Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer with The Chronicle of Higher Education, and her colleague, Aisha Labi, visited Dublin in October. The Chronicle is a leading media organisation for higher education news, based in Washington D.C.

The overall purpose of their trip was to report on how Ireland is using its universities and technology transfer system to help revive the Celtic Tiger. The reporting trip was part of The Chronicle’s expanded international effort which is an element of a new Global Chronicle.  

While in Dublin Goldie and Aisha visited NovaUCD and met with several of our company promoters, UCD researchers and NovaUCD staff members.  They will also visited TCD, DCU and DIT and attended Enterprise Ireland's recent Big Ideas Showcase in Croke Park.

Goldie's article on her trip to Dublin appeared on November 21 2010 and is entitled Ireland Looks to Academe to Re-Ignite Its Economy.

Click here if you would like to read her article in full.

ENDS

22 November 2010

For further information contact Micéal Whelan, NovaUCD, e: miceal.whelan@ucd.ie, , t: +353 (0)1 716 3712.