IMPACT - Trinity Donor 2012/2013

Spring 2014 www.tcd.ie/development Trinity Today

impact Philanthropy in Trinity 2012/13

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IMPACT Giving and Recognition Circles

Trinity’s Community of Supporters

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ur graduates and friends play a crucial role in Trinity’s community of supporters and are a vital part of the College’s continued success. By donating to Trinity, you are empowering current students to become the leaders, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers of tomorrow. You are enabling future generations of young people to pursue their dreams and fulfil their potential. By supporting new programmes and scholarships you are ensuring that Trinity continues to compete at the highest level internationally. Your personal participation also encourages other people to support Trinity. All Trinity College supporters are recognised on our online honour roll, receive a copy of IMPACT, our annual donor report, and are invited to Trinity events.

Giving and Recognition Circles To acknowledge the generosity and loyalty of individuals who support a broad range of Trinity programmes, scholarships and initiatives, the following giving and recognition circles have been introduced:

The 1592 Circle

The provost’s Circle

The chancellor’s Circle

Contributions of n1,000 to n10,000 within a financial year entitle supporters to the following privileges: ● Commemorative 1592 Circle pin ● Invitation to special events ● Private tour of Trinity for the donor, family and friends Contributions of n10,000 to n100,000 realised over a number of years entitle supporters to the following privileges: ● Recognition of gift by appropriate naming of programme, post or public space ● Invitation to a special event hosted by the Provost ● Priority invitations to alumni and donor events ● Private tour of Trinity for the donor, family and friends ● Exclusive updates on your areas of interest Contributions of n100,000 to n1,000,000 realised over a number of years entitle supporters to the following privileges: ● Recognition of gift by appropriate naming of programme, post or public space ● Invitation to a special event hosted by the Chancellor ● Priority invitations to alumni and donor events ● Private tour of Trinity for the donor, family and friends ● Exclusive updates on your areas of interest ● Opportunities to engage with University leaders as well as other benefactors who share a commitment to educating tomorrow’s leaders

benefactors through the centuries

Contributions over n1,000,000 realised over a number of years make you one of the top group of supporters throughout Trinity’s history. Benefactors are entitled to the following privileges: ● Public recognition of gift in the Grand Entrance of the TCD Dining Hall ● Ceremony to welcome the donor as a benefactor ● Public recognition of gift by appropriate naming of programme, post or public space ● Acknowledgement in appropriate materials ● Invitations to special College functions ● Private tour of Trinity for the donor and family and friends ● Exclusive updates on your areas of interest ● Opportunities to engage with University leaders as well as other benefactors who share a commitment to educating tomorrow’s leaders

To learn more about the Circles please visit www.tcd.ie/development/circles or contact Maura Walsh Tel: +353 1 896 2088 Email:mwalsh@tcd.ie

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2012/13 Donor Report

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Dear Friends,

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t gives me great pleasure to have this opportunity to thank Trinity’s many supporters – all 3,000 of you.

Thanks to your generosity, and that of many people like you, Trinity continues to compete in the top tier of world universities. Your donations have made many programmes possible – supporting scholarship and learning throughout campus. These initiatives help maintain our shared Trinity tradition of helping students grow into innovative thinkers and global citizens.

The stories that follow illustrate just some of the developments that your support has made possible in 2012/13. They inspire me and I hope demonstrate to you the impact your contributions are having throughout Trinity.

Please accept my sincere thanks on behalf of Trinity students and staff. Your gifts, no matter what size, are all contributing to our shared success.

I look forward to meeting many of you in the coming months and years and hope to have the chance to thank you personally.

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Making a Difference The Alumni Appeal Building on Excellence The Grattan Scholars

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Director’s Report How your money is spent Investing in the Future Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Trinity

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Why the Past Matters The impact of philanthropy on Classics

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Apples & Atoms Honouring Ernest T.S. Walton and inspiring future physicists

Warm regards, Patrick Prendergast B.A.I., Ph.D., Sc.D (1987) PROVOST On the front cover: During the year Trinity proudly unveiled its “Benefactors through the Centuries” Roll of Honour as a lasting tribute to those who have made transformational gifts to Trinity. The names of these benefactors, which you can see on the front cover, are embossed permanently on the frieze beneath the ceiling of the grand entrance to the Dining Hall. They are adorned with the words of Virgil, the first-

We would be delighted to receive your feedback on this edition of IMPACT

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century BC poet: “SEMPER HONOS NOMENQVE TVVM LAVDESQVE MANEBVNT” – “Your name, honour and praise shall always remain.”

