YEAR IN REVIEW
HIGHLIGHTS OF
ANOTHER YEAR
Scholarcast series lauched: UCD Vet Med granted full
The Art of Popular Culture accreditation by AVMA in USA
‘The Art of Popular Culture’ is a new series In March, UCD Veterinary Medicine was
of downloadable audio lectures presented granted full accreditation by the American
by leading international artists and Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for
academics, compiled by Dr P.J. Mathews, the maximum period of seven years.
director of UCDscholarcast. Covering iconic Graduates from the UCD programme can
figures from Joyce to Cúchulainn, the series now receive a licence to practise veterinary
looks at their impact on popular culture, as medicine in the USA or Canada without
well as investigating popular modern completing a special ‘foreign graduates’
successes such as Riverdance. This inaugural exam. UCD joins only a handful of other
UCDscholarcast series is produced by universities outside of the USA with AVMA
Clíodhna Ní Anluain of RTÉ, with the accreditation for their Veterinary
assistance of UCD Media Services, which programme.
developed the website and podcasts. The speak at UCD in February, where she was
first broadcasts are now live at Taoiseach launches Crossing the presented with the James Joyce Award
www.ucd.ie/scholarcast. Border from the UCD Literary and Historical
An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD launched a Society. Rowling enthralled her audience
new book on North-South cross-border with an intimate reading from the seventh
relationships at Newman House in and final book in the Harry Potter series,
February. Co-edited by Professor John Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She
Coakley of the UCD Institute for British-Irish also took part in a 30-minute questions and
Studies and Professor Liam O’Dowd, answers session and signed her books for
Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), Crossing audience members.
the Border: New Relationships between
Northern Ireland and the Republic of ‘Please Talk’ student support
Ireland assesses the development of cross- campaign goes national
border relationships, the opportunities It is well documented that young people
Samantha Power at Global Irish they present and the obstacles that aged between 18 and 25 are particularly
Institute continue to limit North-South vulnerable to depression and suicide. With
In March, Barack Obama adviser Professor collaboration. The launch marked the a combined student population of
Samantha Power (pictured above) visited culmination of a joint research project by approximately 100,000, the seven Irish
UCD and gave a lecture entitled ‘Chasing the QUB and UCD entitled ‘Mapping Frontiers, universities have joined forces to adopt a
Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight Plotting Pathways: Routes to Co-operation nationwide ‘Please Talk’ student support
to Save the World’ at the Global Irish on a Divided Island’. campaign. UCD initiated the campaign last
Institute. Power is the Anna Lindh Professor year to encourage students struggling with
of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling anxiety to view seeking help as a sign of
Policy at Harvard University’s School of visits UCD strength rather than weakness. The
Government. A vocal supporter of Obama, J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame was campaign’s success has led to its adoption
Power famously resigned her role as adviser greeted with a standing ovation from the by all seven Irish universities. See
to the presidential hopeful later in March. 600-strong crowd who came to hear her www.pleasetalk.ie.
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