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THE GRADUATE P3 Message from the Editor

With Queen’s Centenary year rapidly approaching in 2008, I am delighted to welcome you to the new-look, Editors: renamed alumni magazine. The Graduate embraces a Gerry Power & Kevin Mulhern fresher and much livelier style echoing the University’s confidence as it continues to deliver a world-class Managing editor: experience. Tracey McKinney

Your alumni publication once again focuses on graduate Designer: news and is brimming with stories on the latest Darragh Neely developments at Queen’s. You can read about the important roles of Queen’s graduates in the new local Contributors: Assembly (p6); how one former student has helped Shauna Hughes steer Northern Ireland’s football team to the top of Jacqui McCormick Europe (p40), and the latest on online dating (p34)! Eugene McCusker There are also articles on Queen’s input into David Maxwell groundbreaking laser research for cancer treatment Kerri Warnock (p20); insight into how the University has linked up with charity WAVE to develop the first Diploma in Trauma Editorial office: Studies in Northern Ireland (p26), and details of Queen’s Development and Alumni Relations Office contribution to a major new study of divided world Queen’s University cities (p30). Belfast BT7 1NN And if you are wondering what has happened to your Northern Ireland former classmates since you graduated, there’s an expanded Class Notes section crammed with all the Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5322 latest news. Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 5188 [email protected] Alumni feedback on this inaugural issue of The www.qub.ac.uk/alumni Graduate would, as always, be most welcome to - [email protected], or in writing to the address given. Cover: Graduates of the Year, Dr Nigel Hart and Dr Roger McMorrow (see p32) And remember, you can keep up-to-date with all the latest graduate news from Queen’s by visiting the © Development and Alumni Relations Office website – www.qub.ac.uk/alumni. The Graduate is a magazine for alumni and

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THE GRADUATE P5 Contents

COVER STORY Graduate and Student of the Year 2007 32 Dr Nigel Hart and Dr Roger McMorrow discuss their Everest research mission and rescue operation. Student of the Year, Neo discusses his pride at winning this year’s Award.

FEATURES The Art of the Possible 6 The Graduate meets Arlene Foster and Barry McElduff, two former Queen’s students who are reunited in the corridors of power.

Happy Birthday Queen’s! 10 How Queen’s plans to celebrate 100 years as a leading university.

The New Dating Game 34 The Graduate talks to Dr Monica Whitty about her innovative research into online dating.

Sea of Green 40 Queen’s graduate and Head of Marketing and Communications at the IFA, Geoff Wilson discusses Northern Ireland’s recent rise in football fortunes.

GRADUATES Class Notes 12 Notice of Annual Meeting of Convocation 38 Golden Jubilee 2008 42 Queen’s Graduates’ Association 43 Celebrating the Class of 2007 44

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES High-powered laser research 20 Profile - Doctor David Linton 21 Aeronautics Conference puts Queen’s on international stage 22 New David Bates Building 23

FACULTY OF MEDICINE Queen’s helps in fight against AIDS 24 Group breathes new life into Cystic Fibrosis Research 25 Profile - Professor Jennifer Ames 25 Peake Practice 26

FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES The Mitchell Symposium 28 Profile - Professor Richard English 29 Divided Cities 30 Calling all Graduates 31

QUEEN’S SPORT Corporate health promotes corporate wealth 36 The Campaign for Queen’s races on 37

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FEATURE BARRY MCELDUFF ARLENE FOSTER

Studied: Celtic Studies and Political Science Studied: Law Born 1966 Born 1970 4th of 5 children (2 brothers, 2 sisters) 3rd of 4 children (2 sisters, 1 brother) Married with three children - Aged 11, 8 and 7 Married with three children - Aged 7, 5 and 1 The Art of the Possible St Colmcille’s Primary School Aghadrumsee Primary - Rosslea and Moat Primary - Lisnaskea Omagh Christian Brothers School Collegiate Grammar School for Girls - Enniskillen As the Assembly starts the first full term since restoration last spring, David Maxwell Main hobby: Passionate about Gaelic Main hobby: Reading historical books and looking after children! speaks to two former Queen’s students who are reunited in the corridors of power.

University life prepares you for many great passion at Queen’s, Gaelic In her first year, Arlene found comfort lived with three other girls on things, but few students at Queen’s football: “One of the things I liked in making regular visits to her aunt Lower Windsor Avenue and in the 1980s could have imagined who lived in Dunmurry: “I used to go our house became known running the country one day. to her quite a lot, so it wasn’t really as ‘Windsor Castle’!” Northern Ireland, beleaguered by “I remember at until second year that I fully settled conflict, had become used to being into Queen’s life and moved in with When graduation ruled at arms-length. Yet two Queen’s being girls who studied Law with me.” day came for Barry students, who came to Queen’s in and Arlene, they that decade, have joined the many surrounded by were both faced other University alumni who now “I think some of with the daunting walk the corridors of power in some of Ireland’s prospect of what Stormont. my most to do next. For best Gaelic and Barry, there was Barry McElduff came to Queen’s in meaningful little doubt in his 1984 to take up a degree in Celtic rugby players and mind about what Studies and Political Science. He was friendships have he wanted to do. born in Carrickmore, County Tyrone, I counted that a His passion for the and his move to Belfast was his first come from my Republican cause time living away from home. From as huge privilege” was undiminished young as he can remember Barry was and he immediately time at Queen’s” started volunteering with Sinn interested in politics, and for him the BARRY McELDUFF political situation at that time had a Féin: big impact on his University ARLENE FOSTER experience: “I was already a member of most was playing Gaelic football for Sinn Féin, but I made “In all honesty, my life then was the Freshers’ team. I was privileged Unlike Barry McElduff, Arlene the offer as soon as trying to secure a degree to play alongside the likes of Henry embraced student politics, I had completed qualification and at the same Downey, who went on to lift the immediately joining the Queen’s my degree to time being a bit of a political Sam Maguire Cup for Derry. I Unionist Association: “I took a very work full-time in player. Even at that young age, remember at Queen’s PEC being active interest in it (the Queen’s a voluntary I was distracted by political surrounded by some of Ireland’s best Unionist Association) and student capacity and developments and by the Gaelic and rugby players and I politics as well. I would have income didn’t conflict all around me. And counted that a huge privilege.” represented the Law Faculty in come into it,” these were very politically- Student Council and stood for he explained. charged times - just after the Arlene Foster arrived at the election. I suppose student politics hunger strikes,” he recalled. University in 1989 from Fermanagh. was my main hobby outside of Law,” It was not her original intention to she added. Barry was not heavily study Law, but her grades made this involved in student option possible and she decided to Politics outside the University politics at the go for it. For Arlene, it was quite a inevitably found their way inside University, but shock to move to the ‘big city’, and during Arlene’s time at Queen’s, but he did find in her first year she lived in the halls overall, she says she looks back on her an outlet of residence at Hamilton Hall: “Paddy time with fondness: “I think some of for his Kielty was in those halls at the same my most meaningful friendships have other time,” she revealed with some pride. come from my time at Queen’s. I 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:16 Page 8

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FEATURE

The Stormont Chamber

Arlene Foster in her office Barry McElduff with GAA player James McCartan

“It was a turbulent

couple of years, The first meeting of the Northern Ireland Executive including difficult years, but Arlene Foster “I am grateful to Institute, so it’s very interesting the member of the Assembly came later. about to leave for a fact-finding trip With a troupe of civil servants in the Queen’s University things have settled way in which Northern Ireland is such She was first elected in 2003 as an to Rathlin Island with the Royal next room and a large office a small place.” Ulster Unionist Party representative Society for the Protection of Birds. overlooking Belfast, it’s hard to escape Belfast, for the down and I’m very for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, but the conclusion that Arlene Foster has Barry McElduff was first elected in after a period of upheaval in Unionist At his office in the palatial pretty much reached the pinnacle of a confidence and happy with where I 1996 to the Peace Forum for the politics, she left the party in the same surroundings of Parliament Buildings, political career in local government. am now” constituency of West Tyrone. He was year and joined the DUP. She says it Stormont, Barry explained the role he She too feels that her experience at imagination it elected to the subsequent Assembly was a hard period for her: “It was a feels Queen’s has played in getting Queen’s equipped her well for the job him to where he is today: she does today: “Law gives me the ARLENE FOSTER and has defended his seat in both turbulent couple of years, difficult gave me” Assembly elections since as a years, but things have settled down “Confidence. I am grateful to analytical skills that are important for At the end of her time at Queen’s, member of Sinn Féin. He is also and I’m very happy with where I am Queen’s University Belfast, for the a job like this, because a lot of BARRY McELDUFF Arlene had also decided on her next currently the Chair of the DCAL now.” confidence it gave me. You are not paperwork comes across the desk, move. She opted to work for a Committee. For him, there is no always aware of it, but on occasions, and you have to see where the issues association with the University. Poles solicitor’s office in Enniskillen before greater honour than representing his Arlene may have arrived late to people observe that about those who are that are important to you. I think apart in their politics, they now both going to the Institute of Professional beloved Tyrone: “To be successful Assembly politics, but she has more go through third level education. it is important, very important, that work to achieve a better future for Legal Studies to take her professional where you are from is a major than made up for it. She’s now we have people in government here the people of Northern Ireland. qualifications. Now a DUP minister in challenge, it is an amazing privilege Minister for the Environment, which “It also gave me imagination and I’m in Northern Ireland who have been to the Northern Ireland government, to represent those people because she says is very challenging: “It has thankful for that because, is it Queen’s as the premier University.” By working together as part of their she doesn’t miss the irony in the fact you are of those people,” Barry quite a range of functions, from road Einstein who said: ‘Education is respective party groups and by taking that she was, at that time, being stated. safety through to planning and important and will take you a long While their time at Queen’s did not important decisions at a local level, taught by a future Irish President. environmental issues.” In fact, the way, but imagination will take you overlap, both Barry McElduff and they are making what once seemed “Mary McAleese was the head of the Arlene Foster’s arrival as an elected Minister pointed out that she was even further’?” Arlene Foster are proud of their impossible, possible. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:16 Page 10

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FEATURE Happy Birthday Queen’s!

The year 2008 marks a significant To mark the Centenary, a specially- and Times: A Journey through milestone in Queen’s history, as commissioned logo has been Queen’s’ and the Charter Day Dinner the University celebrates its 100th designed to complement the on 2 December 2008 - the 100th year as an independent University’s mark for use throughout anniversary of the granting of the university. As part of the the year. A calendar of events Charter. ‘Lives and Times: A Journey commemorative celebrations, a engaging the entire Queen’s family Through Queen’s’, is a unique sound year-long events programme will will be rolled out. Plans are already and light show which will dramatise A graduation, circa 1886. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Queen’s in 1953. be unveiled to mark the afoot for an extensive graduate the history and significant centenary of the granting of the programme to include a Charter Day achievements of Queen’s over the Charter. Dinner, special guest lectures and a past century, against the stunning commemorative alumni magazine. backdrop of music and visual On 1 August 1908, the Irish The University’s associations around presentations beamed onto the Universities Act provided for the the world will also be celebrating the Lanyon Building. The Charter Day foundation of a new University at Centenary with special events Dinner, the final event of the year, Belfast and for the formal dissolution planned in California, Malaysia, New will round-off 12 months of special of Queen’s College. On 2 December York, Toronto, London, Dublin and activities and look forward to the 1908, HM King Edward VII granted Edinburgh. next century in the life of Queen’s. the Charter founding “a University having its seat in Belfast... to bear The early part of the year will include As Queen’s prepares to celebrate its the name of The Queen’s University a special Centenary Honorary 100th birthday as an independent of Belfast.” Graduation ceremony, a Convocation university, it is fair to say that there Lecture and the Mitchell Law has never been a better time to join The granting of the Charter in 1908 Symposium featuring a host of high- the party! is a hugely significant historic event The British Universities Students’ Congress of 1908. Salute the Soldier Week in May 1944. in the life of Queen’s - as important as the setting up of the Queen’s “2008 presents a Colleges in 1845 - giving it the authority to issue degrees in its own unique opportunity name. So 2008 presents a unique opportunity for the University to for the University to celebrate its birthday in style with its students, staff, graduates and the celebrate its local community. birthday in style The University’s Centenary Programme will be packed with key with its students, events throughout the year. These will build on the heritage and staff, graduates achievements of Queen’s over the past 100 years and maximise the and the local Vegetable plots in the Quad during World War II The Queen’s Campus, circa 1930. positive image of the University, both locally and internationally. community” In addition to recording its accomplishments from the past profile political and academic key century, Queen’s will continue to lead speakers and round-table discussions. the way in educational, economic, An International Culture and Taste cultural and social development. The Fest on the front lawn and a Student Centenary also affords staff and Fringe Festival in the autumn will add students, past and present, the colour and spectacle and open the opportunity to share in the pride of celebrations to the people of Belfast. Queen’s inspirational legacy. The Centenary will culminate in ‘Lives Queen’s Centenary logo 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:16 Page 12