For more information and to watch a video of the unveiling please visit www.tcd.ie/development/benefactors

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IMPACT Alumni Appeal

The Alumni Appeal

Making a Difference

By contributing to the Alumni Appeal, graduates help to create everything from scholarships and research projects to access programmes and student giving initiatives.

Here are two recent examples.

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o celebrate the centenary of his birth, a studentship was established in memory of David Webb, Fellow and former Professor of Systematic Botany at Trinity College Dublin. The studentship was funded through the UK Trust and the David Webb Studentship Appeal; to which many generous Botany alumni donated in 2013. Anne Dubéarnès, who was selected to receive the Webb Studentship, tells us how she is getting on since starting the programme in September 2013.

Why did you want to study at Trinity?

Trinity is known internationally for its very high level of education and scientific research so being a part of it is an amazing

opportunity. Moreover, the Botany Department is well known for its research not only on Irish but also on South-East Asian plants, a region where Embelia (the focus of my project) is very diverse. I was also attracted by the countless opportunities offered to the students in the form of clubs, events and training by the University.

What will your Ph.D. investigate?

I am working on Embelia, a genus of tropical climbing plants belonging to the Primulaceae family.

The focus of my project is to investigate the systematics of this genus.

I want to refine the limits

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of this very variable group, to understand how it is related to the other genera in the family, and how the species inside it are related to each other. In order to get these answers, I am combining morphological and molecular data extracted from Herbarium specimens as well as fresh plant material.

Are you involved with any Trinity clubs or societies?

Yes, I am part of the University of Dublin Choral Society (UDCS). I also often attend the weekly NERD club meetings (Networks in Ecology/ Evolution Research Discussion group), during which Ph.D. students and researchers present and discuss each other’s projects as well as other topics related to the domain of ecology and evolution. It is a great way to get to know what is happening in our field at Trinity, and to receive advice and opinions on our own work.

What are your plans after you complete your Ph.D? I would like to stay on the To find out more about path of academic research, the Alumni Appeal and keep on working in the visit www.tcd.ie/ domain of plant taxonomy alumniappeal and conservation. I am also very interested in ethnobotany, the study of the relationships between people and plants.

Students Give Back to Trinity

RAG (Raising & Giving) Week 2014 was the College’s most successful ever, raising more than the m20,000 target. Alumni played a vital role in the fundraising efforts by providing a grant of up to m10,000 matched funding. The aim of RAG Week is to raise awareness and donations for several worthy Trinity charities and societies, in support of student education and the College’s engagement with society. Headline events such as the RAG Week Ball, Trinity Come Dancing and the RAG Week Closing Party contributed to the overall success of the campaign.

Some of the RAG Week team

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Trinity’s 2013 Grattan Scholars Alan Walsh (left), Lisa Keenan (centre left) and Katarzyna Kozien (right) with Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast

Alumni and friends play an important role in many programmes that are crucial to Trinity’s future as well as broader social and economic development. Here, Susannah McAleese B.A. (2000) explains why she contributes to one of those programmes, The Grattan Scholars.

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graduated from Trinity College in 2000 with a degree in Business and Economics. As well as arming me with a world-class degree, Trinity also gave me opportunities to make wonderful friends, to develop personally, to play sport, and to spend time abroad (I spent a term at Senshu University in Tokyo during my Junior Sophister year). When I interviewed for graduate jobs in London during my Senior Sophister year, I know that having Trinity College on my CV played an important role in opening doors for me. I also know that a lot of my international colleagues, especially those from North America, marvel at the fact that I received this education for free.

Trinity Network When I moved to London after graduating, I became involved with the Trinity Young Alumni in London, and with the Trinity Dining Club, two super groups for keeping in touch with other graduates. The Dining Club is a learning experience. Sitting beside graduates from as early as the 1940s through to the 2000s is hilarious fun, not to mention inspiring!

