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In June 2019, the fourth UCD Festival was a roaring success with more than 20,000 alumni, staff, students and members of the local community arriving to Belfield. The Festival line-up included the largest science and innovation showcase yet, fascinating engineering and technology displays, literary greats, social activists, physicists, political and economic commentators, entrepreneurial giants, rugby heroes, and a chance to meet UCD Robot-in-Residence, Pepper.<\/p>\n

There was laughter and reminiscing as 500 alumni and friends joined classmates to kick off the fourth UCD Festival at the Science Milestone Reunion Brunch and Supporters\u2019 Thank You Brunch at the new UCD University Club.<\/p>\n

Some of the familiar faces spotted at the Festival included Rick O\u2019Shea, Professor Margaret Kelleher, spoken word artists Emmet Kirwan and Natalya Flaherty, award-winning architect Steven Holl, who presented the plans for UCD\u2019s Future Campus, and former journalist and political adviser Una Claffey.<\/p>\n

The Science and Innovation showcase, in the O\u2019Brien Centre for Science, offered attendees the chance to build, create and experiment with rockets, maths, battleships and even an explosion, and interact with the Medtronic Junior Hospital Experience. The Microsoft Engineering and Technology Zone was an interactive treat, with features such as the Microsoft Dreamspace and an exploration of their AI for Good.<\/p>\n

Buzzing with cheers, laughter and excitement, the Sports Zone was a flurry of activity as rugby and GAA trials took place \u2013 with a few well-known faces present. For those looking for a more relaxed start to the day, Reggae Yoga kicked off at the new zone \u2018Beats in the Alley\u2019, followed by live music, poetry and dance performances from Sim Simma DJs and the Spoken Word Collective.<\/p>\n

Across campus, events were wholly different but no less exciting. Celebrations of poetry, music and spoken word made up the Culture Zone, which took place at the James Joyce Library. Outside by the lake, gladiators were on hand with their Roman Army displays. Meanwhile, over in the Discovery Zone, a historical representation of early Irish life was showcased by the Centre for Experimental Archaeology.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Festival was kindly sponsored by Microsoft with support from Intel, Medtronic, Explorium, D\u00fan Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, AIB and UCD Sport and Fitness.<\/p>\n

If you want to relive any of the action from the Festival, there are stories, images and videos at www.ucd.ie\/festival.<\/a> Be the first to hear about next year\u2019s programme by emailing festival@ucd.ie.<\/a><\/p>\n

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