“When I took up my post as President of Dublin City University – exactly nine years ago today – I inherited an institution and a campus that was well on its way to the achievement of excellence, and with some wonderful facilities either already established or under construction or at least in planning. But one thing that was missing that seemed to me to be a serious omission was a common room, or a place where staff from various parts of the university could meet over a coffee or for lunch and exchange information or ideas …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 14 July]