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As I feel hugely fortunate to be part of this Trinity network, I have chosen to contribute financially to The Grattan Scholars programme, which supports exceptional Ph.D. students who have the potential to become future academic leaders and influential voices for social and economic development. The programme is spearheaded by Professor John O’Hagan, one of my former professors, who understands that for Trinity to continue to be recognised as one of the finest universities in the world, it must continue to focus on its students and on its research. This all requires significant investment that the Irish government can no longer cover entirely. Trinity needs help from alumni (financially and otherwise), now more than ever, no matter how small the contribution.

Two-way Process I am also enthused that Trinity recognises that alumni engagement and giving back is very much a two-way process. In London, for example, Trinity has organised some brilliant events. Professor Philip Lane gave a breakfast

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briefing on the Irish economy in December at the offices of The Economist while another event for alumni took place at Goldman Sachs in March. Meanwhile, in June, Peter Sutherland will give a talk at the Irish Embassy in London. Trinity also recognises the value of mentoring and introductions for those starting off their careers, and can help alumni to meet others in their chosen fields.

I thought Hamish McRae (a Trinity graduate and distinguished journalist in London) hit the nail on the head when he was asked recently if he had any advice for fellow alumni: “Only to be aware of our huge good fortune to be educated in one of the great universities of the world, in the middle of one of its great cities.

Trinity recognises that I think we are all very alumni engagement and lucky and if we can do giving back is very much something for Trinity, that is great too.” a two-way process To find out more visit www.tcd.ie/ssp

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orking with the support of many individual alumni and friends including the various alumni funding bodies around the globe (The TCD Association and Trust, the University of Dublin Fund (US) and the UK Trust for TCD), Trinity successfully secured pledges in excess of €18.2m (2012/13 €22.5m) from 3,000 donors. This funding is both a testament to the quality of the projects and the generosity of our dedicated supporters.

To ensure we provide the best possible service to our donors and supporters, Trinity Foundation is committed to maintaining the highest standards of governance and transparency. We have adopted the best codes of practice in the Irish charity sector and we are fully committed to complying with all recommendations and guidelines set by the soon to be established Charities Regulatory Authority. Trinity Foundation voluntarily complies with the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising set by The Irish Charities Tax Reform group (ICTR) and has adopted the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) as issued by the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales (2005). We are adopting The Governance Code as developed by a working group of organisations supporting and promoting high standards of governance in the charity sector.

Another development during the year was the introduction of a new Charitable Donation Scheme by the Irish Revenue Commissioners this year. From January 2013, donations between €250 and €1m in a calendar year made by all individual donors (PAYE & Self Assessed) will be treated in the same manner, with 31% tax relief in all cases being repaid to the charity if a CHY3 Form is completed by the donor.

We take this opportunity to thank our donors and supporters whose generosity is more keenly felt and deeply appreciated in these financially challenging times — the University is profoundly grateful.

We look forward to keeping you up to date with our future developments as your support continues to make a difference. Please contact me, or any of my colleagues in the Trinity Foundation, if you would like to obtain a copy of our accounts for 2012/13.

Nick Sparrow Director Trinity Foundation T: +353 1 896 2088 E:nick.sparrow@tcd.ie

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In the year ending September 2013, many important and exciting projects came to fruition in Trinity thanks to the generosity of so many donors.

FINANCIAL REPORT SUMMARY 2012/13 In the year ended 30 September 2013, Trinity College Dublin secured pledges amounting to f18.2m

SOURCE OF FUNDS

Alumni Friends & Family Corporate Foundations, Trusts & Others Legacies Total

2012/13 (000s) c3,651 c2,169 c4,276 c6,009 c2,094 f18,201

2011/12 (000s) c2,114 c1,295 c3,646 c12,102 c3,395 f22,553

SOURCE OF INCOME 2012/13 Foundations, Trusts & Others

Legacies

12% 33%

20%

12% Corporate

Alumni

Friends & Family

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Allocation of Pledges 2012/13 In the year ended 30 September 2013, pledges and gifts secured by Trinity College Dublin were allocated into five main categories

AREA OF ALLOCATION

Research Posts Studentships & Scholarships Capital Other: Outreach, Conference, The Student Experience Total

