Dear Alumni and Friends
We hope you and your loved ones remain in good health at this extraordinary time.
Here at UCD, the safety and wellbeing of our students, colleagues, and wider community is our utmost priority as together we face the challenge of containing the spread of COVID-19. Physical classes and tutorials on campus have been suspended and teaching and learning is instead progressing by technological means, including video conferencing, online chat rooms, and podcasts.
At UCD Alumni Relations we remain committed to our vision for the advancement of UCD as a global centre of excellence in education and research. However, despite everyone’s best efforts, it is not business as usual. Rather, we are seeking creative and innovative ways of working together as a remote team and remaining engaged with our friends and supporters as we navigate this new normal. You may continue to reach us by phone at +353 1 7161447 or email at alumnicommunications@ucd.ie.
One of the most effective actions we can take to slow the spread of the virus is to practise social distancing, and so we are not organising in-person meetings at present. We are also working to reschedule a number of our upcoming events.
Now, more than ever, it is vital that we keep open the lines of communication and support one another in solidarity. The constant barrage of worrying news can leave us feeling overwhelmed and anxious, but there is good news too, and cause for hope. As Ireland’s Global University, UCD has a vital role to play in shaping our response to the current crisis nationally and globally, culturally and scientifically. Be assured that our brightest minds are rising to the challenge across all academic disciplines, from medicine, science and engineering to the arts and humanities.
The Presidents of all Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology sent a joint letter to students. We will leave you with their parting words – wise advice for all of us as we find our way through the coming months:
“Be kind to each other and take care of yourselves and each other. Let’s give each other the space to find our way through these challenging times, and the time to find humanity and meaning here too.”
UCD Community Stepping Up To Coronavirus
Through research, innovation and frontline delivery of our healthcare services, UCD academics are at the forefront of the nationwide effort to combat coronavirus
Don't miss Prof Wim Meijer from @UCD_SBBS, talking to @UCD_Research next week about his all-island project, work that's become a significant tool in the fight against the pandemic- in partnership with Prof John McGrath from @QUBelfast and @scienceirelhttps://t.co/Ko2erkuZFe pic.twitter.com/hzy2BHPwcZ
— UCD Research (@UCD_Research) January 29, 2021
Join us next Thursday, 4 Feb as we hear from three experts who have been leading in the fight against #COVID19 and making significant impact in the fields of vaccine development and trials, laboratory testing, viral evolution and immunisation.
Register: https://t.co/Rz5ATnEDwL pic.twitter.com/CLnB4TbbcT
— UCD ALUMNI (@UCDALUMNI) January 28, 2021
A paper was published today in @JAMA_current on a global trial which demonstrates a common steroid improves recovery and survival of #COVID19 ICU patients. Prof Alistair Nichol, SVUH and @ucddublin led the Irish arm of the trial. @UCD_Research @hrbireland https://t.co/E5k19OQzU8
— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) September 2, 2020
New on the UCD Covid-19 Response website, Dr Madhusanka Liyanage from @UCDCompSci and co-authors look at what part #blockchain can play in the fight against #COVID19 from contact tracing to disaster relief. See all UCD's covid-related research papers at https://t.co/Y5qbN7Zx7n pic.twitter.com/F7wlrdUduz
— UCD Research (@UCD_Research) August 24, 2020
Always a pleasure to advise on a @voxdotcom
documentary. This one is a great summary of #COVID19 #vaccine development and human challenge studies. Do you recognise any familiar faces from @typhoidland? https://t.co/a9GzkDU48d @UCDHistory
