Foreword

On Trinity Monday the long established tradition of announcing the new Fellows and Scholars will be conducted from the steps of the Public Theatre. The Fellows are academic staff who have demonstrated great achievement and scholarship through their published works, and who have shown commitment to the College’s core mission in education and research. The new Scholars are undergraduate students who have excelled in the arduous scholarship examination. They have demonstrated their ability as critical and innovative thinkers. At the Scholars' Dinner that evening special tribute is paid to new and past Scholars, with many of those in attendance representing several decades of scholars.

Following the announcement of the new Fellows and Scholars, the Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving is held in the College Chapel, with this year’s address being given by His Excellency The Most Revd Charles Brown, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia and Papal Nuncio to Ireland.

The Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse will be delivered in the GMB by Professor James Lunney, F.T.C.D. - his discourse will be on the life of Professor James MacCullagh.

This year the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Science are hosting Trinity Week and have put together an exciting programme which should attract a great level of interest.

On Wednesday, the Trinity Week Academic Symposium, “Making Light Work” will draw together leading experts to examine the role light plays in our lives in the 21st century and the effect it has on the world around us.

Of course Trinity Week is not just about academic activities: the Trinity Ball will take place on the Friday of Trinity Week and the traditional Chariots of Fire in Front Square will take place on Trinity Wednesday.

On behalf of all of us who can look forward to a vibrant Trinity Week, I thank the organisers of the many events. I look forward to participating.

Patrick Prendergast
PROVOST