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GRADUATES Danielle Sinclair (née Judge), BSc get in touch, visit Laura-Anne’s in London and Dublin before Information Management 2001, has website at www.laura-anne.co.uk. returning to Belfast introducing many been working voluntarily since early new ideas into the local market. He 2004 to secure integrated primary David McCauley, BEng Electrical can be contacted at Class Notes education for children in the Moira and Electronic Engineering 2000, left [email protected]. area. The culmination of this work Nortel Networks in 2001 to form a came when the Department of computer consultancy and 2000s Education approved a new school, maintenance firm, 3D Computer Cameron Lee, BArch 2007, has the contacted at Deirdre Kenny, BA Sociology 2002, Rowandale Integrated Primary, which Services. He married his partner at distinction of being top of the 2007 [email protected]. is experiencing the joy of opened in September. Further sea in 2003 and now has one class in his subject. He was the single parenthood. She and partner Tony information can be viewed at stepson. He has settled in Queen’s nominee for a series of have a new baby girl, Aibhe, born on www.RowandaleIPS.co.uk and Newtownards and has just finished awards in Northern Ireland and 7 April 2007. Deirdre is currently on Danielle can be contacted at renovating his Victorian terrace. Dublin, and won the Landscape maternity leave from her job at [email protected]. Institute award. He has recently Crosscare, which is a large voluntary Daniel Viladrich, BSc Management joined Scott Tallon Walker and is social service agency in Dublin. She and Public Relations 2000, married currently involved in designing the can be contacted at Estela Sanchez in 2000, and in April new Lansdowne Road stadium in [email protected]. 2004 they had a baby son Guillem. Dublin. Cameron can be contacted at Daniel is currently Sales Manager and [email protected]. Leilanie Stewart, BSc Archaeology Vice-CEO with Dicomol. He can be Darren Toombs, LLB Law and and Palaeocology 2002, married Joe contacted at Accounting 1998, has recently been Ella Connolly, LLB 2005, has Cesnik from Minnesota in August [email protected]. made an Associate Solicitor with completed a Legal Practice course at this year. They met in Japan when Carson McDowell Solicitors. Darren is Bournemouth University and secured they were both teaching English as a married to Virginia and they have a a paralegal position with Carey Olsen foreign language and now live in 1990s one-year old daughter, Angelique. in London. This should give Ella the Cambridge. Leilanie can be contacted Darren can be contacted at experience she requires ahead of a at [email protected]. Carmen Romero, LLM 1999, has Darren.toombs@carson- training contract that she wishes to Tze Yeung Chui, PhD Electrical and started her own law firm in Spain mcdowell.com. find within the next few years. Ella Electronic Engineering 2003, works Stephen Coulter, BSc Accounting Gareth Eakin, BSc Computer together with two partners. She can can be contacted at as a systems engineer in a with Hispanic Studies 2001, moved Science 2001, a school teacher from be contacted at Bronagh Marron, BSc Geography [email protected]. meteorological data network project. to Bogota, Columbia in January to Portadown, has recently been [email protected]. 1997, is married to Tony and has two He is pictured with his wife Carmen work with a Christian charity helping appointed to the position of FIFA boys, Daniel aged three and Anthony Sook Han Fong, BA Management to rescue children from the streets assistant referee - one of a small aged nine months. She is working as and Business Studies 2001, and their and is currently involved in building a number from Northern Ireland. a primary school teacher. Bronagh daughter Enya, born in March 2007 school. Stephen can be contacted at can be contacted at at the Ulster Hospital. Dr Chui can be [email protected]. Angela Vance, BA 2000, PGCE [email protected]. reached at [email protected]. 2001, graduated with a MEd and a Victoria Sinclair, MA Twentieth Certificate in Special Needs from Clive Scoular, MSSc Irish Studies Century Music 2001, has formed her Griffith University last year before 1996, started to lecture in the own company, Octave Music undertaking a new challenge - long- Institute of Lifelong Learning after Solutions. It provides a centralised distance running! In July, Angela graduating in 1996. He also lectures contact point for musicians looking completed the Gold Coast half to many historical societies and for work and those seeking music for marathon in two hours and 18 schools throughout Ireland. He is the entertainment. Octave Music minutes. She continues to train and author of five books, has undertaken Solutions is the only recruitment hopes to motivate some of her many history projects for District Adrian Dorrian, BA Theology 2003, agency in the UK or Ireland to special needs students to compete Alex McClements, BA Modern Councils, and has broadcast on a was ordained as a Priest in the specialise in music jobs. Victoria can next year. Angela can be contacted History and Politics 1998, is working number of occasions. Church of Ireland on 17 June 2007 in be contacted at at [email protected]. on the new Baz Luhrmann film Down Cathedral. He is serving his [email protected]. starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh curacy in the Parish of St Mark’s, Laura-Anne Collins, BMus 2000, Jackman. He has worked for Baz and Newtownards. Adrian can be now a professional musician involved his wife, Catherine Martin, for three contacted at Ken Tate, BA Social Sciences 2003, with numerous composition projects years as the Director of IT Services for [email protected]. will be one of just 75 people to take has recorded her second album, due their production company Bazmark part in the 2007 Everest Marathon for release in 2008. Laura-Anne now Inq. Alex can be contacted at Gareth Elliott, BA Politics and on 5 December 2007. All proceeds writes for film and theatre and one [email protected]. Modern History 2003, married Louise go to the Everest Marathon Fund, of her recent compositions was O’Donnell, also a Queen’s graduate, which supports grass-roots health selected for performance at the Jeff McFerran, BSc Maths and on 7 July 2007 in Knockmoyle, and education projects in Nepal. Ken annual Royal Music Association’s Statistics 1998, has set up a modern Omagh. They now live in can be contacted at Research Conference by the Kokoro dynamic estate agency called Vision Twickenham, London. Gareth can be [email protected]. Quartet. For more information, or to Property. After graduating he worked 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 14