2012/13 (000s) c7,227 c3,931 c2,035 c1,981

2011/12 (000s) c8,725 c6,270 c2,554 c2,391

c3,024 f18,201

c2,611 f22,553

Area of Allocation 2012/13 Capital

11% 11 40%

Research

MOVEMENT ON PLEDGES AND GIFTS

Studentship & Scholarships

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To view a full list of donors who made contributions in the financial year 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 please visit www.tcd.ie/development/ donors

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Balance Forward Outstanding Pledges New Gifts / Pledges Cash Received by Trinity Foundation Gifts paid direct to College and associated bodies Adjust for write offs/provisions/ exchange loss/gain BALANCE ON PLEDGES DUE AT END OF YEAR

2012/13 (000s)

2011/12 (000s)

c59,856 c18,201

c51,127 c22,500

(c7,863)

(c8,209)

(c3,360)

(c1,362)

(c687)

(c4,200)

f66,155

f59,856

Use of Funds Under Trinity Foundation Management Trinity Foundation Statement of Financial Activities for

the year ended 30 September 2013

Opening Funds

Receipts Project Funds Received in the Year Interest Earned Other Funds Received in the Year Total Funds Received in the Year Expenditure: Allocated to Projects Operational Costs Total Expenditure for Year Net (Outflow)/Inflow of Funds CLOSING FUNDS FOR COLLEGE USE AT END OF YEAR

2012/13 (000s) c17,787

2011/12 (000s) c16,134

c7,863 c373 c1,518 c9,755

c8,209 c439 c1,520 c10,169

(c5,230) (c3,069) (c8,299) c1,455 f19,242

plus €3,360 allocated directly to College

(c6,116) (c2,400) (c8,517) c1,652 f17,787

To view a full list of donors who made contributions in the financial year 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 please visit www.tcd.ie/development/donors

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IMPACT Investing in the Future

Investing in the future A radical new blueprint for the development of Irish innovation and entrepreneurship will enable Trinity’s students and graduates to deliver increased economic, cultural and social value.

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n a world undergoing rapid economic transformation, Ireland’s future will depend on the ability to successfully compete in the global arena of innovation and entrepreneurship.

For generations, Trinity College Dublin has delivered high-quality, internationally recognised education based on a foundation of excellence in research and scholarship.

Now, with the announcement of a new Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Trinity is committing to an increased focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, ensuring students and graduates will be equipped to deliver economic, cultural and social value founded on research and scholarship, and to create jobs as well as get them.

Such education recognises that innovation and creativity are at the heart of a research-inspired curriculum. To ensure this, Trinity will provide all undergraduate students with an opportunity to undertake a research or innovation project in their final year and incubate results that could lead to new commercial ideas. The programme will also develop a broad range of skills attractive to employers. In a new departure for Trinity in scale and reach, an entrepreneurship education will be available to students from all

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disciplines whether in engineering, science, healthcare, arts, humanities or the social sciences.

A framework of philanthropicallyfunded innovation lectureships across schools is proposed to provide discipline-specific leadership in innovation, design thinking, and entrepreneurship.

At postgraduate level, Trinity will deliver a range of new taught programmes supporting creative, social and ‘tech’ entrepreneurs.

Radical Blueprint Trinity’s Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a radical new blueprint for the development of Irish innovation, drawing together the College’s best strengths as researchers and academics to forge new connections with enterprise and government in the spirit of national endeavour.

It reflects Trinity’s commitment to harnessing the creative, disruptive promise of innovation for Dublin and the country. Two of the cornerstones of the new strategy are the development of Trinity’s School of Business and E3, the Engineering, Energy and Environment Institute.

Trinity is a natural creative incubator where the city’s technological, cultural and scientific ecosystems merge.

The strategy takes advantage of this to kick-start a t70 million

building programme that will result in a new Business School, co-located with an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub, re-energising the Pearse Street area. The resulting creative quarter will ensure Dublin can position itself among the world’s most innovation-intensive cities.

Outlining plans for this Hub, Trinity’s Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast, said: “We see enormous potential for the development of a ‘creative quarter’, founded on a new model of collaboration between enterprise and academia. We want to play our part in the renewal of society and the economy by providing the best educational environment for learning the skills of business and entrepreneurship, and by working with the research, creative and enterprise communities in a partnership for innovation.”