@oxmartinschool
@CHOMIreland— Claas Kirchhelle (@kirchhelle) August 12, 2020
Significant findings on effective monoclonal antibody treatment of seriously-ill Covid-19 patients by team in @UCDMedicine…more results from UK trial due this week
via The Irish Timeshttps://t.co/AWAp1ubdj7— Kevin O'Sullivan (@KOSullivanIT) July 28, 2020
New #research shows sub-set of critically unwell #COVID19 patients respond to treatment with #tocilizumab https://t.co/XfGlAMa2i2 via @ucddublin @UCDMedicine @UCD_Research
— UCD Innovation (@UCDinnovation) July 29, 2020
**Anxiety & COVID-19** Topic for @UCDCApsychiatry
FoC Summer School Fri 10th July 12.30-1.30pm. SPEAKER Dr Michael Sweeney, Director @MCBT_nyc See full bio at https://t.co/BVEvidUVkG. Reg here https://t.co/Yp6mbi0sI6 1CPD pt. per mtg @IrishPsychiatry @ucdmedsoc @ICPmentalhealth pic.twitter.com/WFAPrdIDYP— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 8, 2020
*CUPID COVID-19 National Parents Survey* @ucddublin Researchers find 22% of parents who needed H/C for child decided not attend doc or ED due to #COVID19 fears
More on https://t.co/lDu6Zt4jzx & https://t.co/P1zqxseKpO @UCDHealthSystem @hrbireland @TempleStreetHos @CMRF_Crumlin pic.twitter.com/LVDVGQ7tx6— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 1, 2020
Professor Paddy Mallon (@HIVTox) says the importance of containing infections at borders increases as levels of #Covid19 community transmission drop off. He says risk assessments could be different for different countries | Live blog: https://t.co/P0DZtQMW0K pic.twitter.com/O5J7XKxSpE
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 25, 2020
Prof Timothy Lynch highlights the urgent need to establish a National Biobank as a measure to fight Covid-19 and future pandemics in today's Irish Independent https://t.co/qQaUDLskOY @HealthUcd @UCDMedicine @UCD_CHAS @ucddublin @dni_neurology
— UCDHealthAffairs (@HealthUcd) June 18, 2020
Thanks to @RitaOReilly @RTEprime_time along with Paul & Daniel (sound & vision @rte) for visiting us#ucdcentreofprecisionsurgery to see @nolankucd @UCD_Research @UCDMedicine research for better surgery, anaesthesiology & dentristy @ThePillarDublin @MaterDublin @IEHospitalGroup pic.twitter.com/kxmaphWDp8
— MaterSurgery (@Matersurgery) May 26, 2020
As #coronavirus restrictions begin to ease from next week, employers have been told to prepare their workplaces for returning employees to take account of the #Covid19 social distancing requirement. https://t.co/9pS7KNU8dT pic.twitter.com/lcbStiLZdi
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 11, 2020
What a difference a mask makes @UCD_Research @UCDMedicine @ucddublin More great work from @nolankucd and his Schlieren Optical Imaging @MaterDublin with support from @Matersurgery pic.twitter.com/3ujGWLfdaT
— MaterSurgery (@Matersurgery) May 8, 2020
See the new @UCD_Research website detailing the @ucddublin response to the #COVID19 pandemic:
It's at https://t.co/WXLmxD3MMK and also linked from our Remote Access guide. pic.twitter.com/2Fco362I8E
— UCD Library (@UCDLibrary) May 5, 2020
We conducted a survey of postdoctoral researchers on the impact of COVID-19, highlighting the impacts of the pandemic on research and careers, including a majority of respondents (51%) reporting requiring contract extensionshttps://t.co/0R7l92uoD1
— UCD Research Staff Association (RSA) (@ucdrsa) September 2, 2020
🦠🌍 @JeffDSachs: 'No country should have to choose between paying its debt or fighting the COVID-19 pandemic'
💸 Speaking @U21Health annual meeting, the economic development expert warned how the impact on the global economy will be deep + persistent pic.twitter.com/ncUSg5Ld9X
— University College Dublin (@ucddublin) August 26, 2020
Research Priorities for #COVID19 Pandemic: Call for Action for Mental Health Science – Topic @UCDCApsychiatry
FoC Summer School Fri 17th July 12.30-1.30pm. SPEAKER @Tamsin_J_Ford, Cambridge Uni. Reg here https://t.co/LJvOhxyRpM 1CPD pt. per mtg @IrishPsychiatry @ICPmentalhealth pic.twitter.com/dzWg605LQo— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 16, 2020
