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SMARTlab and the IDRC are pleased to report the successful completion of our PRAXIS project!

Praxis is a 12-month UCD ReClaim Funded project that aims to co-develop a portfolio of creative and innovative activities to build research culture and excellence, building on current successes and leveraging the future potential for personal and academic development in four specific areas.
A venn diagram showing the intersection between deafness and blindness 22Sep

Deafblind / Dual sensory loss Aware

SMARTlab at University College Dublin & The Anne Sullivan Foundation for the Deafblind, through their joint INCLUDE Deafblind Project (funded by the UCD Research PPI Ignite Award): Invite you to be “Deafblind / Dual sensory loss Aware” on September 20, 2025 for Usher Syndrome Awareness Day
Embedding-EDI-in-Engineering 18Sep

SEFI Award for 3 SMME PhDs and a free smart-visor demo this evening here in the UCD Village

I thought you'd like to hear the good news that while we've been working away all this week in the PhD seminar here in the UCD Village, three of our PhDs and one of our former PhDs/Postdocs in Inclusive Design and Creative Technology Innovation (Eva Murphy, Mary Nolan and Mary Carden and Dr Colin Keogh) represented us well at SEFI in Finland, and won the award! 
Maghera-Beach-Donegal for Tourism Ireland by Gareth McCormack 09May

Ireland and Its Aromatic Heritage

Dr Gayil Nalls, SMARTlab PhD alumna and active researcher in SMARTlab New York, founder of the UNESCO-award winning World Sensorium Conservancy and editor of the journal Plantings, is launching her new documentary film on IRELAND AND ITS AROMATIC HERITAGE at the Irish Film Institute: 14 May, 6:30pm. All welcome!

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