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Andrea Lester, BSc Accounting Chris (Jia) Chu, BSc Biochemistry For further details or to book your Marco Lau, BDS 1985, was recently George Mark Anderson, BSc currently employed by South African 1995, has recently been appointed 1992, is working as a Laboratory place contact Dr Paddy McWilliams - promoted in the Order of St John to Computer Science 1978, is a resident Breweries as a senior Microsoft Global Head of Internal Audit for Rio Manager in a hospital in Singapore. tel.: 9097 3961 or email - Officer Brother, sanctioned by Her of Fountain Hills, Arizona and was developer (combining his love of IT Tinto, based in Melbourne, Australia. She is married with two lovely [email protected] or visit Majesty the Queen, in recognition of one of 50 biking enthusiasts from with his love of beer!). The highlight children. Chris can be contacted at http://quis.qub.ac.uk/snooker/ more than 20 years voluntary service Ireland who recently completed a of his life in recent years was cruising George Watson, BEng Architectural [email protected]. in the St John Ambulance Brigade gruelling 700km cycle tour for charity the Eastern Caribbean on a sailing Engineering 1995, has been living in Rosemary Craig, LLB 1986, has Dental Group. Marco can be in South Africa. On completion of ship following South Africa in the Shanghai with his wife Jazmyne and James Siu Lung Lee, BEng written the Northern Ireland contacted at the challenge, the cyclists all donated cricket world cup. Ian can be son Kyle for the last ten months. He Manufacturing Engineering 1992, supplement for the Abbott, [email protected]. brand new Avalanche Mountain contacted at has taken up a permanent post as has been named among the Hong Pendlebury and Wardman Business Bikes to needy families in the Cape [email protected]. Project Director with a Project Kong Top 10 e-Businessmen Awards Law text. The supplement Trevor Ringland, LLB 1982 and Flats township, just outside Cape Management Company - Sino 2007. James has a daughter of 16 concentrates on the legal profession, David Cullen (a member of Queen’s Town. Mark can be contacted at Leslie Hamilton, MB BCh BAO Infrastructure Partnership. George months. He can be contacted at lay involvement in the Justice Courts staff) were the recipients of the 2007 [email protected]. 1977, has been working as a Cardiac can be contacted at [email protected]. and the public prosecution system in Arthur Ashe Courage Award, part of Surgeon at the Freeman Hospital, [email protected]. Northern Ireland. the ESPY awards, the annual sports Stephen White OBE, BSSc Business Newcastle Upon Tyne since 1991. Andrew Biggs, BA Philosophy 1990, awards event created and broadcast Administration 1978, MA 1991, is He has just finished a term as Fiona Halliday, MB BCh BAO 1994, was appointed Deputy Commissioner Rosemary recently delivered a Family by American cable television network currently EU Head of Mission for Iraq. Chairman of the Intercollegiate is working as a GP in Niagara Falls, of the Social Security Administration Law lecture in the Human Rights ESPN. Formerly a senior UK police officer, Specialty Board in Cardiothoracic Ontario after 12 years in by President George W Bush on 4 Department of NUI Galway. She was he has been involved with the Surgery and next March takes up the Williamsville, New York. She and April 2007. Andrew can be contacted awarded a Master of Laws degree Trevor and David are pictured project, which aims to reform and post of President of the Society for Hamish have three children, at [email protected]. from Leicester University following receiving their award in the Kodak develop the Iraqi criminal justice Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Campbell (nine), Emmeline (seven), her research into the role of women Theatre (home of the Hollywood system, since it was launched in Britain and Ireland for two years. and James (five). They are enjoying Claire Louw (née Logan), BSc Food in management in the former Royal Oscars) from actor Samuel L Jackson. 2005. Leslie can be contacted at life in Canada and would welcome Science 1990, has recently returned Ulster Constabulary, and is currently a [email protected]. any visitors. Fiona can be contacted to Co Antrim after living and lecturer in Law at the University of Liam Gallagher, BA Russian at [email protected]. working in Holland for ten years. Ulster and the Open University in Language and Literature 1978, is Jenny Montgomery, MB BCh BAO She will be teaching biology with Ireland. living in Brazil and in October 2006 1977, qualified as a doctor 10 years Marie Gallagher, BA Sociology science at Ballymena Academy. set up his own translation company. ago and was ordained as a priest in 1994, who works for CCEA, is the Claire can be contacted at Rosemary and her husband James He also provides Business English the Church of England in 2006. She proud grandmother of seven [email protected]. met fellow Queen’s graduates, consultancy to Brazilian companies is a part-time NSM curate and part- grandchildren. In 1991 Marie was President of Ireland Mary McAleese via in-company classes and weekend time doctor working as a salaried GP. among the first group of mature and Dr Martin McAleese, at a recent immersions, as well as advising small Jenny is trying to practice truly students to enter Queen’s from a 1980s and mid-size companies on how to holistic medicine by encompassing foundation studies course, the adequately globalise their website soul as well as body! She can be members of which struggled to hold Patrick McWilliams, BA Ancient content. Liam can be contacted at contacted at [email protected]. down part-time jobs, or looked after [email protected]. families while studying. History 1986, PhD 2005, is organising a 40th birthday dinner for Dougie Gamble, MB BCh BAO former members of the Snooker, Kate Ritchie, MB BCh BAO 1978, is 1976, joined the Royal Army Medical Daragh Carter, BSc Psychology helping to organise a reunion for the Corps in 1984. He is presently 1993, is working as a trial attorney in Billiards and Pool Club. The event will take place in the Great Hall at Medical Class of 1978 on 19-21 Colonel, Consultant Psychiatrist for Houston, Texas. He and his wife Amy September 2008. Anyone who has Armed Forces Scotland and Northern are expecting their second child in Queen’s on 19 October 2007. Patrick, who is the current Club President, is 1970s not already heard from the organisers Ireland. Dougie was awarded the January. Daragh can be contacted at should contact Kate for further Order of St John in 1998 and an OBE [email protected]. pictured with Club founders Mickey Hannon (l) and Colin Latimer (r), and Dr Robert Bell, BSc Aeronautical details at [email protected]. in 2003. He has been married to garden party in Áras an Uachtaráin. Jenny, a special needs teacher, for Georgia Hopkins, BA English 1992, the Irish and British intervarsity Engineering 1979, is currently snooker trophies. Technical Director with the Renault Hugh Clarke, BEd 1978, taught over 30 years and they have two is a self-taught artist living in Cork. Fred Wilson, BEng Chemical locally for several years before moving children, Peter and Helen. Dougie She paints seascapes, naturescapes Formula One Racing Team, winner of Engineering 1986, is returning home the F1 Constructors’ Championships to England to complete an MA in can be contacted at and abstracts and exhibits in local after 15 years in England. Fred Counselling Psychology and retraining [email protected]. and national galleries. Her paintings in 2005 and 2006. Dr Bell was born arrived in England in 1992 after a in Bangor and educated at Bangor as a psychotherapist. He now works can be viewed at spell in Brazil as a single man, and is as a counsellor at London http://homepage.eircom.net/~tcope/. Grammar School. returning to Armagh a married man Metropolitan University. He would love Georgia manages a community with three children. He works with a to hear from others who were at St employment project with the Cork Kenneth Addley, MB BCh BAO Health and Safety Consultancy called Joseph’s or St Mary’s between 1974 Simon Community, helping to devise 1979, MD 2000, currently working in Safety Choice H & S Consultancy Ltd and 1978, and can be contacted at artistic projects and workshops to Belfast as Director of the Northern and is keen to develop the brand in [email protected]. creatively engage and offer some Ireland Civil Service Occupational Ireland. Fred would like to hear from respite activity for those who have Health Service, has been elected any of his old colleagues at Queen’s Ian Kirkpatrick, BSc Physics and experienced great personal difficulty. Dean of the Faculty of Occupational and can be contacted at Applied Maths 1977, emigrated to Georgia can be contacted at Medicine, Royal College of Physicians [email protected]. 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Peter Rose, BSc Econ 1976, is Geologists of Ireland (2005-2007). Anwar Siddiqui (PhD Biochemistry Rodney Bennett, BSc Chem his career in 1968 in the Low Cost farm with North Country Cheviots as married to Susan with two boys Previously President of the Institute of 1981) represented the Aga Khan Technology 1966, who retired nearly Automation Centre in the well as a thriving organic fruit and David and Jonny. He set up a the Irish Association for Economic University of Pakistan. Jill Carruthers five years ago, is a Justice of the Department of Mechanical vegetable business. Since 2002, she fastenings company in 1981 selling Geology (1992) and of the European (née Devon), BA 1965, accompanied Peace, an active Rotarian, a Trustee Engineering before becoming has been President of the Canadian nails and staples, and now spends his Federation of Geologists (1999- her husband in Iran. Professor and Director of The Evangelical Trust Director of the Northern Ireland Border Collie Association. She has time flying between homes in 2002), Gareth continues to manage Carruthers can be reached at Ltd, a Trustee of The White House Technology Centre in 1988. The next working border collies that she trains Shanghai and Glasgow. Peter has lost his geological consultancy Conodate. [email protected]. Community Association of Hampton year he became Director of the and competes, mostly on the West touch with classmates and with those & Hampton Hill and Membership University’s Regional Office. He Coast although she has travelled to who did the DBA after graduating. Joe McKee, BEd 1974, MA 1982, Gerry Beamish, BA Geography Secretary of the Twickenham Society. received an MBE in 1990, an OBE in Ontario with her dogs. Aileen can be Peter can be contacted at PhD 1991, was awarded an OBE for 1967, created a record when he He is also kept busy with The 2000 and was made Professor contacted at [email protected] and would Services to Music in the New Year spoke at the American Society for Esperanza Trust (Argentina), a Emeritus on his retirement in 2002. [email protected]. love to hear from anyone who might Honours List in 2007. Joe is Head of Training and Development’s (ASTD) registered charity of which he is the Eric is married to Shirley (née Robins) be interested in a reunion. Music Service at BELB, based in the International Conference in Atlanta founder and director. The charity is and they have two grown-up City of Belfast School of Music, and in June. This was the 11th time he celebrating its 10th anniversary and children, Sandra and Jonathan. Eric Danny McGuigan, BSc (Econ) 1976, sits on a number of boards including has been invited to speak at an ASTD Rodney visits Argentina on average can be contacted at graduated with a PhD in Human the Grand Opera House and conference, which is a record for a twice a year. He can be contacted at [email protected]. Resource Management from the Castleward Opera. non-American speaker. His session [email protected]. University of Strathclyde in 2006. was entitled ‘I’d love to have a Brian Smyth, BSc Physics 1961, has Danny’s doctoral thesis concentrated Previously, he had been Director of balanced life but I don’t have the Beatty Crawford, MB BCh BAO been teaching for 46 years and is still on the friendship experiences of Music at Methodist College Belfast time’. Gerry can be contacted at 1965, has ‘almost’ retired as a doing a bit when required! He has senior executives and the effect of for 11 years and a Music Producer [email protected]. radiologist but still organises taught in Saudi Arabia for British these relationships on performance, for BBC Northern Ireland. international conferences. During the Aerospace, in a Lebanese College in life/work balance and wellbeing. Jenny Matthews (née Congreve), US winter, Beatty and his wife live in the United Arab Emirates and also in Danny is always interested in Bill Minnis, BSc Mechanical BSc Zoology 1967, retired from New Zealand, about two hours north South Africa. He would love to hear exploring this subject with anyone Engineering 1972, has retired and is teaching in 2006 and has moved of Auckland. In March 2008, they are from the Class of 1961. He can be James H Johnson, BA Geography who might have a special interest in living in the sunny Algarve. He would with her husband to live just outside organising a wine tour in New contacted at 1953, was made Professor Emeritus it. He can be contacted at like to hear from other graduates Bath. She is getting involved in many Zealand and you are all invited - see [email protected]. at University of Lancaster in 1995. [email protected]. living there who may be interested in village activities and is starting to www.swts1.com. Beatty is still Since then, he has served for 11 meeting informally. Bill can be learn the piano at 62! She has one involved in rallying but has given up years as a school governor and has contacted at grandchild and another on the way. fast special stage events and now 1950s also become a governor of HOST, a [email protected]. Jenny can be contacted at concentrates on navigating on charity originally sponsored by the [email protected]. regularity events. Dr Charles H C Gould, MB BCh British Council, which arranges Gary Brooks, PhD 1971, has been BAO 1957, together with five other weekend visits to British homes for made Professor Emeritus on his Campbell McCullough, BSc 1967, Helen Ryding, BDS 1964, has classmates from 1957, organised a international students. He is currently retirement from the Department of has retired after 20 years as a Deputy completed 13 years as the Associate 50-year medical reunion in the Treasurer of the Lancaster Civic Psychology at St Francis Xavier Principal in several Independent Dean for Academic Affairs in the Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen in June. Society and is a member of its University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Church Schools in WA. He currently Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie Activities included a visit to Belleek planning group. James can be spends much of his time travelling University, Nova Scotia. She hopes to Pottery, a tour of Lough Erne on a contacted at [email protected]. John Richard, LLB 1971, sends his and is a volunteer crew member on a complete a Master of Divinity degree water cruiser and a most interesting best regards to Dave Lesley and 150ft, three-masted barquentine at the Atlantic School of Theology in film show and talk by Dr Derek Haydn Deane, MB BCh BAO 1975, Geoff Wilkinson of the Law Faculty (sailing ship) called ‘Leeuwin’, which April 2008 and to be ordained as an Carson - State Pathologist. Around and his wife Alina have had another of Queen’s. John has now retired. carries 40 young people for 10-day Anglican Priest, thus not really 40 graduates attended from all over baby boy, David Patrick. That makes voyages as it sails the entire coast of retiring, only changing careers! the world and many brought their two of each! Haydn can be Western Australia and part of the Helen can be contacted at spouses so the group totalled over contacted at [email protected]. 1960s Northern Territory each year - a [email protected]. 60. The reunion was enjoyed by all round trip of 8000km! Campbell can and was perhaps the best ever. So Gareth L Jones, BSc Geology, 1975 Derick Bingham, BA 1969, has been be contacted at Dr Ian Gilchrist, BEng Mechanical here’s to the next time! is completing his second year as appointed Adjunct Professor of [email protected]. Engineering 1964, has retired from President of the Institute of English Literature at John Brown his position as Lecturer at Brunel University, Arkansas, USA. University, following a career in deep sea research. Details of his academic Ivan Cassidy, BA 1952, MA 1961, Professor George Carruthers, MB activities and his involvement in PhD 1966, and Norma celebrated BCh BAO 1969, was one of two reconciliation work in Northern their 50th wedding anniversary on 22 Queen’s alumni participating in the Ireland can be found at June this year. They were married in First International Conference of www.crestcons.org.uk. McCracken Memorial Presbyterian Deans of Medical Schools of the Church in 1957. They reside in the Islamic Countries held on Kish Island, Eric Beatty, BSc Mechanical university town of Wolfville, Nova Iran, in May. Professor Carruthers is Engineering 1963, PhD 1968, is Scotia, to which they emigrated in Dean of Medicine at the United Arab currently President of the Irish Aileen McConnell (née Musgrave), 1967. Ivan can be contacted at Emirates University while Professor Academy of Engineering. He started MB BCh BAO 1955, has a sheep [email protected]. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 18