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan says he is taking time out from work commitments to be with his family. A plan has been put in place for others to take over responsibility for different aspects of his role. Dr Ronan Glynn will take over as acting Chief Medical Officer pic.twitter.com/XBthm9ll9f
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) July 2, 2020
Our Research | CUPID COVID-19: emergency department attendance by paediatric patients during COVID-19 – project protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] https://t.co/XKeZa5nCi6
— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 8, 2020
Lovely acknowledgement of the work by Mater staff throughout the hospital in all departments by @LordMayorDublin re our COVID-19 response. The Mater is so much more than a trauma service & it’s great that some light shines on its other more established areas of expertise & care https://t.co/YkUyena2A4
— MaterSurgery (@Matersurgery) June 24, 2020
So @HIVTox has some interesting things to say in his interview with @jenny_friel – an important read! https://t.co/fukB5hTZO7
— maeve quigley (@maevequigs) June 14, 2020
👨⚕️🙌 Congratulations Prof O’Connell! Ronan is Emeritus Professor of Surgery at @UCDMedicine and Consultant Surgeon at @svuh https://t.co/X9zxN1Yhkw
— University College Dublin (@ucddublin) June 4, 2020
Researchers in UCD and the Mater hospital are looking into the benefits of face masks for the public and in operating theatres. https://t.co/iraDdP1K0f
— UCD ALUMNI (@UCDALUMNI) May 15, 2020
Please join our Virtual Conferring Ceremony tomorrow, Fri 1st May 1400 hrs. First time in School’s 165 year history in line with #COVID19 restrictions. Looking forward to welcoming 228 new docs to the medical profession and to @ucddublin global community https://t.co/AGCNQeHBVh pic.twitter.com/4SxBWSOelw
— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) April 30, 2020
Terrific piece by Dr Emilie Pine, now writer in residence @_TheNMH and winner of the UCD Research Impact Case Study Competition in 2019! Read how childbirth continues in the #Covid19 crisis https://t.co/Or59uWbaLb See Emilie's winning Impact case study https://t.co/rcvcLvvVTu
— UCD Research (@UCD_Research) April 23, 2020
Dr Patrick Wall, Professor of Public Health in UCD, responding to the UK’s coronavirus lockdown with the British public ordered to stay at home.
“In Ireland we have plenty of space…it is possible for people to stay two metres apart.”
Dr Patrick Wall on the positive impact of social distancing so far in Ireland and Britain’s new lockdown measures. #COVID19 #TonightVMTV pic.twitter.com/djOGieKYTB
— The Tonight Show (@TonightVMTV) March 23, 2020
Dr Tom Curran from the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering on how the current societal changes could have a detrimental impact on our environment.
DON’T FEED THE FATBERGS IN THE PANDEMIC| Aquatech https://t.co/uxUvVQPsEm
— UCD Eng & Arch (@UCDEngArch) March 23, 2020
Dr Cillian De Gascun – a medical virologist, chair of the HSE’s Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group, and Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory at UCD – on the latest developments around contact tracing and scaling our testing capacity.
Medical Virologist @CillianDeGascun and GP @Finnmaire answer listeners’ questions on #coronavirus on RTÉ’s @todaySOR | Live #covid19 blog: https://t.co/MJHqr99J7E https://t.co/izebl9b4Rr
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 23, 2020
UCD and UCC to give free course to help more nurses treat coronavirus patients: https://t.co/IusnIPnawi
— UCD ALUMNI (@UCDALUMNI) March 24, 2020
A look inside Ireland’s first remote contact tracing coordination centre located within the UCD O’Brien Centre for Science. With Dr Patrick Wall, Professor of Public Health, and Mary Codd, Associate Professor in UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.
