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Careers Week 2016

An opportunity to meet employers and start your job search.

5 Oct 2016

Computer Science Must Become a Core School Subject

Trinity report calls for reform of educational system to fix digital skills gap

17 May 2016

Singing in Irish Sign Language

A video of three Trinity students using Irish Sign Language to perform the popular ’santa Claus is coming to town' has gone viral.

16 Dec 2016

Rates of depression are high amongst pregnant women in Ireland

One in six pregnant women – or 16% of pregnant women - attending maternity services across Ireland are at probable risk of depression during their pregnancy, according to a new survey launched today by a Trinity College Dublin research team and the Irish Obstetric Services.

3 Nov 2016

Friday’s Spatial Music Performance Kicks Off Creative Challenge Showcase

This newly commissioned work involves Trinity composer Enda Bates, Trinity Orchestra, Cue Saxophone Quartet and Miriam Ingram.

6 Apr 2016

Trinity salutes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Sir Fraser Stoddart

Honorary degree recipient from Trinity, Sir Stoddart, received the prize along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L Feringa for work in producing tiny molecular machines.

5 Oct 2016

Scientists Sequence Ancient British ‘Gladiator’ Genomes from Roman York

Trinity's geneticists were the first to sequence genomes of ancient Britons. Their findings may help to piece together migration patterns from centuries ago.

19 Jan 2016

Trinity economist wins award to investigate innovative flexible loan products

Trinity economist Michael King wins $300,000 to investigate the impact of innovative loan products on micro-entrepreneurs in India

7 Jul 2016

Trinity Debates 1916 in London

Trinity was the first Irish university to host a major 1916 event outside of Ireland, when it joined with The Institute of Irish Studies, at the University of Liverpool, to host a debate on 1916 in London.

22 Apr 2016

New company Inflazome will tackle chronic inflammatory diseases

The company, based on collaboration between Trinity and the University of Queensland, has raised €15 million to develop new therapeutics.

12 Sep 2016

How Our Employment Laws Could Better Support People with Mental Health Issues

People with mental health problems in Ireland experience persistent labour market disadvantage, according to Mark Bell, Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity.

2 Feb 2016

Trinity Immunologists Find New Ways To Beat The ‘Bad Guys’

Discovery provides new perspective on vaccine design

2 Mar 2016

Advances in personalised care the focus of 10th International Cancer Conference

The conference was guided by the theme 'New Frontiers in Personalised Cancer Care."

21 Oct 2016

Spatial Music Work, From Within, From Without, Launches Creative Challenge

This newly commissioned work involves composer Enda Bates, Trinity Orchestra, Cue Saxophone Quartet and Miriam Ingram.

6 Apr 2016

Shareholders can learn about company risk from Volkswagen scandal

Poor corporate governance is always dangerous, according to Dr Elaine Laing, Assistant Professor in Finance, Trinity Business School

19 Jan 2016

US Department of Health funds five research projects at Trinity

The projects span fields related to human health, including neuroscience, psychiatric illness and pulmonary disease.

6 Dec 2016

Trinity excelling in competition for prestigious H2020 funds

Trinity’s researchers have secured well over €50 million in Horizon 2020 funding since 2014, leading the way in Ireland. Trinity sits 19th in the a 1,337-strong list of secondary and higher education establishments.

1 Dec 2016

The Loyola Institute A-Level Religious Studies Day – Northern Ireland

More than 400 students from 17 schools across Northern Ireland attended Trinity’s recent A-Level religious studies day organised by the Loyola Institute at the Hastings Stormont Hotel outside Belfast.

7 Jun 2016

‘Trinity Access 21’ students aim to reduce voting age

Along with senators Lynn Ruane and Fintan Warfield, students aim to reduce voting age to 16

3 Oct 2016

Medieval Dublin Symposium

Trinity Department of History and The Friends of Medieval Dublin host the 18th Medieval Dublin Symposium.

9 May 2016

Audio: Inside the Mind of the Terrorist and the Terrorised

The causes and effects of terrorism were put under the spotlight at a public event hosted by Trinity Long Room Hub featuring psychologist Ian Robertson and legal expert Neville Cox.

19 Feb 2016

Students’ Sports Success

Trinity Sports clubs had wonderful successes representing the University at numerous nationals and international competitions in 2015/16.

15 Jul 2016

How Insects Repair Their ‘Bones’

Insects repair their injured bodies by deploying a DIY cuticle repair kit after meeting with mishap.

6 Apr 2016

Discover Culture in Every Corner of Campus, Culture Night 2016

Explore, Experience and Enjoy Culture Night 2016 at Trinity College Dublin

14 Sep 2016

Cost-Effectiveness Of Palliative Care Highlighted

Up To 32% Reduction In Hospital Costs Possible

11 Jan 2016

Boston College & Georgia Tech pep rallies

Aer Lingus Football Classic & Game Week

1 Sep 2016

Boston College & Georgia Tech pep rallies

Aer Lingus Football Classic & Game Week

1 Sep 2016

Trinity Campus Company CrewFactors Wins US Simulation Industry Award

CrewFactors' platform technology assesses team communication skills of personnel working in safety-critical environments in a variety of sectors.

6 May 2016

Six researchers win prestigious SFI awards

The researchers will pursue specific research projects in strategically important areas over the next four to five years.

3 Aug 2016

Breaking Boundaries documentary stars Trinity student Jack Kavanagh

Trinity student Jack Kavanagh who draws on the personal challenges he has faced in overcoming and thriving in the face of the perceived obstacles of his spinal cord injury was the subject of a documentary broadcast on 3e yesterday evening.

2 Aug 2016