P18 THE GRADUATE THE GRADUATE P19 Class Acts Books Obituaries growing up in Londonderry during the fifties in the Two Queen’s graduates - Paul Hamill and Philip notorious Springtown Camp. Jackie Devine - are celebrating 20 years with Cummings, He would love to hear from Kainos, the local IT consulting University spin- BA Celtic Eric Raymond McKillen, BSc Civil member of the Queen’s Women’s reunion in Portaferry in 2005. A full any old friends from Queen’s out company. Studies and Engineering 1947, died on 11 Graduates Association and served on obituary can be found on Queen’s French football teams, especially John October 2006 in Mississauga, the committee for a number of years. Alumni website. Stewart, Barney Donaghy, Paul, the longest serving 1987, PGCE Ontario, Canada. Her daughter, Elizabeth, moved to Frank McCrory, Victor Clarke member of Kainos staff, 1998, has Malawi in 1968 so in her retirement Ernest Sandford died on 10 August and Declan McCartan. Ben can worked with STC (now won the A former student of Methodist she became a surrogate mum to her 2006 and donated his body to be contacted at Nortel) in London, before Irish language section of the College Belfast, Eric played rugby for grandsons, David, Shaun and Richard Queen’s Medical school. He was [email protected]. joining Kainos at its Glen Dimplex New Writers Methody, Collegians and also in who all returned to NI to attend formally cremated on 9 July 2007. inception just a year after Awards 2006, for his poetry Canada. Eric moved to Canada in boarding school. Gillian Russell, BA 1981, has graduating. collection Néalta (Coiscéim). He 1952, and worked in road Born in June 1913, Ernest graduated collected the award, worth just published a book entitled construction and later in road John Robinson Marshall, MB BCh with a BA in 1936. During his time at Women, Sociability and Theatre A BSc Computer Science graduate, he has 5,000 Euro, at a ceremony in construction equipment. He is BAO 1955, died on 8 December Queen’s in the early thirties he was in Georgian London worked in Development, Project Dublin last November. Philip survived by his wife Joan, daughters 2005. editor of the student magazine, The (Cambridge University Press). Management, Quality, IT infrastructure, has been the Arts Editor of the Sandra (Mark), Heather Jane and Queensman. After leaving University She would like to hear from Consultancy, Property, Training, and HR. His national, daily Irish language grandchildren Melissa, Brandon, Lisa Dr Jack Marshall could be described he became a journalist for a number anyone in the English Class of current role is Director of Operations, with a newspaper Lá Nua for the past and James. as the epitome of the ‘quiet achiever’ of local and English newspapers, and 1981 - particular focus on HR and staff development. three years and has published, with international recognition in the later for the Reuters news agency. as editor, two collections of [email protected]. Ted Johnston, BSc (Physics) 1933, field of medical education. Jack Ernest reported on World War II and Jackie Devine joined articles from the paper’s MSc 1934, PhD 1938, died on 28 graduated with Honours in Anatomy, the Marshall Reconstruction plan. His Patrick Taylor, MB 1964, MD Kainos as trainee software archives. December 2006. a Medal in Bacteriology and a last publication was Discover 1985, published his last novel engineer in 1987. Having Scholarship in Obstetrics and Northern Ireland in 1976. He is in 2007 called An Irish Country worked in a number of Annie McCartney, BA 1970, Ted was born in Belfast in 1911 and Gynaecology. After four years at the survived by his wife, Joyce, daughter Doctor, which was set in North technical and team has just attended Belmont Boys’ School and Royal Victoria Hospital, he emigrated Christine (also a Queen’s graduate) Down. It reached number 30 leading roles, Jackie is released RBAI. After he graduated from to Adelaide with his young family and son Patrick. A full obituary is on the New York Times best currently responsible for her latest Queen’s, he was awarded a PhD by and from 1958 to 1971 worked as a available on Queen’s alumni website. seller list, 21 on the Barnes and heading up the novel Bristol University. Ted’s first job in General Practitioner initially at Noble in-house Top 100, was Programme Office operation. entitled 1938 was at the National Physical Clearview and then at Glynde. In Cornelius O’Leary, former lecturer Two Doors selected as Novel of the Month Laboratory. Then in 1946 he joined 1958, he was appointed as Clinical in political science at Queen’s, died in in March by the Book of the Over the years Jackie has been involved in Down. Dr HWB Skinner to set up what Assistant in Cardiology at the Royal Cork on 7 September 2006. Month Club and was published strategic changes in ownership and service Originally became the Atomic Energy Research Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and in 1992 in July in the UK as a focus in Kainos’ history. She has extensive an actress, Establishment (AERE). When the was made a Senior Visiting Specialist Born in 1927, he was appointed condensed book. The sequel, experience of all aspects of service delivery in Annie has Atomic Energy Authority was where he worked until a few weeks lecturer in 1960 and took up a chair An Irish Country Village, will be the IT sector, including hands-on experience written four established in 1954, Ted moved to before his death. Jack was also a in Political Science at Queen’s in published by Forge Books in of change management and process short the Scientific Administration Division prolific author and talented scholar 1979. February 2008. Book three in improvement. stories, eight afternoon plays and in 1957 became Special Assistant who remained passionate about and the comedy drama series the series is nearing to the Head of Health Physics education and training throughout He collaborated with Ian Budge, of completion. Pat will be Emer Campbell, who recently joined Kainos, Two Doors Down for Radio 4, Division where he continued until his his medical career. His commitment Essex University, on Belfast: Approach returning to Ulster in October. became the 1,000th person to be appointed on which the book is based. retirement in 1976. to professional excellence culminated to Crisis, A Study of Belfast Politics For more information please to one of the businesses created by QUBIS She is also the author of two in him being awarded the 1613-1970 (1973), with RA Wilford visit www.patricktaylor.ca, or Ltd. Emer will work for SpeechStorm, the other novels, Desire Lines, Ted is survived by his wife Stella, Membership of the Order of Australia on The Northern Ireland Assembly, contact Pat at speech recognition division of Kainos, as a which was Northern Ireland’s daughter Patricia, sons Brian and in the Australia Day’s Honours 2002. 1982-86 (1986) and with Patrick [email protected]. software engineer. From Brookeborough in book for World Book Day Peter, and five grandchildren. He is survived by his brother Bertie Maume on Controversial Issues in Fermanagh, Emer graduated with First Class 2003, and Your Cheatin’ Heart. (USA), sister May (NI), his children; Anglo-Irish Relations, 1910-21 (2004) John H Sinclair, BA 1958, has Honours in Computing Science in July. Annie is a regular broadcaster Margaret Kinsley McIvor, BA 1937, Peter, David, Helen, Trish and Fiona on BBC Radio Ulster and RTÉ. published the Fifth Edition of died on 26 January 2007, aged 91. and 11 grandchildren. the Handbook of Conveyancing Kainos, which has offices in Belfast, Dublin She lives in Belfast on a street Practice in Scotland, with his and Gdansk, was one of the first local campus similar to Marlborough Road. Margaret was born in Belfast, the Stephen David Stranock, BSc Hons son Euan Sinclair. After leaving companies. Established in 1986 as a joint See www.anniemccartney.com. elder daughter of Robert Nicholas (Zoology) 1971, PhD 1974, died on 7 Queen’s he went to practice venture between Fujitsu and QUBIS Ltd, and his wife, Mary Bell. She July 2007, aged 59. law in Scotland. He later Queen’s venture spin-out company, today it Ben Clingain, BA 1964, is graduated with an honours degree in became Professor of has over 220 employees and annual sales in now working on his seventh English. Soon after graduating she Stephen Stranock is fondly Conveyancing in Strathclyde excess of £11 million. In 20 years, Kainos has book The Springtowners, met Glennie Charles Alexander remembered by the Biology Class of University, and the Glasgow grown to become Northern Ireland’s largest which will be published in April McIvor and they married on 10 June 1970. A former teacher, he lived in Graduate School of Law. indigenous high-tech company. 2008. It’s the story of a boy 1939. 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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES “Instead, if you have ions of a certain energy they will PROFILE deposit most of this energy at a particular depth and in this way can target much more precisely a location within DOCTOR DAVID LINTON the body. From this point of view, using ions is a much High-powered laser research more effective way of destroying the cancerous tissue READER IN ELECTRICAL AND without affecting the rest of the body.” ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING A team at Queen’s is playing a leading role in helping develop a laser The consortium working on the project consists not only of beam to tackle cancer. physicists, but of biologists and medics. These include Professor Bleddyn Jones, a consultant in Clinical Oncology An award of £5 million from the Engineering and Physical something that is useful for mankind, this would be a at Birmingham University Hospital, and probably the most Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to Dr Marco Borghesi, fantastic achievement. This research funding follows a vocal supporter of the development of charged particle Dr Matthew Zeph, their team at Queen’s and their previous award from EPSRC, which has led to the therapy in the UK. partners across the UK has made the research a possibility. installation of a large laser system (called TARANIS) in our department. These awards are extremely important Marco said: “We have been working in the area of laser- The project is called LIBRA, an acronym for Laser Induced because they allow us to perform cutting-edge driven ion acceleration here at Queen’s for about seven Beams of Radiation and their Applications. Dr Borghesi experimental activity right at the heart of Queen’s. Our years. We have been carrying out experiments using high- said: “Laser energised bursts of proton and light ions have group previously had to travel to England or to Europe to power lasers in England, France and the US, and studying the potential to substantially reduce the high equipment use the large-scale laser facilities required for our work.” the production of ion beams by their interaction with costs of proton and ion radiotherapy of cancer, which simple metal foils. The LIBRA project aims to develop these have so far precluded their routine use in the treatment of The TARANIS system, which fits on two large tables laser-driven ion beam sources into a portable, reliable cancers in the UK. located in Queen’s, will be used to investigate the technology with a broad range of applications. interaction of high-power laser light with matter, and its “For example, I can certainly envisage applications of this He continued: “This is developmental work, and we will products. need to assess how realistic the prospects of this approach Doctor David Linton was born in Ballymena in are. A key point is that laser technology is evolving quite The radiation emitted by shining a powerful laser beam County Antrim. Having attended Ballymena Academy, dramatically. We think that in a few years we will be able on a small piece of metal, plastic or liquid is in the form David then gained a BSc First Class Honours degree to do this type of work with laser systems that can fit on of ions, protons, neutrons, electrons, gamma and x-rays from Queen’s in 1983. During his time as a student, the top of a table.” depending on the characteristics of the laser pulse and David’s studies were sponsored by the local Antrim the material. company Lucas Stability. On leaving University, David In Europe, the laser-driven ion approach to cancer worked for Lucas as a Project Engineer, Project Leader treatment is attracting substantial attention with a Marco continued: “One basic difference of using ions and Application Manager. national project in France (PROPULSE) investing capital instead of x-rays for cancer treatment is that x-rays, in sums in this area. Now Belfast and Queen’s have the order to destroy a tumour by depositing energy in it, will David took up his post as a lecturer at Queen’s in chance to play a role too. also deposit some energy in the surrounding, healthy part October 1989, and completed his PhD in 1992. of the body, causing damage and side-effects, such as David’s own speciality area is around the theme of Marco explained: “The focus of our activity is mainly on radiation sickness. radio frequency and microwave communications, fundamental research, but if we can ultimately do which he developed from an interest in amateur radio. Dr Marco Borghesi with the new TARANIS System Married to Phyllis, David is a very active church member whose interests include DIY, gardening and technology in industrial areas, such as for implantation or music. manufacturing application. If we can prove its utility in the medical sector, this would be of course the most high- Recently, David gained an Engineering and Physical profile application.” Sciences Research Council grant as Principal Investigator for the ISIS project (the Integrated Sensor Ion therapy already exists in a number of centres Information System) for Crime Prevention. This work worldwide through using ‘large, expensive machines’, involves a team of five academics from the School of which, said Marco, explains why it is not as widespread as Electronic, Electrical Engineering and Computer it could be. He said: “The large cost is not limited to the Science, and the objective of the ongoing work is to machine that produces the ion beams. There are huge, make public transport safer. very expensive magnets that are used to steer the beam around the patient. A laser-driven approach may also David is also involved in a number of projects with reduce this part of the cost.” Invest NI helping to forge links with the US electronics industry and in the Far East in China, India and It will take up to four years to confirm how important this Taiwan. He is also exploring the possibility of setting latest UK project work involving Queen’s will be and what up a Northern Ireland centre with the University of results can be achieved. Development work on the possible Ulster on radio frequency identification devices, which medical use of laser-driven ions is also ongoing in Japan permits the tracking of large volumes of goods in the and the USA. same way barcodes are used in supermarkets. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 22

