DCU Presidential Inauguration

14 June 2010

Professor Brian MacCraith

The Inauguration of Professor Brian MacCraith as President of Dublin City University takes place on Tuesday 13 July 2010 at 12 noon in the Mahony Hall, The Helix.

All alumni, staff, students and friends of DCU are invited to attend the inauguration and a reception following the ceremony. Professor MacCraith will be officially inaugurated as the university's third president

Professor MacCraith received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics at NUI, Galway. He joined the staff of Dublin City University in 1986, and shortly thereafter established the Optical Sensors Research Laboratory. In October 1999, he became founding Director of the National Centre for Sensor Research at DCU and, in 2005, was appointed Director of the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, an Academic-Industrial- Clinical partnership, after leading a successful proposal to Science Foundation Ireland. He serves on the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology and the Forfas Advisory Science Council.

Students, staff and alumni are kindly requested to register their attendance no later than 1 July by clicking the following link.

www.dcu.ie/president/inauguration_form.php3

For all other interested parties, please phone the registration telephone line (01) 700 7700 before 1 July to confirm attendance.

Please note: Doors open at 11am and guests are asked to be in their seats by 11:45am, as the ceremony will begin promptly at 12pm and will end by 2pm.