Business School Trinity’s new School of Business will consolidate the University’s position as an internationally renowned destination for top quality, innovative business education. The School, which will be completed in 2017, will also play a pivotal and integrative role as a source of training and research in support of entrepreneurship across the University. The School will act as a focus for educational activities relating to the organisation, management, leadership, and commercialisation of entrepreneurship and innovation.

The education provided by the

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The way forward: Pictured at the launch of the strategy are Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast; Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; Professor Vinny Cahill, Dean of Research at Trinity; and student entrepreneurs, Emma Mooney and Alex Sloan, co-founders of Foodcloud and LaunchBox participants

School will help develop business creation and management skills across the city, supporting the scaling of new and existing ventures and transforming innovation into commercial and economic growth. (For more on the new Trinity Business School visit www.tcd.ie/business) A recent example of this innovative approach in action in Trinity is LaunchBox, a project that supports students in developing investor-ready ventures. Supported by the Trinity Angels, a network of Trinity’s alumni and friends, LaunchBox offers an innovative combination of practice and education. Students are provided with seed funding, incubator space and master classes in marketing and funding.

E3 Innovation and new discoveries are fed directly by the College’s world-class research and teaching which is underpinned by institutes such as Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), Centre

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priorities contributing to growth, for Research on Adaptive competitiveness and job Nanostructures and Nanodevices creation as well as preparing (CRANN), Institute for International graduates to provide leadership Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity in these key growth areas. (For Long Room Hub (TLRH) and more on E3 visit www.tcd.ie/e3) Trinity College Institute of Trinity’s commitment to Neuroscience (TCIN). Our newest job creation is well aligned addition to these will be E3, a with the government’s focus major collaboration between the on creating a new generation School of Engineering and the of entrepreneurially minded School of Natural Sciences. A graduates who want to be new E3 complex will house both future employers. Lauding the Schools which will strengthen the strategy, Richard Bruton TD, teaching and research capacity Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and of the College, particularly in Innovation, said: “We believe relation to energy, sustainable that, by acting as a focal development, natural point for innovation and resources and medical education in Dublin devices. E3 will enable city centre, Trinity the deepening of We want to play our part in can help support research and teaching the renewal of society and the the growth of connections between entrepreneurship related aspects economy by providing the best across the of engineering educational environment for economy, helping to and disciplines of learning the skills of business turn good ideas into geography, geology, and entrepreneurship” good jobs.” zoology and plant science. This teaching To find out more visit and research will align www.tcd.ie/innovation with Ireland’s economic

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The continued support of the Andrew A. David Foundation and the A.G. Leventis Foundation has enabled Classics at Trinity to flourish.

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he Department of Classics at Trinity College has a long and distinguished record as one of the great centres of Classical scholarship and instruction. It is unique in Ireland in having separate Chairs in Greek and in Latin, and in offering a specialised programme in Ancient History and Archaeology. Two research centres of international standing are associated with the department: the Centre for the Study of the Platonic Tradition and the Centre for Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies.

Generous funding from the A.G. Leventis Foundation has enabled Trinity to appoint a Scholar specialising in Greek archaeology.

Support for this post has now been taken on by the Andrew A. David Foundation. The links between both foundations are well established; indeed it was Trinity graduate Andrew David who first introduced the A.G. Leventis Foundation to Trinity.

The addition of a member of staff specialising in Greek archaeology has enabled Classics at Trinity to further strengthen its undergraduate programme in Ancient History and Archaeology.

Emphasising the importance of this, Dr Christine Morris,

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the Andrew A. David Associate Professor in Greek Archaeology and History, said: “Given the relatively small size of the Classics Department, at eight full-time members of staff, the importance of this funding cannot be overestimated. The appointment created a new opportunity for the study of Greek material culture to develop and thrive and it has done so most successfully. The benefits are visible at all levels, from an expanded range of new undergraduate courses to the development of a new community of research students and academic research projects.”

Demosthenes Epibomios, marble relief c.1737. This neoclassical work of Italian provenance belongs to the College Art Collection and is hosted in the Classics department

play a key role in the development of the Irish Institute for Hellenic Studies at Athens. In addition to teaching and research, public outreach is an important part of the College’s engagement with Cypriot culture. As part of this approach, Dr Morris has organised a number of public lectures, often in collaboration with the Embassy of Cyprus in Dublin, by leading Cypriot scholars such as Vassos Karageorghis, Dimetrios Michaelides and Maria Iacovou.