Public health experts have warned that social distancing alone is not enough to stop the transmission of Covid-19. They’re warning that Ireland could end up like Italy if we don’t put more physical space between each other | https://t.co/mhkadRliQc pic.twitter.com/JYkwto3rSF
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 22, 2020
The Open Source Ventilator project is the brainchild of Colin Keogh, a 3D printing expert from UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering who has previously appeared on Forbes Magazine’s “30 under 30” ranking of leading innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders. The project is seeking to develop a working ventilator that can be built using 3D printers and off-the-shelf components.
“We want to help solve this global crisis.”
An Irish engineer is leading a global group of 600-plus experts trying to develop an easy-to-assemble ventilator that could be used in the battle against #coronavirus #Covid-19 pic.twitter.com/5x7wYx6aEh— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 21, 2020
Speaking here with presenter Baz Ashmawy, Professor Patrick Mallon (Professor of Microbial Diseases in UCD School of Medicine and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases in St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin) gives an update on the current pandemic, and again stresses the importance of social distancing.
The update with Paddy Mallon @HIVTox .Spread the facts “If we get this wrong it’s potentially the biggest disaster to hit this country since it was founded and if we got it right, it’ll be the biggest societal success. #COVID19 #IrelandVsCOVID #coronavirushttps://t.co/P3GcUWhql7
— Baz Ashmawy (@bazashmawy) March 20, 2020
Associate Professor Paul D’Alton is co-director of the MSc in Mindfulness Based Interventions and teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across UCD School of Psychology. He is also Head of Psychology at St Vincent’s University Hospital.
Anxiety is perfectly normal in response to an abnormal situation, says clinical psychologist Dr Paul D’Alton.
Read Dr D’Alton’s tips on how to look after your wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak here: https://t.co/bEp4X2Fu1y
— Irish Cancer Society (@IrishCancerSoc) March 18, 2020
Professor Mary Horgan, a world-renowned expert in infectious disease and UCD Alumni Award Winner in Health and Agricultural Sciences, has been one of the leading voices on the importance of social distancing in controlling the spread of the pandemic.
“1 person with Covid-19 could infect 400 people over 30 days”-Prof Mary Horgan told @morningireland
We must exercise social distancing- science shows that social distancing is one of the best things that we can do to protect the vulnerable. Listen back. https://t.co/d7XdYRTPSa pic.twitter.com/MSABx1EBsO— Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (@RCPI_news) March 19, 2020
Due to the cancellation of Agri Aware’s “Farm Walk & Talk 2020” educational series, the Irish agri-food body along with the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science have gone the extra mile and created a series of videos from UCD Lyons Farm to support students and teachers. More than 1,600 Leaving Cert Agricultural Students from over 60 secondary schools nationwide participated in the ‘Farm Walk and Talk 2020’ which took place in the Teagasc Colleges and Research Farms across Ireland.
Agri Aware and @ucdagfood have come to the rescue of Ag Science students and teachers with our virtual Farm Walk and Talk videos packed with relevant syllabus info filmed at @ucdlyonsfarm recently.https://t.co/rkZUPjQUtr#FarmWalkandTalk2020 #HomeSchooling #Learning #Farming pic.twitter.com/NdfTFHktJb
— Agri Aware (@AgriAware) March 20, 2020
Based within NovaUCD, Akkure’s risk assessment tool aims to give users an idea of their status and the impact the coronavirus could have on their health within 90 seconds.