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Queen’s recently hosted an BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, external conference examining “The conference Airbus and Rolls Royce. The Advisory the future of the global aviation is a tremendous Council for Aeronautical Research in industry, the first time this event Europe (ACARE) has a set of has been held outside North accolade for Queen’s objectives to be met by the year America. 2020, which are to reduce the nitrate and Belfast” oxide emission of the aircraft by 80 Along with the American Institute of per cent, reduce carbon dioxide Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), emission by 50 per cent, reduce noise Queen’s students were able to manufacturers, integrators and by 10 decibels and then make aircraft establish contact with the operators in a programme designed affordable for buyers.” international aerospace community at to enhance the aviation system of the high-flying conference, which today while preparing for the needs Professor Raghunathan added that explored the theme of ‘Aviation: and issues of tomorrow. Participants the priorities for aerospace had Industry Without Borders’. explored new systems analysis changed in the last decade. “In the methodologies, discussed new past, the aerospace industry was Indian-born aerodynamicist aircraft designs and manufacturing driven by speed. Going faster is no Professor Alan Hibbert, and Bombardier Aerospace techniques. longer the big issue anymore. You pictured outside the new - Royal Academy chair may go from Belfast to another David Bates Building Professor Srinivasan Among the plenary speakers were destination taking a three-hour flight, Raghunathan and Dr Michael Friend from Boeing who but it takes time for you to go from Few academics work in a building The new Mathematics building is part Mark Price, both from the discussed international collaboration your house to the airport, and there for the whole of its life. But that of the first phase in the Sir Anthony “I wanted a building Centre of Excellence for in new airplane programmes, and is a waiting period for you there. The has been the experience of O’Reilly library project and sets the in which my Integrated Aircraft Luc Tytgat Head of the European flying time is no longer significant, Queen’s Professor Alan Hibbert, standards for what is to follow. The Technologies (CEIAT) worked Single Sky programme - the man except for business people who want Director of Education in the principal design architects are the younger colleagues closely with the AIAA in who is defining the future shape of to move very quickly and on time for School of Mathematics and Boston-based company Shepley, organising this event. our air traffic system. a meeting.” Physics. Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbot who would be pleased to have already designed over 50 major The conference Prof Raghunathan said: “The CEIAT draws from the combined Professor Hibbert has served Queen’s academic libraries. Prof Hibbert work and to which brought together conference is a tremendous accolade strengths of Queen’s Schools of for nearly 40 years and recalls admired the way in which he and researchers, for Queen’s and Belfast, reflecting Aeronautical Engineering and moving into the first David Bates senior colleagues were allowed to be our students would designers, the quality and breadth of all the Mechanical and Manufacturing Building on its completion in the involved in the details of the design analysts, staff in our School.” Engineering, Bombardier Aerospace, early 1970s: “David (Professor Sir process: “The architects were very feel they belong. I the Northern Ireland Aerospace David Bates, then Head of the accommodating. We discussed with believe that has The aviation community, from aircraft Consortium and the University’s Applied Mathematics Department) them at great length the detail of the manufacturing to operations, Virtual Engineering Centre. spent a great deal of time working new building. They really did listen to been achieved “ contributes over a trillion dollars to on the design of that building, but what we were saying. They provided the global economy every year so this Raghunathan has seen many changes only after his retirement did he agree us with teaching space, which can be conference is big business for during his 30 years at Queen’s: to it being named in his honour.” used in different formats, as well as a Queen’s and Northern Ireland. “When I came here to Queen’s, there study room for Level Three students were 25 undergraduates in That first building is now being plus individual workspace for Level which my younger colleagues would Professor Raghunathan said: aeronautical engineering. There are demolished to make way for the Sir Four students, which is superior to be pleased to work. I believe that has “This particular event was now up to 140. And 15 years ago Anthony O’Reilly Library. A new that offered in most universities. been achieved. But also I wanted a about aircraft integration. there were only six researchers in David Bates Building has been building to which our students would How do you develop an aeronautical engineering. Now there constructed to house the “The new building blends well with feel they belong. Our recent subject aircraft to make it more are 40.” Mathematics staff, as well as much the architecture of the houses in the review panel commented very effective, more efficient, use of their teaching and research vicinity, and helps to maintain good positively on the way our students less fuel and create less noise? Professor Raghunathan concluded: activity. Alan, his colleagues and their relationships between Queen’s and had fostered an academic community All the top industry “For me, this is the most exciting research personnel moved in on the local community.” He added: “I within the old building. I hope that time to be involved in research in Professor Srinivasan Raghunathan companies were there, schedule at the beginning of April am due to retire in a couple of years the new premises will allow that to including NASA, Boeing, Aerospace Engineering.” 2007. time, and I wanted a building in grow.” 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 24

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FACULTY OF MEDICINE Group breathes PROFILE PROFESSOR JENNIFER AMES Queen’s helps in fight against AIDS new life into Cystic DIRECTOR OF AGRI-LAND USE RESEARCH AND Fibrosis research CHAIR OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH

Since being established at Queen’s in 2006, the Respiratory Medicine Research Group, (RMRG) has Queen’s pharmacists are pioneering research to combat the appalling impact of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. been at the centre of research into Ireland’s most The team, led by Professor David Woolfson and Dr Karl Malcolm, is focusing on controlled release systems common life-threatening inherited disease, Cystic to protect women against heterosexual transmission of HIV, the causative virus of the AIDS pandemic. Fibrosis.

The man at the helm of the clinical research is Professor Woolfson pointed out that and is co-funded by the Bill and Commenting on the timescales Professor Stuart Elborn, who is also Director of the although HIV/AIDS is prevalent in Melinda Gates Foundation and the involved, Professor Woolfson said: Adult Cystic Fibrosis centre at Belfast City Hospital, virtually every country in the world, Wellcome Trust. “There is no single answer, and there where he works with over 200 adults with the illness. the problem is most severe in sub- is no magic or instant solution. We Cystic Fibrosis has been gaining column inches lately Saharan Africa. In 2006 alone, there Professor Woolfson and Dr Malcolm have to focus on microbicides and with the news in July of the first double lung were almost three million new have a team of Postdoctroral fellows vaccine development co-operatively, transplant in a CF patient in an Irish hospital. The infections in the region, more than in and PhD students working on both backed up by health and social Jenny Ames came to Queen’s on 1 July 2005 to take up operation in the Mater Hospital in Dublin has been the rest of the world combined. With microbicide and vaccine approaches education in the worst affected the Chair in Human Nutrition and Health in the newly- welcomed by Professor Elborn. most infections now due to to the problem. They also work areas. Hopefully, the microbicides formed Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use (IAFLU). heterosexual transmission of the closely with scientists worldwide in a field is moving quite rapidly now, so Speaking of her role, Jenny said: “I was attracted to He said: “I think it’s great news. We are zoned with virus, women, for biological and multidisciplinary approach to beating that we may see these become Queen’s by the challenge of establishing a new academic Newcastle Upon Tyne who carry out our transplants. cultural reasons, are suffering the virus. available over the next few years.” unit equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and Some time in the future we may be able to send disproportionately from the effects of the presence of a medical school.” patients to Dublin instead.” Ireland has the highest the AIDS pandemic. The Belfast team Professor Woolfson stressed there will Professor Woolfson added: “It’s instance of Cystic Fibrosis in the world, with more is taking a twintrack approach to be no quick fixes. “You have to take wrong to think of HIV/AIDS as simply Originally from Maidstone, her mother was Welsh and her than 1,100 people in Ireland having the disease and tackle the problem. a long-term view and recognise the an issue for the developing world. father Scottish, so Jenny considers herself to be “British that number is expected to rise to over 1,300 by 2010. great progress that has already been The big difference is really the rather than English.” She has been married for 27 years Professor Woolfson said: “To protect made against HIV, particularly in the comparatively widespread availability to Chris, and is interested in geology and enjoys The research at Queen’s focuses on the way in which women during heterosexual developed world where we now have of treatment in the developed world, holidaying in Iceland and walking. infection causes lung damage. Professor Elborn intercourse, the first option is to HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral and the different social and explined: “Young people get bacteria in their lungs vaginally deliver an agent, known as Therapy) as an effective, if expensive economic pressures that exist, Throughout her career, Jenny has combined her love of and this develops into a chronic infection. This, in a microbicide, that will block the treatment. However, the many social, particularly for women, in the chemistry with an interest in cooking: “I can remember turn, drives a process of inflammation which then infection. The other approach is to political and economic problems in developing world. This is one area standing on a stool to make pastry aged four! I was damages the lungs. Our research has focused on develop a vaccine to provide parts of the developing world mean where scientific research really can interested in how recipes could be modified and I was trying to eradicate the infection and modulate the widespread immunity to the virus. that these approaches are not fully make a difference for good.” lucky enough to be allowed to try out almost any recipe I inflammation so we reduce the lung damage. We’re Because of the many hurdles to be effective in many countries.” wanted!” investigating new treatments to stop that process overcome before a vaccine can be continuing.” developed, we are hoping that the Queen’s is set to become even more “There is no single Following secondary education, Jenny read for a BSc in microbicide approach will be quicker heavily involved in the fight against Food Science at the University of Reading. After Survival rates for CF patients continue to improve and and will allow us to gain some HIV, as the Professor revealed: “The answer, and there is graduating, she won an Open Scholarship to study for a Northern Ireland patients are fortunate in a number of control over the pandemic in the latest development is that the PhD at London University, staying on for a two-year respects. medium term.” International Partnership for no magic or instant Postdoctoral, before returning to Reading to further her Microbicides, (the leading studies. Following an appointment lecturing in London, According to Professor Elborn: “Northern Ireland is the Because the HIV virus is highly international organsisation promoting solution. We have to she accepted a Lecturership in Food Science at Reading first place in the UK to introduce screening of complex and readily changes, a microbicide development), has just and was promoted to Reader in Food Chemistry. In 2002, newborn babies. Since the mid-1980s, all newborn conventional vaccine has so far confirmed that it will establish in focus on she became Professor of Nutritional Chemistry and was babies here have been screened for Cystic Fibrosis so proved impossible. The Queen’s team November 2007, in the School of appointed Visiting Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry and the diagnosis is made very early. This means that are part of an international research Pharmacy at Queen’s, its major microbicides and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA. treatment can be started early and this stops consortium that is taking a radical research laboratory for the complications happening. new approach to vaccine design, by development of advanced controlled vaccine A key area of Jenny’s work at Queen’s involves the impact seeking to deliver a vaccine directly release formulations for microbicides. on human health of a diet consisting largely of heated development co- “Secondly, we’re the only region where everyone with to vaginal tissue. This consortium is This will make Queen’s the primary foods. Jenny says: “We are collaborating with colleagues CF is supported by two specialist centres - one for led by leading HIV researcher centre for drug delivery research in Medicine working on compounds formed in foods that operatively” children and one for adults. That means all patients Professor Robin Shattock from St worldwide in this field.” have been processed. We don’t have an experimental get expert care from day one in a co-ordinated George’s Medical School in London, kitchen in IAFLU so I do most of the cooking in my manner.” kitchen at home!” 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 26

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FACULTY OF MEDICINE Peake practice The Graduate chats to Sandra Peake on the work of the WAVE Trauma Centre

community and professionals who bad, brings people forward, seeking traumatised in single incidents. They deal with trauma to work in this assistance and therefore the training needed the sense of commonality area.” on offer is crucial at a practice level. and that’s really the emphasis of Our ongoing relationship with the many of our programmes and lies at The BSc Hons course covers a variety School of Nursing and Midwifery has the heart of what the organisation of topics, such as grief trauma and been very important, particularly in does.” the helping relationship, transition acknowledging the broader from victim-hood, transgenerational psychosocial aspect of trauma and its As WAVE CEO, Co Down woman trauma, and related areas such as impact on the delivery of support Sandra knows only too well what and associated services. trauma can inflict on people. Having “The ceasefire in had knowledge of this prior to her “The Troubles have changed, they current role as she explained: 1994 made a haven’t necessarily ended. What we see is the long-term legacy of the “I had been asked, following tremendous Troubles and the changing nature of completion of the MSc in Nursing at the conflict within communities. Queen’s, to undertake a piece of difference to the WAVE offers a variety of support and work looking at teaching packages training programmes such as for older people. Through this I met work of WAVE, with psychotherapy, befriending and peer someone involved with WAVE who group support, in addition to training asked me to do work for them. people coming opportunities and creative storytelling Having worked in the Royal Victoria processes. Hospital in surgery and theatres, I forward affected by was well aware of seeing the “Some people are only now consequences of the Troubles, but incidents spanning addressing trauma that happened to the reality was that I was blind to the them in the 1970s. Referrals aren’t long-term effects.” some 30 years” going down. We average 600 per year across five centres. That’s still When Sandra joined WAVE in 1995, trauma and addiction and trauma high when you consider one referral the charity had an annual budget of within an international context. All of can bring with it other members of £8,000, now it is over £1.2 million. the modules on offer through the the family.” Times have changed indeed both for training pathway are underpinned this charity and for Northern Ireland. within a theoretical framework. The combination of WAVE and Queen’s works well in the delivery of Sandra added: “Issues such as the BSc Hons pathway. “Some people are Over 600 trauma victims each year are benefiting from WAVE, the charity that helps transgenerational trauma are very people bereaved or traumatised as a result of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The pertinent today, because you have “WAVE practitioners provide the only now addressing charity has forged a strong bond with Queen’s in recent years through the Diploma in fewer people being bereaved in the training, and external practitioners trauma that Trauma Studies. context of the Troubles, but increased are brought in as required for numbers struggling with the after- specialised areas. The course is happened to them This one-year course, the first of its WAVE Trauma Centre CEO, Sandra piloted for two years before being effects and ramifications of delivered jointly on Queen’s campus kind in Northern Ireland, is being Peake, described the significance of accredited and funded through the bereavement and trauma particularly and at the WAVE Belfast Centre.” in the 1970s. offered through the School of the course and the new opportunities European Union. The School of in the changing political climate. Nursing and Midwifery. It was of the trauma training pathway Nursing and Midwifery has had a “When WAVE was established, the Referrals aren’t developed as a response to the need leading to a BSc Hons, which is very strong community focus and “The ceasefire in 1994 made a intention was for it to be a for accredited trauma training at commenced in September 2007. This recognised the need for training to tremendous difference to the work of psychotherapy service. People going down” government, statutory and pathway offers individuals a number be provided across a range of WAVE, with people coming forward preferred instead to talk to other community levels. of opportunities to engage in disciplines and sectors, community, affected by incidents spanning some people who had similar experiences. specialised training. voluntary and statutory. The new 30 years and referrals continue to be What they needed was group So far, more than 60 students have trauma training pathway is needed evident today. Political development, support because many of them had graduated with the Diploma. She said: “The Diploma course was more than ever to equip the which may be viewed as good or lost loved ones or had been 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 28

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FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES “Senator Mitchell’s PROFILE idea about this RICHARD ENGLISH The Mitchell Symposium Symposium is that it PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AND DIRECTOR OF IRISH POLITICS RESEARCH How conflict ends: Lessons from Northern Ireland, brings together 10 years on from the Good Friday Agreement people from different Ten years after the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the historic accord will be the walks of life. These focus of a major international conference at Queen’s. people were integral

them both as academics and Senator George Mitchell to building peace and members of society.” integral to future The Symposium will have key addresses by leading academic and stability” political figures, round table discussions and a series of more academically-focused workshops.

