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Annual Holocaust Memorial Lecture

Being Jewish in France during the Second World War...

27 Feb 2014

Trinity College Medical Students Seek Public Support for Med Day 2014

On Friday 7th November, over 700 Trinity College medical students will take to the streets of Dublin to help raise much needed funds for two deserving causes.

31 Oct 2014

Trinity Announces Major Acquisition of Samuel Beckett Papers

Trinity College Library Dublin has acquired the Sa...

6 Mar 2014

Graduate and Founder of Medical Device Company Wins Innovation Award

The Trinity Innovation Award was presented to ent...

17 Jan 2014

Postgraduate Open Day

Trinity Postgraduate Open Day on Thursday 22nd January 2015 (4-7pm). All welcome.Meet with our dedicated academic staff to discover the role Trinity could play in your future and find out more about the right course for you. Register here for further information.

22 Dec 2014

Trinity’s New Observatory in Birr to Illuminate the Sun-Earth Connection

The Rosse Solar-Terrestrial Observatory will help us better understand solar phenomena affecting everyday life on Earth.

2 Jul 2014

Ground-Breaking Model Explains How the Brain Learns to Filter Stimuli

The model explains how significant environmental stimuli are filtered out from the insignificant.

25 Jun 2014

Ice Bucket Challenge Pours Money into Trinity Research

Did you take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge? If so, you were one of the 500,000 people across Ireland to deliberately drench yourself to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research.

22 Sep 2014

12 Trinity Research Projects Receive €3.8 million in funding from HRB

The projects span diverse areas across the School of Medicine including ageing, depression, cancer, blood disorders, and psoriasis.

18 Nov 2014

Trinity’s Business Programmes Rise in Latest Rankings

Trinity College Dublin's postgraduate business pr...

20 Jan 2014

Assessing Ireland’s Hidden ‘Natural Capital’ Wealth Requires Collaboration Between Environmentalists and Economists

A Natural Capital Forum (NCF) for Ireland will be established to advance an economic assessment of all the resources, goods and services produced by the Irish environment, but Dr Jane Stout, Director of the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, says the task ahead is a tricky one.

22 May 2014

Start-up Entrepreneurs Graduate from Trinity’s Business Incubator ‘LaunchBox’

One of the teams has already secured investor funding, less than three months after developing a concept under guidance from business experts.

21 Aug 2014

New Online Book Helps Students and Staff to Manage Fatigue

Balancing the Books: Managing Fatigue in College, ...

22 Apr 2014

Royal Irish Academy Honours Five Trinity College Dublin Academics with Membership

Andrew Bowie, Padraic Fallon, Rose Anne Kenny, Mani Ramaswami and Ciaran Brady were admitted as members of the Royal Irish Academy continuing a 229 year Academy tradition of public recognition of outstanding academic achievement.

5 Jun 2014

Schizophrenia and Autism may Share Genetic Mutations

Researchers from the School of Medicine have identified a novel mechanism which may underlie susceptibility to schizophrenia and autism.

29 Apr 2014

Trinity College Launches 21st Century Teaching & Learning Course

Google supports the next generation of technology leaders and change agents.

13 Oct 2014

Publication of New Study on Early School Leavers and Nutrition

The diet and physical activity habits of early sch...

8 Jan 2014

New Findings Show High Rates of Cardiovascular Disease, Arthritis and Obesity Among Older People in Ireland

Second Major Report by the Irish Longitudinal Stu...

29 Jan 2014

World-leading Mathematicians Welcomed to Trinity

Mathematicians from around the world took part in a recent workshop, at which interdisciplinary research in topology and geometry was discussed.

4 Sep 2014

Speedier Microbial Soil Activity Accelerates Global Warming

Elevated carbon dioxide levels (CO2) cause microbes to break down plant matter faster, which releases more climate-warming CO2.

28 Apr 2014

Symposium on Dementia and Caregiving

Professor Steve Zarit, an eminent clinician and academic, working in the field of ageing, dementia and caregiving was the keynote speaker.

26 May 2014

Ireland’s Leading Women Scientists Get On Their Soapboxes to Showcase Research

Ireland's leading women scientists took to their s...

30 Apr 2014

Researchers Discover World-First New Material which could Revolutionise IT

Scientists at AMBER, the materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a completely new material, which could revolutionise information technology, computer processes and data storage.

3 Jul 2014

Geneticists Discover Why Duplicate Genes are Conserved in the Genome

They solved a 40-year-old dilemma by showing that these genes confer 'mutational robustness', which allows individuals to adapt to novel, potentially dangerous environments.

6 Oct 2014

Study on Workplace Experiences of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Employees

30% of lesbian, gay and bisexual employees were ha...

4 Mar 2014

European Commission Honours Trinity Scientist

Dr Shane Bergin, Investigator at Trinity College Dublin’s School of Physics and nanoscience institute, CRANN, has been awarded the European Commission’s Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (MSCA) achievement award.

20 Nov 2014

Trinity College Dublin’s MSc in Translational Oncology Wins Best New Course Award

The MSc in Translational Oncology, offered by Trin...

8 May 2014

‘Research at the Interface’ Discussed at TBSI Annual Symposium

Ground-breaking research in immunology, cancer and medicine was presented to encourage interdisciplinary work.

14 May 2014

Engineers Assess Impacts of Extreme Weather on EU Transport Infrastructure

Researchers from the School of Engineering at Trinity are leading the €4.77 million project.

29 Sep 2014

Faigheann os cionn Ceithre Chéad Mac Léinn Gradam Ardghnóthachtála Choláiste na Tríonóide

Rinneadh Gradaim speisialta Taispeántóirí Iontrála a bhronnadh ar 442 mhac léinn chéad bhliana san iomlán le linn an tsearmanais bhliantúil chun an ghnóthachtáil sin a chomóradh.

21 Nov 2014