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BUSINESS
CONNECTIONS
20 SHERRY, ANYoNE?
THE MAGAZINE FOR UCD BUSINESS ALUMNI
UCD Law Society is 100 years old
IN THIS ISSUE
TAKING STOCK
38 UCd IN NUmBERS
AN OUTSIDER’S VIEW PAGE 76
Stats in action
THE MBA NETWORK Strength in Numbers PAGE 70
40 mISSIoN SCIENCE
ALUMNI ABROAD Doing the Business Overseas
UCD Science District launches today
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP THE KEY TO FUTURE SUCCESS PAGE 78
54 SpoRTS SHoRTS Triumphs on the field
56 ERA oF THE ELITE Medallists in the making: fostering achievement in sport
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Business connections 70 THE mBA NETwoRk The value of an MBA
59 CENTRE oF EXCELLENCE Leinster Rugby takes up residence
alumni update 22 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE How well do you know your University? Take the Alumni Quiz ...
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76 TAkING SToCk
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Foundation Day Dinner (page 84); Business School Alumni Awards (page 85); Business Alumni Chapter Events (page 86); Ruby Jubilee (page 87); Newman Fellowship (page 88); Sigerson Centenary Dinner (page 89); Medical Gala Dinner and Robing (page 90); Kevin Barry Window (page 91); Characters in Conversation (pages 92, 93 & 94); Bloomsday (page 95); Engineering Events (page 96).
68 LEAVING A LEGACY Donate to UCD
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Boston-based Desmond Mac Intyre on Ireland’s crisis
78 ENTREpRENEURSHIp The skills to make it happen: the role of the University in shaping an entrepreneurial mindset
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80 ALUmNI ABRoAd Graduates doing business overseas
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inteRVieW 24 FRom SCHoLARSHIp To SUCCESS Businessman George Moore on his UCD beginnings UCD Connections is published by Gloss Publications Ltd, The Courtyard, 40 Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin, 01 275 5130. Distributed by The Irish Times. To order a copy, go to www.ucdconnections.ie. Printed by Boylans. Colour origination by Typeform. Copyright 2011 Gloss Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. This magazine can be recycled either in your Green Bin kerbside collection or at a local recycling point. In the compilation of this publication, every care is taken to ensure accuracy. Any errors or omissions should be brought to the attention of the UCD Development & Alumni Relations Office. However, UCD does not accept any liability to any person for loss or damage arising from anything contained in this publication or for any error or omission in it, even if such loss and damage is caused by the negligence of UCD or its servants and agents.
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