Among the academic workshops that will be taking place, is one on ‘Education In Divided Societies’ with Queen’s academic Richard to reflect on some of the lessons the workshop leaders being Professor English, famed for his analysis of that Northern Ireland might teach Tony Gallagher from the School of the Northern Ireland Troubles, is as we face the wider crisis of Education at Queen’s and Jeff Helsing currently working on his next book terrorism and violence in the new from the United States, Institute of on terrorism. Professor English first century. Peace, in Washington DC. Professor came to Queen’s in 1989, to take Douglas-Cowie commented: “Tony is up a research fellowship at the Richard offered his own view on well known for his work on Mary Robinson Institute of Irish Studies. In 1990, the current political situation in education in divided societies and he he was appointed to a lectureship Northern Ireland saying: “After a has been working with people from in politics and he became Peace Process that has taken as is that it brings together people from the Peace Institute in Washington. Professor of Politics in 1999. long as the war process which different walks of life. These people The Mitchell Symposium, named Last year, Queen’s signed a formal Some of that work extends way preceded it, we now seem to have were integral to building peace and after Queen’s Chancellor, Senator agreement with Georgetown beyond Northern Ireland. These Born in Belfast - where his mother a workable political arrangement integral to future stability. It bridges George Mitchell who agreed to University, Mitchell’s former alma people have been working on came from - Richard grew up in Northern Ireland. Its great different levels of society from the big broker the Agreement, will take mater, committing both universities education issues across the Israeli- mostly in England. His family strength is its foundation on the political names who negotiated things, place next year. It will bring together to co-operation on a programme of Palestinian divide and linking their moved around a lot as his father basis of shared access to power, down to the community workers at the politicians, academics and shared activities and interests. A work in Northern Ireland out to other was a Methodist Minister. He and its basis in the rejection of peacelines.” practitioners (lawyers, community distinguished delegation from societies.” gained his secondary schooling in violence. Its weakness is the workers, social workers, youth Georgetown will take part in the Bristol before reading Modern continued division of the Among the speakers who will be workers and others) to mark the Symposium. Another workshop will explore History at Oxford University. community into two antagonistic addressing the conference is the former Agreement’s 10th anniversary and to ‘Literature in Post Conflict Societies’. groups, something which shows Irish president Mrs Mary Robinson. discuss the lessons to be learned The Dean of Arts, Humanities and The workshop leaders will, be the Recalling how he gained an no sign of being eroded at from Northern Ireland for other Social Sciences, Professor Ellen poet and lecturer Dr Sinead Morrissey enthusiasm for Irish politics and present.” The Dean added: “Internationalisation societies. The benefits of the Douglas-Cowie, is looking forward to from Queen’s and Professor Mark history, Richard said: “I suppose a is fundamental to any academic Symposium will be enormous, given the visit of the Georgetown McMorris from Georgetown. combination of my Dad’s interest Richard is married to Maxine, a development. The Mitchell Symposium the challenges which we all currently delegation. She said: “The visit will Professor Douglas-Cowie in history, which he himself clinical psychologist and has two is a way of giving prominence to what face in terms of global political strengthen existing links between our commented: “This workshop is studied, and Mum’s Belfast daughters, Jasmine aged 11 and is a very special link for Queen’s with conflict, and will make a significant own excellent Law School and the looking beyond the conflict to the background played their part Bella aged eight. Georgetown University.” contribution to our understanding of distinguished School of Law at kind of poetry and literature that here.” how to best manage and resolve Georgetown, and between comes out of a society as it moves As well as work-related obsessions That link will be firmly in the spotlight such conflict situations. academics with common research towards peace.” The last two books Richard wrote with reading and politics, Richard when the Vice-Chancellor, Professor interests in conflict resolution across were on the IRA: Armed Struggle: has a keen interest in music. He Peter Gregson, and the President of Mitchell will address the Symposium, the two institutions. Bringing some The Dean appreciates Senator The History of the IRA, and Irish added: “I’m a pianist, though I do Georgetown University, President John J with high-profile local and of the key people from Georgetown Mitchell’s role in the Peace Process Nationalism: Irish Freedom: The far too little practice these days, DeGoia officially opens the Symposium. international figures also taking part. here to talk and to see the building and in next year’s event.”Senator History Of Nationalism. His next and I listen at present to lots of of peace will be very informative for Mitchell’s idea about this Symposium book will study terrorism and try Handel opera.” 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 30

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FACULTY OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Divided cities

A major study of divided world He said: “The research objectives are be looking at youngsters who have no cities, including Belfast, began at to analyse how divided cities in “We will be looking memory of the conflict as well as those Queen’s on 1 October 2007, led Europe and the Middle East have at historical who have lived through it. Another Calling all Graduates by Professor Liam O’Dowd of the been shaped by ethnic, religious and point is commemoration - how the conflict is being commemorated in School of Sociology, Social Policy national conflicts. The two main Have you ever thought of re- Years’ War. This year also celebrates developments which physical space. and Social Work and Emeritus cities examined will be Belfast and kindling your link with Queen’s English composers, Elgar and Professor James Anderson of the Jerusalem, along with other divided reveal the recurrent by enrolling in one of the many Coates, in the company of Alec School of Geography. It will cities such as Nicosia, Mostar, Berlin, “There is also the business of how Open Learning courses offered Macdonald. involve other Queen’s staff, PhD Brussels, Beirut and Kirkuk.” nature of ethno- both communities can identify with the through the School of students and researchers. same city. Then you have the different Education? Popular culture features in a Professor O’Dowd believes it is an religious conflict in groups within the two communities. number of courses, such as John The £3.2 million five-year research exciting and innovative project. “First There is also the issue that the middle- Many graduates of the University Bradbury’s ‘Defining Moments in project, ‘Conflict in Cities and the of all, it’s multi-disciplinary. It includes Belfast, and whether class will identify things in a different have returned to pursue for the History of Rock’, Marcus Smith’s Contested State’ is funded by the architecture, political science, way to the working-class.” pleasure the subject they once examination of `Aliens in American Economic and Research Council, of geography, urban studies and there are signs that studied, or to satisfy their curiosity Science Fiction Cinema’ and which £1.1 million will come to sociology. It also focuses on the Professor O’Dowd admits to looking about a new topic or to learn a Eadaoin Agnew’s course on Queen’s. Three universities, five strategies people use in everyday life this time it’s going forward to the challenge: “In a way new skill. `Detective Fiction and disciplines and eight cities are to cope with conflict.” the project is extremely ambitious. It Contemporary Literature’. involved, and The Graduate asked to be different.” aims to engage with policymakers at Open Learning programme co- Professor Liam O’Dowd to set the One aspect being examined will be various levels from the international to Belfast and the separation barrier ordinator, Tess Maginess, said: “We Interdisciplinary courses are also project in context. the impact of the peace walls in local. Then there will be issues around that divides Jerusalem and the would be delighted to see more coming to the fore; Encarnacion state policy and how it actually shapes Queen’s graduates joining the Trinidad Barrantes explores ‘Spain in relationship between religion and the cities. What drives the policy?” city. programme, both as lifelong Literature’, Barbara Renzi examines learners and as tutors. The the relationship of women to The issue of studying divided cities is O’Dowd said: “The interesting thing programmes are very relaxed, but science, while Alec MacDonald now placed in a very different context you do have the chance to access a gives us a history of music in about Belfast is that it is at an in Northern Ireland following the advanced stage in its peace process. great deal of expertise across a France. events of 8 May 2007 at Stormont, a wide range of programmes.” Jerusalem has hardly started on that. fact acknowledged by Professor There is accommodation in Belfast, Geoffrey McNab promises a O’Dowd: “It’s hard to believe but I The redesigned brochure now fascinating trip with his ‘Romance of but it is at a political level. Our think it’s going to be stable. I think interest over the next five years is contains both Autumn and Winter Travel’ course. A number of other there are going to be interesting courses. This new format has been courses will enable students to find looking at whether it is manifested at internal debates, not necessarily street level. Is it taking hold?” introduced so that people can have out about the culture of other between Unionist and Nationalist but the opportunity to view the range countries, in addition to our wide within those. O’Dowd added: “We will be looking of courses over two terms: Autumn selection of language courses. at historical developments which and New Year. This should make it Astronomy is another new subject “For example the debate about the easier to see which ‘follow on’ area, with Colin Johnston deepening reveal the recurrent nature of ethno- proposed sports stadium at the Maze religious conflict in Belfast, and courses people might want to join. our understanding with ‘The Night site. You could say sport is a way of Sky’. whether there are signs that this time bringing people together, yet this is a it’s going to be different.” The new format also means that good example of debates over how people can enrol for both Autumn Training for people wishing to teach physical space and environment is Other aspects to be examined and New Year in one go. This year, in the lifelong learning sector is also being transformed and how they are people can also book online by available this year. include how the city is used at going to interface with persisting different times of the year and the going to www.qub.ac.uk/edu and divisions and the legacy of the following the links. effects of this. The way the new-look conflict.” “We would be city is evolving with the Cathedral Quarter and the Titanic Quarter will The coming year sees a number of The study will significantly enhance the important highlights including, the delighted to see also be featured in terms of how this international profile of social science deals with the legacy of conflict. Centenary of Queen’s University, research at Queen’s, where in 2011, when Raymond O’Regan will be more Queen’s the School of Sociology, Social Policy O’Dowd said: “We will examine the conducting a special tour in graduates joining and Social Work will host a major February. The Flight of the Earls is business of remembering and conference on Everyday Life In Divided Professors Liam O’Dowd (left) and James Anderson forgetting the conflict. We will also also recalled by Cathal McManus in the programme” awarded funding for ‘Divided Cities’ research Cities. his autumn course on the Nine 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 32