Akkure, an Irish digital health start-up based in @NovaUCD has launched the ‘COVIDMedBot’, an online personalised risk assessment & guideline tool for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the story at https://t.co/t3BhEh2qj5#Covid_19 #innovation pic.twitter.com/qBKjJ07nKD
— KTI Connect (@KTIconnect) March 20, 2020
UCD COVID-19 Emergency Fund
UCD Foundation has launched an Emergency Fund in support of the ongoing response to Covid-19. With your support we will rise to this challenge. There are five urgent priorities to which a tax-efficient gift of €250 or more could make a real difference:
UCD’s Ongoing Covid-19 Response
UCD is at the forefront of the response to this pandemic. We want to support the selfless dedication of academic staff and students of UCD schools working on the front line to save lives by funding materials costs for making PPE and hand sanitiser on campus, as well as supporting other priorities as they arise. We want to ensure that we all play our part in making a meaningful difference. Your support in this effort is vital. Whatever it takes, we aim to do it.
Student Hardship Funding
The current pandemic will leave a great number of current and prospective students in urgent need of financial aid. UCD supporters will likely recall our feature on Colin Keogh (pictured) in last year’s donor impact report.
Colin’s story highlights the impact of student support on individuals and their families. But the programme’s real impact is far greater and wide reaching. Colin is currently leading the global Open Source Ventilator initiative in response to Covid-19. This creative effort to allow life-saving ventilators to be produced quickly and easily anywhere in the world using 3D printing has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives.
We cannot afford to lose the potential of UCD students just like Colin, whose impact on the world right at this moment could be transformative.
Pandemic Research Fund
As Ireland’s leading research university, our academic staff are on the frontline leading clinical trials with COVID-19 patients in intensive care, while UCD researchers are manufacturing reagents, developing national contact tracing capability, and investigating new ways to tackle the disease. Our researchers hope to expand Ireland’s testing capacity by developing novel approaches to delivering essential reagents for COVID-19 testing – responding to the collapse of supply chains due to unprecedented international demands. Your financial support for research at UCD will enable us to make a valuable contribution in solving the current crisis as quickly as possible and mitigating for the future.
Adapting our Learning Environment for a Changed World
As they adapt to learning from home, students face challenges like broadband access/signal, lack of privacy or simply not having a laptop or PC. It is vital that such students can still excel remotely. We are working hard to make a host of online supports available to our student body. Here in Belfield, we must also create a new normality that includes enhanced automated access to buildings.
Mental Health
The University has a duty of care to protect the mental health of our students. We recognise that this is now more important than ever. We therefore want to fund a minimum of three additional student advisors and provide on-campus resources to support students who may be affected by the current crisis. Your support is crucial to delivering this.
Click here to find out more and to make a donation.
Helpful Tips & Resources
Tips and other resources to help you manage anxiety, put news reports in perspective and maintain a positive outlook.
If you've recently returned to work, protect yourself by:
✔️ Using your own pen for signing in
✔️ Washing your hands regularly
✔️ Ensuring physical distancing
✔️ Travelling to work alone
✔️ Downloading and using the #COVIDTrackerapp https://t.co/sTscCALzG3
#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/Oxy3143EFp— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) July 15, 2020
The COVID Tracker app is now available to download. It will help in the fight against coronavirus. Download the COVID Tracker app here: https://t.co/CUrWQ9QVvj
We’ll protect your privacy, and you’ll help us protect everyone. Stay safe. Protect each other. #COVID19 #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/WVRFOUwAT7
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) July 7, 2020
Last night's #RTEInvestigates showed the wonderful dedication of the staff at @stjamesdublin. Thank you to all our staff across Ireland for their hard work on the frontline fighting #COVID19. Watch the programme back here: https://t.co/qfcGGY4niE #OurHealthService
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) June 30, 2020
Are you between 18 and 25 years old?
Participate in our international study 'Young Adults in Times of COVID-19' https://t.co/PYd1aJxKwB
and help us better understand how young adults across the world respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. #YoungInCoronaTimes
Over 25? Pls RT pic.twitter.com/Q6HZYSgU9K
— Dr Laura K Taylor (@lauraktaylorPHD) June 18, 2020
It's the last week of #homeschoolhub on @RTE2
This is EXACTLY what you want from a national broadcaster. Providing a service for its people that was as entertaining as it was educational. @MacallaTeo & @kellysu take a bow!
