI, as well as from Maurice himself.
Thank you to all who came to celebrate Dr Manning with us, and to everyone who contributed to the evening's success. The staff at MoLI ensured the event ran smoothly and were excellent hosts.
NUI also want to thank Dr Manning for fifteen years of astute, warm and kind leadership.
Since his stepping down in January, we have been sent many messages and comments about Dr Manning’s kindness and leadership. We compiled some of our followers' kind words about Dr Manning alongside photos of his career with NUI, and created a presentation. Watch it on our Vimeo, linked below.
L-R: Dr Attracta Halpin, Dr Maurice Manning, Prof Orla Feely, Dr Patrick O`Leary
(L-R) HE Paul Johnston, Nicola Carol Maskell, Dr Maurice Manning and HE Vincent Guérend
Professor Patrick Clancy and Professor John Fitzgerald in conversation at the event
Chancellor Election and Voting Arrangements
The election of the Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, to succeed Dr Maurice Manning in 2024, will take place at a meeting of Convocation to be held in the National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, on 17th October 2024 at 10am. The poll will remain open for one hour.
The election and all related procedures are carried out in accordance with Statute LXXXVI, Chapter Vl, Statute CII, Chapter l and Statute CCXXVlll, Chapter ll of the University Statutes.
The following is a list of the names of the persons who have been duly nominated:
MURPHY Michael B.,
MB BCh BAO, MD
O'SHEA FARREN Linda Mary Patricia,
BCL, MEconSc, Solicitor, Attorney-at-Law, Mediator
(L-R) Michael B. Murphy, Linda Mary Patricia O'Shea Farren
Applying in writing for a voting paper
Members of Convocation who wish to vote in the Convocation Election must apply to the Clerk of Convocation in writing for voting papers no later than Wednesday 9th October 2024.
Returned Ballot papers should be received in NUI before 11:00 a.m. on Thursday 17th October 2024.
Applications for voting papers must be in writing. An application form is available and may be downloaded from the link below. Applications may also be made by post to the address below, or by email to elections@nui.ie.
Applications for voting papers – by post, or email (elections@nui.ie) – should contain the following information:
- Surname and forename(s) in full
- Other name, if any (e.g. married, single, Irish)
- Date of birth
- Address and telephone number / email address
AND
- NUI Degree(s) and year(s) of conferring(s) and NUI College(s) attended
OR
- Institution, faculty and department in which the applicant is a Lecturer or Professor if the vote is being claimed on that basis
Léacht de hÍde/Hyde Lecture 2024 Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill: visions and reality
L-R: Dr Patrick O'Leary, Prof Regina Uí Chollatáin, Dr Mary Harris, Dr Kelly Fitzgerald and Dr Conor Mulvagh.
On 11 April, National University of Ireland and the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore, University College Dublin, were delighted to present the third Hyde Lecture/Léacht de hÍde in UCD. Dr Mary Harris, University of Galway, gave the lecture entitled Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill: visions and reality. Dr Conor Mulvagh of UCD gave a response.
Dr Harris’s paper explored the lives and works of Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill and how they intersected and diverged. The two men were central to the cultural, intellectual, and political development of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through key texts, such as MacNeill’s ‘Why and How the Irish language is to be preserved’ and Hyde’s ‘the Necessity of De-Anglicising Ireland’, she examined the vision they both had for a new Ireland.
This lecture series was inaugurated in 2018 with a lecture by President Michael D. Higgins on 'The Legacy of Douglas Hyde'. This was followed by Dr Liam Mac Mathúna's 2019 lecture, 'Douglas Hyde’s American Tour, 1905-1906'.
The video for the 2024 Hyde Lecture will be available soon.
Dr Mary Harris giving the 2024 Hyde Lecture in UCD.
Dr Conor Mulvagh responding to Dr Harris' lecture.
Dr Niamh O'Mahoney and Dr Katriona O'Sullivan at the Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture.
On 23 May, NUI held the 2024 Dr Garret FitzGerald Memorial Lecture. Dr Katriona O'Sullivan of Maynooth University delivered the lecture, titled Potential and poverty: how can we ensure everybody thrives? with a response from Dr Niamh O'Mahoney of University College Cork. This lecture, named in honour of the former NUI Chancellor and Taoiseach, centred around how we can foster fairness and equality in the sector, while highlighting the work that is already being undertaken in this area.
Dr O’Sullivan is a senior lecturer in Digital Skills at Maynooth University, also co-ordinating its Think about Teaching programme. She got her undergraduate and PhD in Psychology from Trinity College Dublin, and also wrote a bestselling memoir, Poor, about her experience growing up in poverty. Poor won Biography of the Year and the Listener’s Choice Award at the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023.
Dr O’Mahoney is a postdoctoral researcher at University College Cork. She received the NUI Dr Garret FitzGerald Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Higher Education Studies in 2022, for her research project “One Size Does Not Fit All” which looks at creating a more inclusive and accessible educational landscape for neurodiverse students through teaching and learning techniques. She has also received an NUI Travelling Doctoral Studentship and the NUI Denis Phelan Scholarship.