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COVER STORY Roger believes his five years studying Nigel said: “Without doubt, the most Neo’s crowning achievement was medicine at Queen’s equipped him important achievement has to be winning the UK International Student Graduate & Student well for the rescue effort: “It was coming back in one piece to tell the of the Year Award. The competition, actually at Queen’s that I first learnt tale!” run by the British Council, highlights to climb. As a medical student I was the unique contributions of of the Year 2007 a member of the Mountaineering Student of the Year Award international students to life in the Club and became President of the UK. To win this Award Neo had to The weather for this year’s graduation week left something to be desired, but it did nothing to dampen Club.” Yu Huai Zhang, known as ‘Neo’ to fend off competition from 2,000 the spirit of the ceremonies. Now well established, the University’s Graduate and Student of the Year friends and colleagues, left his home students representing 130 Awards were a highlight of the week. Nigel says he was quite astonished at in China to come to Queen’s in 2003. nationalities. winning this year’s Award: “It was a For him it was the “journey of a The Awards were launched eight contributed to a heroic rescue in one the world. They also investigated great honour, but I felt truly lifetime” and his first extended Neo received high commendations years ago by the Queen’s Graduate of the world’s most dangerous altitude sickness and human humbled, especially when I saw the period away from the city of for winning this Award. Northern Association (QGA) and the terrains. performance at altitude. names of many of the previous Shenzhen. Ireland’s Employment and Learning University’s Development and Alumni recipients and their achievements. Minister Sir Reg Empey, said Neo had Relations Office. They recognise Born in Whiteabbey, Nigel graduated Both men also conquered the summit Just being asked on the expedition Neo recalls receiving a warm “played an important role in excellence, achievement or service by from Queen’s with a degree in of the mountain - an experience that was a great honour, participating in welcome at Queen’s, and threw promoting multi-cultural diversity Queen’s alumni and students, to the Computer Science in 1990, and Nigel later described as “very such a unique research project was himself into student life with all the within both the student and the University, or to the wider returned to the University to take a emotional”. As if these acts did not thrilling and reaching the summit of energy and enthusiasm he could wider Northern Ireland community.” community. medical degree in 1999. He is already make them deserving of the married to Queen’s graduate Caroline Graduate of the Year Award, their The Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s, This year, the Graduate of the Year and has three children. His classmate descent from the world’s highest Professor Peter Gregson described Award went to two former students, was Roger McMorrow. Originally mountain would bring further Neo as “a role model” for all for scientific achievement and heroic from Lisburn, Roger now lives with achievement. At around 27,500 feet, students, highlighting his endeavours to save the life of his wife and two young children in they encountered a 22 year-old “enthusiasm for university life, his another. The Student of the Year Dublin. Nepalese climber called Usha Bista, in commitment to raising the profile of Award went to a Chinese student, an area known as the ‘death zone’. international students and to She was suffering from swelling of promoting the benefits of a multi- Graduates of the Year and Everest lifesavers Dr Roger McMorrow (left) and Dr Nigel Hart the brain, which in the extreme cultural student body.” conditions, was life-threatening. Neo (centre) being presented with the Neo spoke of his pride at being International Student of Roger was part of the group that the Year Award by honoured with this award. “When I Queen’s Senior stood on the stage and received the International Officer trophy, many marvellous memories “Without doubt, Monica Yang and Chair rushed into my mind. I am indebted of the British Council to my distinguished University, School the most important Lord Kinnock of Management, teachers, achievement has to Mount Everest was truly exhilarating. muster. At the University, he was classmates, colleagues and friends. Receiving the Award tells me that our active in promoting multi-culturalism This Award not only belongs to me, be coming back in participation and contributions were and diversity by organising events, but also to them. Without their help recognised and valued by others. writing articles for the University and encouragement, I would not one piece to tell the There were people who thought we newspapers and presenting a talk- have received this Award.” were more than a bit mad in the first show on Queen’s Radio. tale!” place, so the Award is very This energetic student who graduated gratifying!” Neo also served on the Students’ with a 2:1 is undoubtedly well-placed brought Usha down to Camp Three. Executive at Queen’s as the to succeed as he enters the working who has embraced every aspect of In May this year, both men travelled Here she was treated before being His classmate Roger was equally International Students Officer and is world, in his new post with B/E University life since arriving in to Nepal as part of the elite Xtreme brought to Base Camp where Nigel surprised: “It was a great honour. I the first Chinese national to do so. Aerospace in Kilkeel, Co Down. Northern Ireland, and whose Everest climbing team. Their research helped with her care. Both men’s know that quite a few other people He served as Student Volunteering achievements had already been team, co-ordinated by University actions should not be were up for the Award, so I was Officer with the National Union of “When I stood on commended, well before this year’s College London, was there to underestimated, as Nigel and Roger most surprised that we were Students and Student Union of graduation week. investigate the effects of low oxygen selflessly put themselves in harm’s chosen.” Ireland. He was also Deputy the stage and on human physiology. way to save another. Convenor of NUS-USI. While holding Graduate of the Year Award Nowadays, Roger spend his free-time this role, Neo organised a cross- received the trophy, Having a scientific laboratory at such Apart from frostbite in two fingers looking after his children, but he still campus ‘Multi-cultural Awareness The Graduate Award was presented a high altitude enabled the team to and several toes, Usha suffered no makes time for climbing and Training’ event, which resulted in him many marvellous jointly to two ‘high’ achievers. Dr more fully understand hypoxia, which lasting injury. She thanked Roger and photography. helping to translate a prisoners’ Nigel Hart and Dr Roger McMorrow is a lack of oxygen in the blood and a Nigel for showing “love and handbook into Mandarin and memories rushed scaled Everest, conducted scientific plight faced by many patients in concern” in spite of the difficulties. Summing up the one aspect of the Cantonese. experiments at altitude and intensive care hospital wards around expedition that was most important, into my mind” 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 34

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FEATURE The new dating game

Are you tired of going to bars at the weekend to try lives of students in Belfast since 2003. So how did now also empowers a lot of women. Dr Petra Boynton, tend to become despondent and quite upset by the and meet that special person? Are you feeling Monica get into this area of work? Sex Editor of Men’s Health explained the female encounter.” lonely at yet another friend’s wedding? Help, it would appear, is now available, courtesy of internet “I was teaching relationship studies at the University of “I was teaching relationship Monica also carried out a study with Dr Tom Buchanan at dating. The Graduate’s Eugene McCusker has Western Sydney and my students were pointing out there The University of Westminster, which examined the spoken to one of the UK’s leading experts in the use was nothing in the textbooks on internet relationships. It studies at the University of personality characteristics of online daters. They found of the internet for romantic and dating purposes. made sense I could tie that in with my teaching. That was that shy people are more likely to try and continue to use way before online dating. I never imagined it would get Western Sydney and my online dating. Monica believes that “cyberspace can give Sydney-born Dr Monica Whitty, lectured at the School of this big.” users a buffer zone if they are a bit anxious about Psychology in Queen’s until July 2007. Monica has carried students were pointing out meeting people.” out research into online dating, misrepresentation of the Monica recalled how the first study into the area was self online, cybersex and cyberflirting and internet carried out in 1995, at a time when it was mostly men or there was nothing in the Specialised sites are becoming more popular where infidelity. in particular ‘just geeks’ who used internet dating sites. textbooks on internet people believe they belong to a certain social, ethnic, or Indeed, by the year 2000 and Monica’s first research professional group. The bubbly lecturer had been researching the romantic study, it was still mostly men. In 2007, internet dating relationships...” One major difference in Northern Ireland that Monica attraction to internet dating in 2002, “A lot of women discovered was the reluctance to publish personal say they find it quite empowering because they can ask things, demand things and flirt. For instance, many women find it hard to say, ‘I don’t want to see you again’ “One of the reasons they really but online they can. It can be used to improve your confidence outside of the internet.” liked using online dating was Monica argues: “Every year, the actual use of internet because their lives were often dating by the public is increasing.” She believes there are a couple of reasons for this. “First, the internet continues too busy to find the time to go to become a popular space to communicate and interact in. Secondly, sites are being designed to be easier to use out socially and meet people...” and are more enticing.” Furthermore, Monica suggests that “there is far less of a stigma involved in using online dating” than in recent years. photographs online. “The use of photos is not so popular with online daters here. Northern Ireland has a small Dr Whitty pointed out that when she was interviewing population and so one cannot be as anonymous on these people years ago one of the reasons they really liked sites.” When it was suggested to Monica that unlike using online dating was because their lives were often meeting people in pubs, online daters are sober when too busy to find the time to go out socially and meet they log on to first communicate with their date, she people. Online dating, she said, fitted nicely into their interestingly pointed out that this is not always the case. busy schedules. “Some people do log-on late at night after a couple of drinks”. Monica continued, “Younger people tend to be moving towards online dating and other novel methods.” She The scarier side of using the internet to find love and claims that this younger cohort is “using multi-methods, perhaps a whole lot more, includes internet infidelity. such as speed-dating and Myspace and Bebo websites”. Monica points out that sites like ‘Meet A Wife’, or She reports that Bluetoothing was popular a few years ‘Meet2Cheat’ exist online, where individuals can cheat on back. their spouse online or organise to have an affair offline.

Still the quest for romance continues apace. Monica has Monica has published a book on the subject called completed studies into areas such as `misrepresentation’ Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online and ‘personality characteristics’. “Some do tend to raise Relationships. their hopes about finding their ideal partner on these sites. When people misrepresent themselves or don’t live Dr Whitty has recently taken up a post at up to their expectations on the first date online, daters Nottingham University. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 36

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QUEEN’S SPORT The Campaign for Queen’s races on

Corporate health The Campaign for Queen’s is fast improved, modernised and expanded much, what shall we give back?’ We approaching the final hurdle as outdoor sports facilities. To fulfil the invite you to seize this opportunity to fundraising for the extensive £13 vision, the final initiative in the give back by helping us reach the million redevelopment of the Campaign for Queen’s, ‘Investing in a target of £13 million and Investing in promotes corporate wealth Malone Playing Fields complex Sporting Future’, seeks to raise £13 a Sporting Future. begins. million to complement and add value to the indoor facilities by In making a donation, you will make A new Executive Body Check is Such difficulties won’t be a problem improve their health status.” The impressive final project will redeveloping the Malone site. a difference to the future not only of just one of a range of anymore, according to Dr Robert significantly upgrade the Malone Site Queen’s but of sport throughout interventions from Queen’s Sport Gamble of Queen’s Sport: “From the Coming from a background in to ensure that the University The redevelopment project is Northern Ireland. that is helping both large and Executive Body Check to a range of Occupational Health, Robert added: demonstrates excellence in outdoor extensive and includes draining and small companies in Northern fully cost-effective health and fitness “Positive interventions that target sports participation, performance and resurfacing existing grass pitches, If you would like to support the Ireland fulfil the old adage, ‘A assessment programmes that can individual behaviour and educate provision in the future. Once providing additional floodlighting, ‘Investing in a Sporting Future’ healthy body makes for a healthy also be delivered in the workplace, staff about their health status have completed, the venue, together with replacing a number of synthetic initiative, please use the reply slip mind’. Queen’s Sport, is now in a position to been shown to significantly reduce Barnett’s Park, Belfast Activity Centre, surfaces, including resurfacing the below to send us your donation. help improve the ‘wellness’ of many employer costs, reduce absenteeism Mary Peters’ Track and the Shaws tennis courts and building a new Queen’s graduates and their work employees in Northern Ireland.” and improve staff morale. It has been Bridge facilities, will create an pavilion and a mini-stadium. These colleagues can now access a range of estimated that fitter workers are 20 exciting major sporting hub in measures will enable student clubs to high-quality health and fitness “The Executive Body Check is our per cent more productive at work Belfast. revive interest in outdoor team sport assessments on offer to help flagship programme. In conjunction and in some studies, absenteeism at Queen’s and ensure that the promote ‘wellness’ throughout the with a specialist medical team led by rates have shown a 10-14 per cent Queen’s recognises that university is complex is upgraded to the standard corporate sector in Northern Ireland. Dr Barbara Fair, Sports Medicine improvement after health about much more than qualifications. required to host major Intervarsity Consultant with the University’s intervention. Its vision for sport is to create a new matches. Whilst the cost-benefits of such Health Centre, we offer a series of and vibrant culture that allows programmes are widely accepted, medical tests including a full medical “Queen’s Sport is everyone from beginners to top ‘Investing in a Sporting Future’ will many employers here have found it examination and a detailed fitness student athletes, to identify with benefit staff, students and the difficult to get access to specialised assessment. Candidates are also now in a position to sport. Ambitious plans are underway community at large, setting new corporate health interventions that offered a personalised change to develop University facilities, benchmarks for delivering sport in can positively influence the health strategy that will assist them to make help improve the making them the best in Ireland and Northern Ireland and providing a and behaviour of their workforce. the lifestyle changes necessary to ‘wellness’ of many beyond. sustainable legacy for the future. Healthy Living Co-ordinator Jessica Tyrrell (R) measures the height of Becky Edmondson (L) With the £7 million extension to the In November 2001, Dr Seamus from Estates, as part of the lifestyle assessment. employees” Physical Education Centre now Heaney publicly launched the completed as part of the University’s Campaign and called all to action Dame Kelly Holmes, Dame Mary Peters and The programmes will be delivered £259 million capital investment with the Latin phrase: ‘Pro Tanto Queen’s Vice Chancellor Peter Gregson at through the University’s High programme, the vision calls for Quid Retribuamus - In return for so the opening of the PEC in February 2007. Performance and Lifestyle Centre, which is based in the new £7 million extension to the Physical Education Centre. Investing in a Sporting Future Name: Opened by Dame Kelly Holmes earlier ...... this year, the extensive new facility Address: Postcode: offers individual memberships to all ...... alumni of Queen’s and their family I wish to make a gift of: £ I wish to pay by (please select): Cheque (made payable to The Queen’s University of Belfast Foundation) Charity Voucher Visa Mastercard and friends. Card No: Expiry Date: The University already practises what it preaches. More than 1,000 Security Code: Queen’s employees have taken part Name on Card:...... in a free health and lifestyle assessment. If you would like to see UK Tax Payers – Gift Aid – I would like all contributions from the date below to be treated as Gift aid until I notify you otherwise. We need your home where Queen’s Sport could take you postcode to meet Inland Revenue regulations. Please note you must pay an amount of UK income tax equal to the tax we reclaim. or your employees, then please contact Dr Robert Gamble on Signature: Date: ...... 028 9038 7694, or at Please send your donation to Development and Alumni Relations Office, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Inland Revenue No. XR22432 [email protected]. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 38