Proud to be a part of it & hope there's more like it pic.twitter.com/6wlI2jums6
— PH!L of Science (@phildublin82) June 15, 2020
Ireland's pollen count is climbing, so many people will experience hay fever. If you normally get hay fever, you will be familiar with the typical symptoms. If you are worried about telling #hayfever apart from #covid19, we have information that may help: https://t.co/MKAtQfFw1n pic.twitter.com/InE63a7lH7
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) June 13, 2020
This was a great event to be part of. Thanks to @FestivalUcd for the invitation and especially to the children for your questions…and your drawings. Amazing talent! Keep up your schoolwork and keep following public health advice. @roinnslainte @HSELive #COVID19 @UCDMedicine https://t.co/mPOQctIDS5
— Dr Tony Holohan (@CMOIreland) May 23, 2020
UCD Nature and Biodiversity Colouring Book
Kingfisher, Mallard, Holly Blue, Orange Tip – Want to know more about them? Check out the UCD Nature and Biodiversity colouring book written by UCD Green Campus Coordinators, supported by Estate Services.
Step up and step back to protect yourself and others from #coronavirus. Go one step further to keep each other safe.
Please continue to keep up social distancing and proper hand hygiene. https://t.co/mMr2DuU2da
#StaySafe #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/qCaFoOypMv— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) August 5, 2020
*PARENTS*. Please complete 'Families at time of #COVID19' survey here https://t.co/6aeLdeWNgg Help us understand impact of pandemic on well-being. We will use findings to develop better educ progs & interventions to sustain families @TempleStreetHos @CMRF_Crumlin @GiraffeCreches pic.twitter.com/obUah0DO6S
— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 21, 2020
**Anxiety & COVID-19** Topic for @UCDCApsychiatry
FoC Summer School Fri 10th July 12.30-1.30pm. SPEAKER Dr Michael Sweeney, Director @MCBT_nyc See full bio at https://t.co/BVEvidUVkG. Reg here https://t.co/Yp6mbi0sI6 1CPD pt. per mtg @IrishPsychiatry @ucdmedsoc @ICPmentalhealth pic.twitter.com/WFAPrdIDYP— UCD Medicine (@UCDMedicine) July 8, 2020
Face coverings should be worn in situations where it is difficult to practice social distancing, like in shops & on public transport. Face coverings help prevent people who do not know they have the virus from spreading it to others.https://t.co/fwBQzhqVmO
#COVID19 #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/aVknAm56zb— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) July 1, 2020
#ICYMI you can now catch up with all UCD's #COVID__19 related webinars & online conferences in a new section on our #COVID19 response website – see the latest @UCD_Foundation Special Briefings, @ucdgearyinst Social Science Perspectives & @UCDALUMNI 'In Conversation' series pic.twitter.com/ZonYasp32A
— UCD Research (@UCD_Research) June 23, 2020
THREAD: how to make a face mask for use when you are in situations where it is difficult to practice social distancing.#COVID19 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/fo7XB83Z9b
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) June 18, 2020
Working from home while taking care of our families can feel overwhelming at times, so it's important to take some time to look after yourself when you can. Parenting expert John Sharry shares tips on how to manage in this video #InThisTogether pic.twitter.com/BuzWCLsTiv
— HSE Ireland (@HSELive) June 15, 2020
This free stress control programme is on today at 2pm & 8:30pm, check out details below. sign up https://t.co/xqqZb5w2ae Could help with #restoringthebalance for #MensHealthWeek2020 https://t.co/rIC3211SWY
— Eamon Keogh (@Ekeogh1) June 15, 2020
Delighted to see our piece published in @siliconrepublic. This pandemic has brought many of us to an abrupt halt and into closer contact with life's more existential questions. It's sometimes reassuring to know we are not alone in struggling with these. https://t.co/vUZYJjf6h1
— Dr Emma Farrell (@emmaefarrell) April 9, 2020
The Choral Scholars of UCD
During this difficult time of social distancing, The Choral Scholars bring you ‘Body of the Moon’, a beautiful composition based on the texts of Galileo. As Galileo Galilei reminds us in the texts, we are all connected to each other through our common humanity.
