News Archive: May - August 2012
Student Volunteers from Trinity Celebrate Ten Years of the Suas Educational Development Programme in Kolkata
Suas Educational Development was originally founded in 2002 by students from Trinity College Dublin who believed that the best way of making a difference was through education. Each year since, the Volunteer Programme has given young students an opportunity to support the education of children in schools that serve some of the most marginalised communities in India.
Posted 28 August 2012
Fulbright Awards Available for Postgraduate Study and Research in the USA
The Fulbright Commission in Ireland has officially invited applications for the the 2013 - 2014 competition for Fulbright Awards which include a monetary grant for post-graduate students, scholars, and professionals to travel to the US to lecture, research, and study for a maximum period of one year. Trinity College Dublin students and staff have a successful history in receiving Fullbright Awards.
Posted on 24 August 2012
Bollywood's Most Influential Film Maker, Yash Chopra, Receives Honorary Professorship from Trinity College Dublin, Marking 100 Years of Bollywood Film
The prestigious award, which recognises Mr Chopra’s outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, popular culture, globalisation and cultural exchange, was conferred on the veteran filmmaker by the university’s Vice President for Global Relations, Professor Jane Ohlmeyer.
Posted on 17 August 2012
Bollywood Film Shot on Location at Trinity College Dublin Launches in India and Dublin
The Bollywood film, Ek Tha Tiger, shot on location at Trinity College Dublin will be launched in India and Dublin this week. The first ever Bollywood blockbuster to be made in Ireland, featuring two of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan, will have special screening events across India – Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Dehli – as well as Dublin. Read More...
Posted on 6 August 2012
Trinity Scientists Advance Understanding of How Flowers are Formed
Scientists from the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic processes underlying flower development. The research funded by Science Foundation Ireland has just been published in the leading international journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Read More...
Posted on 6 August 2012
Trinity Students compete at 2012 Olympic Games
Trinity College Dublin will be represented by two highly talented students in ‘Team Ireland’, Mark Kennelly and Natalya Coyle, at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Read More...
Posted on 26 July 2012
Trinity Researchers Play Central Role in Search for Higgs Boson
Researchers in the Computer Architecture and Grid Research group in Trinity College Dublin's School of Computer Science and Statistics were part of the global effort to analyse the data generated by the Large Hadron Collider experiment and played a key role in the analysis leading to the recent announcement by CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, of the Higgs Boson. Read More...
Posted on 19 July 2012
Trinity College Dublin Excels in QS World University Subject Rankings
Trinity College Dublin features prominently in the just published QS Subject Rankings 2012, with a top 50 ranking in four subjects and top 100 ranking in a further fourteen areas. The College’s leading 50 subjects include English, Language & Literature in 14th place worldwide; 38th in History; 40th in Geography; and 45th globally in Politics & International Studies. Read More...
Posted on 9 July 2012
World Renowned Scientists are Conferred with Honorary Degrees at Trinity
World renowned scientists were among those conferred with honorary doctorates at a special honorary degree ceremony at Trinity recently marking the Dublin City of Science 2012 and the Euroscience Open Forum. Read More...
Posted on 04 July 2012
Genetics Student Wins Chinese Government Award
A student from Trinity’s Department of Genetics, Xiaowei Jiang, has been awarded a prestigious Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Chinese Students Abroad. The award recognises the academic excellence of self-financed Chinese students attending doctoral programs overseas lasting more than one year. Read More...
Posted on 28 June 2012
Trinity Students Receive Fulbright Awards
Eight Trinity College Dublin students were recently awarded prestigious Fulbright awards, representing the highest number of awards for any Irish institution. Read More...
Posted on 25 June 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi Receives Honorary Degree from Trinity College Dublin
Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the most renowned woman democrats in the world, was conferred with an Honorary Degree from Trinity College Dublin on Monday June 18th last during her visit to Ireland. Read More...
Posted on 20 June 2012
Trinity-led International Collaboration to Enable Cutting Edge Research in Medieval and Modern European History
An international project facilitating cutting-edge archival research in medieval and modern European history has been awarded €6.5 million by the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme. The project, CENDARI (Collaborative EuropeaN Digital ARchive Infrastructure), is coordinated by Trinity College Dublin. Read More...
Posted on 12 June 2012
Trinity Celebrates a 100 Years of Participation by Trinity Students in the Olympic Games
Trinity College Dublin hosted a special event Trinity Olympians to celebrate the participation of students, past and present in the Olympic Games over the past 100 years and to honour current students participating in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.. Read More...
Posted on 8 June 2012
Indian Tempest Headlines Trinity Shakespeare Festival 2012
An exciting international adaptation of William Shakespeare’s final comedy The Tempest entitled the Indian Tempest, will headline the 2012 Trinity College Dublin Shakespeare Festival (June 6th to 16th). Performed by Footsbarn Travelling Theatre who has strong links with the Indian state of Kerala, the headline performance will take place each evening in a specially constructed outdoor theatre in the Front Square of Trinity College Dublin. Read more...
Posted on 4 June 2012
Trinity College Dublin Celebrates Africa Day with Conference on Developing Agri-Food Sector in Africa
A strong and sustainable agriculture sector in Africa has the potential to tackle under-nutrition and rural poverty across the continent, according to speakers at an international conference on agriculture to mark Africa Day in Trinity College Dublin. Read More...
Posted on 28 May 2012
Trinity and Brown University Sign Partnership Agreement
Trinity College Dublin and Brown University in the United States recently signed a new partnership agreement as part of the Brown Plus One program which will benefit students interested in international study. Trinity College Dublin represents the third international partner in the Brown Plus One initiative, joining the University of Edinburgh and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Read More...
Posted on 28 May 2012