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The business of the Annual Meeting will incorporate the Report of the Standing Committee, and any other relevant matters of which due notice is received no later than 22 November 2007. Motions to be included on the Agenda should be submitted on the appropriate forms, which are available now from the undersigned, or online.

The Annual Meeting will be followed by Queen’s Question Time, which will afford graduates an opportunity to put questions to local political representatives on education and other matters.

All papers (including minutes of the 2006 Annual Meeting) are now available at www.qub.ac.uk/convocation.

Yours faithfully

Gerry Power Clerk of Convocation

LAST DATE FOR PROCEDURAL STEPS: Contact: Willie Egan 09064 71024 or (086) 8099459, www.tjdevelopments.ie, [email protected], TJ Marketing Limited, Belhavel, Golden Island, Athlone, Co Westmeath

Issue of this summons - Monday 1 October 2007 (online) The Queen’s University GAA Academy has secured a major 5 year sponsorship agreement Receipt of notice of business - Wednesday 22 November 2007 with TJ developments. The agreement will cover all aspects of the GAA at Queen’s and will Issue of agenda - Thursday 29 November 2007 undoubtedly move Gaelic Games in one of Ireland’s leading universities into a new era of sporting excellence. The GAA Academy was launched in June 2004 as an initiative to give the best possible sporting chance to Queen’s Gaelic stars of the future. It is part of the University’s vision for student sport which aims to develop the student experience to include sporting opportunities at performance, recreational and community levels. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 40

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FEATURE “Fans didn’t want the sectarian tag, Sea of Green so they initiated the change” Northern Ireland has seen its fortunes rise in world football. Over the summer the senior side topped its European group. The turnaround in the good fortune is not just restricted to on-the-pitch performances, as Gerry Power, editor of The Graduate, found out when he talked to Queen’s alumnus Geoff Wilson, the IFA’s Head of Marketing and Communications.

“There’s something very special transferable to the world of football about Wednesday night international branding. home games,” Geoff told The Graduate. “The atmosphere rocks. “From the first whistle, I knew I You can really feel the passion and needed a few quick wins,” said the fans take a real pride in cheering Geoff. “So, after some initial - and wearing - the green shirt.” research, I developed a plan which included redeveloping the IFA Geoff Wilson displays a youthful website, setting up a supporter exuberance for Northern Ireland scheme, creating an football. Impressive wins against e-magazine and sorting out our superior opposition in the last 18 merchandising.” months have certainly made his job much easier, though selling local It’s a plan Geoff is still working from football hasn’t always been easy. For 18 months later. Now leading a team many years mediocre results on the of seven, the IFA has a strong Geoff Wilson, Head of Marketing and pitch and sectarian trouble on the Communications at the IFA merchandising, corporate terraces made ‘team Northern sponsorship and communications Ireland‘ virtually an impossible “From the first programme. Over 16,500 fans have product to sell. signed up for regular e-magazines “Lawrie (Sanchez) so they initiated the change,” said 17 corporate sponsors tell me and, of whistle, I knew I and the website receives on average Geoff. “While the IFA’s ‘Football for course, the bottom line profit.” Undaunted, Geoff accepted what 70,000 monthly visits. And with certainly put All’ campaign certainly helped, it was others may have regarded as a needed a few quick Windsor Park boasting a meagre the supporters themselves who got Much has changed on the poisoned chalice at the Irish Football 14,000 capacity, it’s no wonder Northern Ireland rid of sectarian colours and chants international stage in the last few Association in August 2005. wins” international tickets sell out so from the terraces. It’s no wonder they years. Football is no longer regarded quickly. football back on the have recently been voted the best as the ‘working man’s’ pastime, but “When I joined the IFA I inherited fans in Europe,” he added, with by most as part of the entertainment nothing!” Geoff said. “There was Society (IMS), where I was President The notable departures of manager map” obvious satisfaction. business. This should bring with it a just one part-time person handling in the mid-90s,” he added. Lawrie Sanchez and IFA Chairman, whole new audience. Public Relations; fans were not Jim Boyce in recent months have What of the challenges that lie treated as customers - there was little “Queen’s really did prepare me for however altered the local footballing “Jim has been a great ambassador ahead? While the decision on the With the Northern Ireland or no communication with them or the vagaries of my current post. The landscape. for the IFA and Northern Ireland new stadium isn’t likely until the end international side currently riding with sponsors; merchandising didn’t Information Management course football,” said Geoff. “His ability to of the year, it is also holding up the high at 36th in the FIFA world exist and brand visibility was low.” taught me about marketing, IT and “Lawrie certainly put Northern build relationships within UEFA and location of the IFA’s new rankings (it was 103rd in 2005), and decision-making - all skills I use every Ireland football back on the map,” FIFA has been, and will continue to headquarters and the development the impact of Geoff Wilson’s So, what prepared the 1996 BSc day. And organising IMS events said Wilson after the departure of be, invaluable.” of a new footballing centre of marketing expertise and unbridled Information Management graduate certainly helped me to get onto the Sanchez for Fulham in May. “He excellence. For Geoff, business enthusiasm, the unfolding future from Crumlin for the role? Sport is BT graduate programme.” brought back pride, passion and Clever merchandising and the setting matters are viewed as most looks bright for local soccer - in fact very much in Geoff’s DNA, though he belief to our national team - and to up of an online shop (to add to the important going forward. the future looks green! admits football wasn’t something he Geoff is married to Christine, who he the fans - and for this we are outlet in Windsor Avenue), have lead played while at Queen’s. met while at BIFHE before coming to eternally grateful. It was sad to see to an explosion in shirt sales. Fans of “E-business is the key to our future Queen’s. They have one daughter, him leave, but all good things come all ages are now proud to wear success,” he said. “Introducing new “Queen’s really did “My dad was a founder member of Katie who is 21 months old, a to an end at some stage I suppose.” Northern Ireland-branded goods, and revenue opportunities, extending the Crumlin United and while I had only second child on the way and live in not just on match days. range of goods available and offering prepare me for the a passing interest in football as an Dollingstown near Lurgan. Local veteran football mandarin, Jim ticketing through mobile phones are undergraduate, I now play for Boyce, was next through the exit And the sectarian tag is no longer all part of our longer term goals.” vagaries of my Crumlin Rec,” he said. “I spent much Before joining the IFA, Geoff spent turnstiles six weeks later, after 30 levied at local supporters. of my spare time at Queen’s working nine years at BT as Senior Marketing years with the IFA and 12 years at He Continued: “I measure success in current post” for the Information Management Manager, using skills easily the top. “Fans didn’t want the sectarian tag, three ways: What fans say, what our 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:17 Page 42

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GOLDEN JUBILEE QUEEN’S GRADUATES’ ASSOCATION Classes of 1950-1961 Roll up, roll up! Golden Jubilee 2008 Perks - A bonus in a book A new Perks directory has been launched exclusively for Some of the great savings you can avail of through the Reunion & Class Gift members of the Queen’s Graduates’ Association (QGA). Perks directory as member of the QGA: The directory contains hundreds of benefits and vouchers for members across Northern Ireland. 10% off purchases

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What our members have to say … Reply Slip (tick as appropriate) Programme Reunion Class Gift “Membership of the QGA brings many rewards not just Thursday 17 April 2008 financial, although the new Perks directory scheme can I wish to join an association in Belfast (£10) [ ] The 1950s Class Gift represents your opportunity to mark the mean that membership pays for itself. You should never Dublin (12.50 Euro) [ ] London (£10) [ ] anniversary of your graduation by making a donation to the University have to pay full price again for a whole range of goods Scotland (£10) [ ] USA ($25) [ ] 11.45am through the Queen’s Annual Fund. Whether you are already a donor or and services.” Registration have never given before, the contribution that you and your classmates make will be invaluable to the University and greatly appreciated. Oonagh Ferrity, Queen’s graduate Please return this reply, and the correct membership fee, 12.30pm - 1.45pm to the address below. Cheques should be payable to Lunch & Welcome Over 4,000 alumni, parents and friends have participated in our annual Queen’s University Belfast. appeals since 1999 and the money donated raises vital unrestricted 3.30pm funds which can be used to support key University projects and Afternoon tea educational initiatives. The first Golden Jubilee Reunion, held in Name:……………………………… November 2006, raised over £14,000 for the Annual Fund. 4.00pm - 5.00pm Address: ………………………………….. Entertainment by Queen’s Drama With help from graduates we can continue to: and Music students Postcode:……………………………………… • Create scholarships and hardship grants for students 5.15pm - 6.15pm • Award small research grants to young academics Year of graduation……………………… History of Queen’s - • Provide extra resources for student societies and sports teams a personal view by Alf McCreary • Enable the purchase of books and equipment Degree………………… ……….. 6.30pm Graduate support is already making a positive impact across the campus. Email:…………………………………… Drinks Reception Your gift will make a REAL difference to the lives of all at Queen’s. Telephone:……………………….. 7.00pm Booking forms will be issued to the Classes of 1950 to 1961 within the Informal Dinner next few months. Return this slip to - Alumni Officer, Queen’s University Belfast, 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:18 Page 44

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GRADUATION 2007 Celebrating the class of 2007

A host of renowned names from Professor Ann Graybiel, green Chancellor Senator George Mitchell the worlds of medicine, science, chemist Professor Paul Anastas, said: “In all his activities, Archbishop business, education and public businesswoman Sheila O’Malley Tutu’s message continues to be one service were conferred with Fuchs, space scientist Dr Michael of forgiveness and reconciliation. It is honorary degrees in July 2007. McKay and local entrepreneur a message which has had resonance Francis Jennings completed an around the world and particularly Among those honoured were impressive week. here in Northern Ireland, where he Archbishop Desmond Tutu, leading has visited on several occasions.” historian Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, The Nobel prize-winning anti- Professor Edison T Liu who helped apartheid campaigner Archbishop Some 4,000 students received their resolve the SARS crisis in Singapore Tutu was awarded an Honorary degrees in 11 ceremonies during the and Irish Times journalist Conor Doctorate of the University for week, with 2,400 people attending O’Clery. AIDS expert Professor distinction in public service. garden parties each day during Robert Gallo, neuroscientist Delivering the citation, Queen’s graduation week. 7873-graduate 2/10/07 12:18 Page 46

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485Sudoku 9567 3 48 To solve the Sudoku puzzle opposite, each 3 x 3 box, all the 89 rows and all the columns must contain the numbers 1-9, with no repeats or omissions. And remember, there is only 89 6 4 one correct solution. 172 2973 Quiz

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