Finding it hard to sleep?
Dr Paul D’Alton, Associate Professor in UCD School of Psychology, presents mini podcasts on staying calm during stressful periods on RTÉ’s Drivetime. Check out “Finding it hard to sleep?” and “A guide to calming the mind” to listen to his advice.
At home with the kids or caring for a loved one? See the ebooks in our Parent & Carer collection. Topics include books on emotions and coping for kids, caring for toddlers, the carer’s bible & more. Loads of great online resources too. See https://t.co/PAqkiF0RFM. 💻❤️ pic.twitter.com/3Oh8eKpDgN
— UCD Library (@UCDLibrary) March 24, 2020
Philosophy can be particularly useful in difficult times like these. #COVID19
Silvia Panizza, @ucddublin fellow and #PERiTiA‘s team member, casts an eye over this crisis from a philosophical perspective @ConversationUK https://t.co/19TFF0EFP5#MeetPERiTiAteam #philosophy
— PEriTiA (@PERITIAnews) March 23, 2020
Bright Sparks #CreativeBursts – created by @sarahwebbishere – are short activities to do at home with your children. In today’s edition, Sarah asks you to identify your spirit animal 🦉 🐕 🐟 and gets you to play with words! https://t.co/aztb4s8iga pic.twitter.com/DXCqlAZDby
— MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland (@MoLI_Museum) March 16, 2020
Associate Professor Paul D’Alton is co-director of the MSc in Mindfulness Based Interventions and teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs across the School of Psychology, @ucddublin https://t.co/Yf2fbD2Zh1
— UCD Foundation (@UCD_Foundation) March 19, 2020
Lydia Cumiskey
Thank you, Lydia, for bringing you skills of encouragement to handmade cards and items to lift people's spirits and to raise money for Pieta House! Beautiful work in a beautiful direction.
Research group on Covid 19
I wish to sincerely express my appreciation to all wonderful people in UCD who are doing such trojan work in these difficult times.You are all legends and must be admired.
Keep up the good work and all I can say to whoever sees this message is please donate as it is badly needed by us in Ireland and indeed the entire world.The research work is fantastic.
UCD Alumni Relations
Thank you UCD Alumni Relations, for posting inspirational messages and sharing stories. We are all together in this.
Employees,alumni,students and friends. This has been a strange time in Ireland and around the world we are all in touch in staying apart. Shine your light, follow medical advice, use your critical thinking and we will see this through.
Thank you to all front-line workers.
All our frontline workers and everyone doing their bit to fight this pandemic
Thank you all! Your selflessness and kind nature and your tireless efforts to fight this awful pandemic is much appreciated! Well done!
Míle Buíochas daoibh go léir!
The department who manage the grounds of UCD
A big thank you for those responsible for maintaining the grounds of UCD Belfied campus, in particular, the woodland walkways.
Thankfully we live 2km from the campus and we can take our walks there, at this time. It is a wonderful amenity for which we are very grateful at this time.
Prof. Mary Codd & Prof. Patrick Wall
For all of their hard work setting up, managing and developing the Covid-19 contact tracing centre to a level of excellence. For keeping volunteers interested and for being keen, passionate and unmovable in their quest to assist, aid and better public health, on the island of Ireland.
Alan Thompson and David Crampton
A big thank you to Alan Thompson in the UCD Centre for Emergency Medical Science and David Crampton in UCD School of Medicine for coordinating the collection of PPE across UCD, and delivery of the equipment to Dublin hospitals and frontline healthcare providers.
Thanks also to those in UCD Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Science who generously raided their lab stores to donate equipment. They are all heroes, playing their part to combat COVID-19.