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Astrophysicists Bring Mercury Transit to Irish Public

People saw our solar system’s smallest planet move across the Sun through high-tech telescopes at a special event.

9 May 2016

Trinity Creative Challenge Launches Call Out for 2017 Applications

Creative Arts Award Scheme Shortlisted for Allianz Business to Arts Awards

15 Jul 2016

Trinity Ranked in Top 25 Oldest Universities Globally

It has been ranked 21st in the world in the just published Times Higher Education top list of 25 leading world universities over the age of 400.

10 Feb 2016

Trinity Awarded An Taisce’s Green Flag for Second Time

Student engagement with Green Campus Programme praised

4 May 2016

Trinity Researchers to Develop Offshore Energy Solutions

The team will develop new technologies and next-gen energy solutions while training young researchers to become highly skilled offshore engineers.

22 Feb 2016

Trinity researchers awarded 2.9 million for oral and oesophageal cancer research

Researchers in Trinity’s School of Biochemistry and Immunology and School of Dental Science have been awarded €2.9 million Horizon 2020 funding.

13 Oct 2016

Could Ireland’s Ecosystems Cope if we Introduced St Patrick’s Scaly Foes?

The legend of St Patrick banishing snakes from the emerald isle some 1,500 years ago is indelibly etched in folklore – even if science suggests snakes were unlikely to have colonised the country following the last ice age.

16 Mar 2016

General Election 2016 – Predictions by Trinity Experts

Trinity political scientists and economists predict outcome of General Election 2016.

23 Feb 2016

Raise & Give (RAG) 2016 Supports Trinity Charities

Trinity’s Raise and Give (RAG) 2016 was launched yesterday. With events running from Monday 25 January to Thursday 4 February, there is a great line-up with something for everyone across Trinity.

26 Jan 2016

New programme to advance clinical research capability among doctors

A team of Irish clinical academics, led by Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity, Michael Gill, has secured one of seven major awards that have been made across the UK and Ireland by Wellcome. The scheme, which will be known as Wellcome – HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme, will support the intake of eight postgraduate trainee doctors a year for a five-year period, providing fully integrated clinical and research training up to consultant level.

13 Sep 2016

Gold Standard hat-trick for Trinity Sport

Trinity Sport awarded for its standards of excellence

7 Dec 2016

Trinity Secures over €10m As Part Of SFI Investment In Research

Funding for five exemplary projects

12 Jan 2016

ADAPT Centre showcases intelligent systems for digital revolution

Future intelligent solutions on display included business intelligence, fraud detection, virtual reality, productivity, smart search and artificial intelligence.

25 Oct 2016

Personal reflections on Francis Crick by James Watson

Public lecture - Personal reflections on Francis Crick by James D Watson

10 Jun 2016

Natural Capital the Main Focus of Professor Yvonne Buckley’s Inaugural Lecture

Ecology, technology and industry must lay research foundations to safeguard human wellbeing now and for the decades that follow.

24 Mar 2016

Trinity Graduate Honoured for Wartime Code-breaking Work

Trinity graduate Eileen Leslie Greer, who was part of the Bletchley Park's team of intelligence analysts during WW2 has been honoured for her role.

21 Jan 2016

What we can learn from the 1950s

Public lecture hears how entertainers Little Richard and John Wayne enable us to understand American politics, culture and society past and present

28 Sep 2016

Trinity and RCSI Host Next-Gen Life Sciences Innovation Showcase

Examples of the next wave of biomedical and life sciences research were featured, along with successful spin-out companies.

18 May 2016

Tobacco Free Zones

Today Trinity's Tobacco Free Zones will open. In these zones, smoking is prohibited both indoors and outdoors.

1 Jul 2016

Cyberbullying Hurts Everyone Including Bystanders

Up to 20% of young people are victims of cyberbullying, however a much greater number of young people who witness cyberbullying are also negatively affected.

9 Feb 2016

Virtual Reality Game to Teach Peacekeeping Skills

A Trinity team is leading the development of a virtual reality game to train international military and police in conflict prevention and peacekeeping skills

8 Feb 2016

Artist Grace Weir concludes Trinity Creative Challenge Showcase

'A reflection on light' that tells the history of a painting, 'Let there be Light' by Mainie Jellett.

26 Apr 2016

‘Your Trinity’ Staff Information Day – 4 October

Taking place in the Public Theatre, the event will give staff members the opportunity to find out more about the many benefits and opportunities available to Trinity staff.

3 Oct 2016

Over-fifties’ GP visits affected by medical card entitlement

A new report launched today by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin, details the impact that changes to an older person’s entitlement to a medical card has on their use of health services, such as GP visits, flu vaccines, medications and hospital care. The report authors found that changes in people’s entitlement to medical cards are associated with changes in their use of GP services and level of medications dispensed.

27 Oct 2016

Trinity Introduces Tobacco Free Zones on Campus

Three Tobacco Free Zones on Trinity’s main campus were opened on 1 July 2016. In these zones, smoking is prohibited both indoors and outdoors.

15 Jul 2016

Researchers Shed New Light on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Dysfunction of brain blood vessels may be important in the development of CTE, which has been linked with mild traumatic brain injuries in athletes and military personnel.

9 Jun 2016

Students Aim to Build World’s First Decentralised Poker Site

Cryptography would ensure a fair card deal, while Bitcoins would be used for betting to offer a better-value option for players.

20 May 2016

Sustainability of City-Based Food Sharing Assessed by SHARECITY

An international team of researchers and an advisory panel of global experts will explore novel pathways to more sustainable food futures.

26 May 2016

Student Blog Competition Winners Announced

The winners of Trinity’s first Careers Advisory Service student blog competition gave a glimpse into what they learned about employment, industry, and themselves.

4 Feb 2016

Millennials: confident yet vulnerable

Opportunity is a double-edged sword for today’s millennials, new research shows

20 Oct 2016