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Professor Orla Hardiman’s Inaugural Lecture Explores the Impact, Evolution and Research Landscape of Motor Neurone Disease in Ireland

The event, which looked at how research, diagnosis and treatments for MND have evolved, marked her appointment as the first Professor of Neurology in Ireland.

15 Sep 2014

Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust Gives Funding for New Haematology Position

The charity is providing funding of €750,000 to enable Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital to strengthen cancer care and research.

24 Nov 2014

Public Lecture Series on the Representation of Disability in Literature

How disability is represented in children's liter...

15 Jan 2014

A New History of Dublin

The book provides the first comprehensive survey of the city's history to appear in more than thirty years.

6 May 2014

Trinity’s Discover Research Night to Illuminate the Amazing World of Research

Everyone is invited to explore the huge variety of research taking place at Trinity when the College opens its doors on Friday, September 26th.

8 Jul 2014

New Longitudinal Report Shows the Challenging Reality of Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland

For the first time in history, people in Ireland with an intellectual disability are growing old in considerable numbers. The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) Wave 2 Report looked at how the ageing process is affecting the physical wellbeing and mental health of those people in Ireland who are growing old with an intellectual disability.

2 Oct 2014

Trinity Academics Win ‘Teaching Hero’ Awards

Two Trinity academics, Dr Nicola Marples and Professor Stephen Connon, are among the inaugural recipients of the 2014 'Teaching Hero' awards in Irish Higher Education.

8 Oct 2014

Scientists Unlock Crucial Mechanism Driving Colliding Epidemics of Smoking and Tuberculosis

The discovery opens up new routes to treat and prevent the infectious disease which kills 1.5 million people a year.

14 Nov 2014

Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute Welcomes Nobel Laureates

Five Nobel laureates discussed cutting-edge research and developments in immunology and cancer at a recent symposium held in conjunction with the Weizmann Institute.

3 Sep 2014

Professor Siobhán Garrigan Calls for a New Understanding of ‘Home’ in Inaugural Lecture

First ever Chair in Catholic Theology at Trinity College argues that we must move beyond narrow conceptualisations of home to tackle the scandal of homelessness in Ireland

3 Nov 2014

Major Research Project Calling for Women to Share Experiences of Concealed Pregnancies

Trinity College researchers say concealed pregnancies persist and have not been relegated to the era of the Mother and Baby Homes.

25 Jun 2014

College Awareness Week

National College Awareness Week aims to increase awareness as well as to celebrate the value of going to college.

20 Nov 2014

Irish Higher Education Sector Is a Major Contributor to Economy

The first evidence-based research on the economic impacts of third level institutions show they provide value for money and contribute to economic growth and employment.

28 Oct 2014

Robbie the Robot Team Wins 2014 Technological Innovation Award

The Trinity engineers were rewarded for their work in building a prototype robot to help carry out everyday tasks for teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born with Total Amelia.

24 Nov 2014

Ireland’s obesity problem affects people from all walks of life – it can no longer be ignored or considered ’someone else’s problem’.

Obesity is affecting a growing proportion of older Irish adults and Dr Siobhan Leahy, TILDA Research Fellow and lead author of the July 2014 TILDA report: 'Obesity in an Ageing Society" discusses what is needed now and in the future to address this national epidemic.

2 Oct 2014

Trinity’s Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019

Please visit http://www.tcd.ie/strategy/ for more information.

23 Oct 2014

Vitamin D linked with improved survival in bowel cancer patients

New research from Trinity and Edinburgh Universities points to the potential importance of Vitamin D in bowel cancer survivorship.

28 Jul 2014

9th International Cancer Conference at Trinity College Dublin

Advances in scientific research and clinical care which are contributing to earlier detection and increased survival rates in cancer were discussed by leading experts in cancer research, clinical practice and epidemiology at the 9th International Cancer Conference in Trinity College, as part of Cancer Week.

23 Sep 2014

Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, Chris Morash, Gives Inaugural Lecture

Professor Morash delivered his inaugural lecture in which he asked: ‘What are Poets for in a Destitute Time’

28 May 2014

Medieval Art Scholar Explores Impact of the Crusades on Art and Architecture

Professor Lawrence Nees opened Trinity's History of Art Alumni Lecture which also celebrated the launch of 'Art and Architecture of Ireland'.

2 Dec 2014

Trinity ‘BioBlitz’ Shows Terrific Diversity of Plants and Animals on Campus

The Intervarsity event catalogued 346 unique species living within the Trinity walls as it raised awareness about the importance of urban biodiversity.

22 May 2014

1641 Depositions Published In Volume Editions

A total of 19,010 manuscript pages in 31 volumes held at Trinity were transcribed and digitised.

12 Sep 2014

Irish Universities Launch Shared Service Jobs Portal

Ireland’s seven universities have launched a new shared services portal advertising all vacancies in Ireland’s university sector

20 Oct 2014

TILDA Study Finds 4 out of 5 Over 50s in Ireland are Overweight or Obese

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) highlights the consequences of high rates of obesity for health and health service demand in the over 50s in Ireland.

28 Jul 2014

Placing Happiness under a Microscope – Trinity Week Programme to investigate the Science of Happiness

Trinity College Dublin will be examining, dissecti...

7 Apr 2014

Trinity Students Take Home Seven Student Achievement Awards

Students from Trinity were presented with the most...

9 May 2014

Children’s Research Centre hosts International Summer School in Child and Youth Welfare

The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) at Trinity College Dublin hosted 27 students and staff from Israel, Russia, Ireland and Germany at a week-long Summer School as part of the EU Tempus Project.

30 Jul 2014