Scholarships The continued support of the A.G. Leventis Foundation has also Key role made it possible for the The lectureship The benefits are visible at all Classics department contributes to levels, from an expanded range to offer two valuable the study and of new undergraduate courses to postgraduate understanding of the development of a new scholarships.

Cypriot culture in Postgraduate research Ireland and to the community of research students is an essential part of development of Trinity’s academic mission, Trinity’s international and these two prestigious profile in research, Leventis scholarships publication and teaching add substantially to College’s in Greek archaeology. The international profile, and help to lectureship has also resulted in a recruit more of the world’s best substantial expansion in the range young scholars. of undergraduate teaching options, including Aegean Prehistory, Cypriot To find out more visit Archaeology and Goddess Studies. www.tcd.ie/classics As well as this, it enables Trinity to

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Apples & Atoms

A new sculpture honours physicist Ernest T.S. Walton and inspires current students to strive for greatness.

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pples & Atoms, a sculpture celebrating the life and work of Ernest T.S. Walton, Nobel Laureate for Physics, and former graduate and professor at Trinity College Dublin, was recently unveiled on the campus

by Ruairí Quinn TD, Minister for Education and Skills.

Designed by Eilís O’Connell, the sculpture was made possible by the financial support of the Walton family, Provost Dr Patrick Prendergast, the School of Physics, the Trinity College Dublin Association and Trust, Science Gallery, the Department of Education and Skills, the Institute of Physics in Ireland, and the Fellows and alumni of Trinity.

Trinity Scholar Ernest T. S. Walton studied at Trinity College where he was a Scholar and won many prizes, including a gold medal in experimental science. He graduated with joint honours in mathematics and physics in 1926 and obtained his Masters degree at Trinity in 1927 before going to Cambridge to do his Ph.D. It was in Cambridge in 1932 that Walton and his fellow physicist, John Cockcroft, exploited linear acceleration methods to induce nuclear disintegration by artificial means. It was the first time that Einstein’s E=mc2 was verified directly in a nuclear reaction.

Walton’s and Cockcroft’s success, using artificially accelerated particles for experimenting on the atom, meant the research into the

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nature and structure of the atom was no longer restricted by having to rely on natural sources of radiation. In 1934 Walton returned to Trinity College and was the Erasmus Smith’s Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.

Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the experiment, Trinity invited six artists to submit a design, honouring Walton’s research achievements as well as 30 years of dedication to science education. Eilís O’Connell’s design was selected by a panel that included representatives from the Walton family, the School of Physics, the College Art Collections, students and external visual arts professionals.

Ernest T.S. Walton’s children (l-r) Alan, Jean, Marian and Philip beside the Apples & Atoms sculpture

Ruairí Quinn TD, Minister for Education and Skills and Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast at the unveiling of Apples & Atoms

Reflected in the stack of spheres are specially planted native Irish apple trees that refer to the private man and his keen interest for growing fruit trees.

Special Connection “The sculpture pays homage “The sculpture was commissioned to Walton’s most important to commemorate Ernest T.S. characteristics – his intellectual Walton as a significant figure in rigour and hands-on ability to the history of the College and physically build the particle in the development of science accelerator and his nurturing ability globally. It reinforces Trinity’s as teacher and father. A man is not special connection with him and defined solely by his academic is an opportunity to honour achievements but also by him as a scientist as well the memories he leaves as a champion of science behind in others,” education, an academic A man is not defined solely explained O’Connell. and an Irishman,” said Ernest T.S. Walton the Provost. by his academic generously presented Apples & Atoms is a achievements but also by his papers to the College stack of mirror polished the memories he leaves Library in 1993 while spheres, increasing in behind in others his family subsequently size as they rise upward, donated his Nobel medal. appearing to defy gravity.

It is located beside the To find out more visit Fitzgerald Building, home www.tcd.ie/physics to the School of Physics.

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To view a full list of donors who made contributions in the financial year 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2013 please visit www.tcd.ie/development/donors

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