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Trinity’s Largest-ever Horizon 2020 Funding Win to Attract 71 ICT Researchers

Three SFI centres led out of Trinity - ADAPT, AMBER, and CONNECT - are to receive €6 million in Horizon 2020 EU funding for a new postdoctoral programme, EDGE.

16 Mar 2016

Leading Physicist Peter Higgs and Author Lia Mills Awarded Honorary Degrees

Nobel Prize winner and world leading physicist, Professor Peter Higgs who discovered Higgs Boson, along with renowned authors, JP Donleavy, Lia Mills, and human rights activist, Hina Jilani were conferred with honorary doctorates at Trinity College.

24 Jun 2016

Lecture on Irish Immigrants to the US Marks 10 Years of TILDA

Professor James Smith of RAND Corporation gives a talk on education of Irish migrants to the US to mark the 10th anniversary of TILDA

23 May 2016

What’s the point of doing philosophy?

Peter Simons, Chair of Moral Philosophy, has just been nominated as 'one of the 50 most influential living philosophers'

14 Sep 2016

30th Student Economic Review Celebrated with Reunion of Alumni

The 30th volume of the Student Economic Review was celebrated with a landmark event when committee members from each of the past twenty-nine years were invited to attend its launch.

7 Apr 2016

Celebrating 175 years of Engineering at Trinity

Events celebrating 175 years of Engineering at Trinity taking place on Tuesday 15 November.

15 Nov 2016

Dublin’s vitamin D map shows major differences in deficiency rates

Innovative geo map shows vitamin D deficiency rates in some Dublin areas such as Lucan and Dublin 8 are five times higher than in others.

2 Nov 2016

Ancient, Deep-Earth Heat Sources Cause Greenland’s Ice Sheet to Melt Faster

Long-term processes in the deep Earth impact glacial dynamics and the thermo-hydrological state of ice sheets.

4 Apr 2016

€1.5 million EU-funded research announced at launch of new TRiSS

€1.5 million EU-funded research in energy consumption announced at launch of new Trinity Research in Social Sciences.

15 Nov 2016

Trinity Professor appointed as Chairperson of Mental Health Reform

Agnes Higgins, Professor in Mental Health at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity, has just been appointed Chairperson of Mental Health Reform.

20 Dec 2016

Christmas Greetings – Trinity College Dublin Closure Arrangements

The University will be closed from the end of business hours on Thursday, December 21st 2017 to the start of normal business hours on Tuesday, January 2nd 2018.

18 Dec 2017

Minister for Education to open Irish-American education & innovation symposium

'International collaborations in education, research and innovation' is the topic of a major Irish-American symposium to be hosted by the presidents of Trinity College Dublin, Boston College and Georgia Institute of Technology

29 Aug 2016

Growing Academic Connections at Armagh Public Library

Trinity College Dublin and Armagh Public Library have celebrated a growing relationship between them with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.

25 Aug 2016

Trinity Creative Challenge Showcase

Five amazing new art projects are being showcased in Trinity this month as part of the Trinity Creative Challenge Showcase

19 Apr 2016

‘Teaching for Tomorrow’ Website Launched by Trinity’s Bridge21 Programme

'Teaching for Tomorrow' Website Promoting 21st Century Learning Practices in Schools across Europe launched by Trinity’s Bridge21 Education Programme

30 Sep 2016

Seventy new ICT postdoctoral positions to give Irish research the EDGE

New programme 'EDGE' will attract and develop world-leading ICT researchers to Ireland.

28 Oct 2016

Trinity Researchers Confirm You’re Only As Old As You Feel!

Our attitudes to ageing can have a direct effect on our health

27 Jan 2016

Three Times as Many Road Traffic Injuries than Official Data Indicate

At least twice as many serious injuries occur than are reported, and ten times as many cyclists experience clinically serious injuries.

27 May 2016

Negative Banking Perceptions Hinder Young Companies

A fear of rejection means companies are missing out on investment opportunities

25 Apr 2016

Development Research Week

Trinity International Development Initiative (TIDI) will run a series of lectures and seminars on international development research, as part of Development Research Week.

1 Nov 2016

Strong demand for Trinity degrees in CAO applications

Entry points for many courses were very near to last year’s levels, although there has been strong demand for entry to the new Science programmes.

20 Aug 2018

Learnovate’s €3m Project Investigates Modern Employment Landscape

Career development plan a win-win for employees and employers

2 Feb 2016

Behind the Headlines: Challenges to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Democratic values and institutions are being increasingly undermined and eroded across central and Eastern Europe in countries such as Poland, Hungary and Germany. 'Behind the Headlines' will explore the implications for Ireland and Europe.

13 Jun 2016

Integration or Disintegration, Brexit or Bremain

School of Social Sciences and Philosophy host final Brexit debate

13 Jun 2016

Brexit, Brussels and the Big Apple: Where to now for Ireland?

Trinity Long Room Hub’s 'Behind the Headlines' series discusses implications of 'Brexit, Brussels and the Big Apple'

19 Oct 2016

Medium Voltage Project powered up to go

A project to upgrade Trinity’s electrical infrastructure will begin in 2017, led by the Bursar Prof Veronica Campbell.

19 Dec 2016

Trinity student is first Irish recipient of Schwarzman Scholarship

Lara Connaughton is the first Irish recipient of a Schwarzman Scholarship in Tsinghua University, Beijing. Lara specialised in Business and Economics in her final year and has just graduated with a first class honors degree.

5 Dec 2016

Who is Responsible for Overfishing?

Fishermen are under growing pressure to show their 'environmental performance' in order to gain access to fisheries and seafood markets.

22 Apr 2016

Trinity scientists improve understanding of origins of eczema

Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common skin disease of children in developed societies. It is associated with intense itch and loss of sleep in early life and with other conditions such as food allergy and asthma in later life.

3 Oct 2016

Four Trinity Students Win Naughton Fellowships

The PhD, Msc and undergraduate students will gain international research experience at the University of Notre Dame.

3 Jun 2016