Dr Patrick O’Leary and Prof John D. FitzGerald, son of Dr Garret FitzGerald, former Taoiseach and NUI Chancellor.
Dr Katriona O'Sullivan, giving the 2024 Dr Garret GitzGerald Memorial Lecture.
Fulbright-National University of Ireland Scholarship
(L-R) Dr Cian O'Connor and Caleb O'Connor at the Fulbright ceremony in Iveagh House. Photographs by Robbie Reynolds and courtesy of Fulbright Ireland.
We were delighted to continue the Fulbright-National University of Ireland scholarship with our two 2024 awardees: Caleb O'Connor of University College Dublin and Dr Cian O'Connor, PhD of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
The ceremony at Iveagh House was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of the Fulbright Commission Ireland scholars and wish them well on the next step of their exciting academic journey.
Caleb O'Connor, who will be working with the NYU Gallatin WetLab. Photographs by Robbie Reynolds and courtesy of Fulbright Ireland.
Caleb O'Connor is an environmental humanities and queer studies Ad-Astra scholar graduating with a doctorate from the school of School of English, Drama and Film, UCD. His doctoral research reads emergent forms of indigenous and queer poetry for cultural responses to the ways in which the governance of urban resource systems affect queer communities in the United States. As a Fulbright-National University of Ireland Scholar, Caleb will work with the New York University Gallatin WetLab team to hold workshops on queer ecopoetics and walking interviews with queer New Yorkers, which will inform his first monograph on queer urban ecologies. Caleb is one of Dublin’s Pride Poets who has performed at Dublin Pride's main stage in 2022 and 2023.
Dr Cian O'Connor, who will be working at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Photographs by Robbie Reynolds and courtesy of Fulbright Ireland.
Dr Cian O'Connor is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the RCSI Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) based in the Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Cian obtained his Bachelor’s in Physiology from Trinity College Dublin. His Anatomical Society-funded PhD focused on the development of biomaterial implants to deliver patient-derived stem cells for spinal cord injury repair. As a Fulbright-National University of Ireland and Fulbright-HRB HealthImpact Scholar, Cian will travel to Professor David Mooney’s lab at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Boston, where he hopes to utilize state-of-the-art viscoelastic biomaterials to enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of stem cells and further advance platforms for spinal cord injury repair applications.
(L-R) Dr Cian O'Connor, NUI's Dr Kieran McGovern and Caleb O'Connor in Iveagh house. Photographs by Robbie Reynolds and courtesy of Fulbright Ireland.
2024-25 Fulbright Irish Awardees with Minister Thomas Byrne, U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Clausen, Fulbright Ireland Board Chair Professor Paul Donnelly and Fulbright Commission in Ireland Executive Director Dr Dara FitzGerald.
Higher Doctorate Degrees in Published Work
Prof Michael Kerin, pictured with his son Eoin who graduated with an MB, BCh, BAO at the same conferring ceremony. Photo courtesy of University of Galway.
Higher doctorate degrees in published work are the highest qualifications awarded by the National University of Ireland. They are awarded to scholars who have, over a sustained period, published a substantial body of ground-breaking and influential work in a field of specialisation and who have achieved outstanding distinction internationally in that field.
On June 13, Prof Michael Kerin was awarded a Degree of Doctor of Science from NUI for his extensive published work on breast cancer. His research has contributed to a better understanding of how breast cancer is diagnosed, as well as its biology and treatment. His work has been instrumental in developing and implementing advanced surgical techniques and therapies.
It was a particularly special day for the family as Prof Kerin's son Eoin received his medical degree at the same conferring ceremony.
(L-R) Prof John O'Hallorann, UCC President; Prof Denis O'Mahony, recipient of the DSc in Published Work; Prof Paula O'Leary, Dean of the School of Medicine UCC and wife of Prof O'Mahony; and Prof Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health, UCC. Photo courtesy of UCC.
On 31 May, Prof Denis O'Mahony was awarded a degree of Doctor of Science from NUI at a ceremony in his institution, University College Cork. Prof O'Mahony has extensively published in the field of geriatric pharmacotherapy, contributing to the efficacy of healthcare and clinical practices for older adults. His work has improved the quality of care for the elderly, particularly in the appropriateness and efficacy of medication prescribing, with screening tools that are used internationally to optimise geriatric healthcare and reduce adverse drug reactions.
He was joined at the ceremony by his colleagues and his family, including his wife, Prof Paula O'Leary, who is also Dean of the School of Medicine at UCC.
Congratulations to Profs Kerin and O'Mahony on attaining their higher doctorate degrees, and thank you to University of Galway and University College Cork for sharing their photos of the happy occasions of their conferring.
NUI Equality and Human Rights Survey
As a public sector body, NUI has an obligation
(under s.42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014) to eliminate discrimination, promote equality, and protect the human rights of
its service users, staff and stakeholders. We have a short survey for service users and stakeholders to assist us in identifying what we are doing well and, most importantly, what and where improvements can be made.
NUI room bookings
If you work in one of our constituent universities and you need somewhere for a meeting in Dublin city centre, book one of our rooms for free. Rooms are available during office hours.
Ciorcal Comhrá OÉ
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