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Trinity scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award

Professor Aidan McDonald, an inorganic chemistry expert, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship winner for 2017.

9 May 2017

Trinity astrophysicist to help direct missions with European Space Agency

Professor Peter Gallagher will oversee and implement a number of space missions under the ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015 - 2025 strategy.

10 Mar 2017

Not such a ’simple’ sugar – glucose may be important in the fight against cancer

Scientists have discovered that glucose, the most important fuel used in our bodies, plays a vital role in the immune response.

30 May 2017

Opportunity knocks for five up and coming Trinity health researchers

The HRB Emerging Investigator Awards are designed to enable researchers at the mid stage of their career to shift gear to become independent investigators.

15 Aug 2017

Trinity’s Open Day attracts 10,000 people

Held across the College's city centre campus, our Open Day offered secondary school students and their parents, mature students, teachers and guidance counsellors an opportunity to gain a real insight into student life at Trinity.

17 Dec 2017

New TILDA study examines retirement income and quality of life in older age

A new report released by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Trinity College Dublin, reveals that retirement income is positively associated with quality of life. The research investigates the relationship between income and quality of life in older age in Ireland.

20 Jun 2017

Why China’s audacious building plans could be a huge strain on African economies

PhD Candidate in Geography, Ricardo Reboredo, discusses the potential impact of building plans described by Chinese president Xi Jinping as the "project of the century".

8 Sep 2017

COO officially launches 30% Club scholarship

Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald praises scholarship programme

13 Apr 2017

European universities call for immediate rethink of Trump’s executive order

The European Universities Association is asking President Trump to recall his executive order temporarily preventing entrance into the US of persons from seven Muslim-majority countries.

31 Jan 2017

Concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, says that the concept of schizophrenia has been fatally wounded by psychiatry, the very profession that once sustained it.

24 Aug 2017

Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) launched

TTMI will bridge and consolidate all our areas of expertise. It will consolidate patient-orientated research across Trinity and the affiliated hospitals, creating a viable process, based on international best practice, for delivering basic to translational biomedical research.

11 Apr 2017

New TILDA report on ageing in Ireland launched

The report presents findings from Wave 3 of TILDA, which impact on the health and well-being of Ireland’s adult population aged 54 years and over and maps changes that have occurred since the first wave of TILDA data collection in 2010.

7 Mar 2017

Brain stimulation, boosting creativity and hearing inspirational voices

Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity, Simon McCarthy-Jones, with an opinion piece published by The Conversation.

21 Aug 2017

JUSTISIGNS Project Wins European Language Label For Improving Access To Justice

If you were a deaf person, who uses a sign language, and you had to report a crime, how would you do it? How would you engage with emergency services?

8 Nov 2017

Trinity researchers secure prestigious Investigator Awards

Funding of around €5.5 million will support research into more effective MRSA treatment options, sequencing ancient Irish human genomes and exploring how the brain regulates access to feelings.

23 Oct 2017

Nobel laureate, Professor William C Campbell, returns to Zoology roots

Zoology students received awards from Professor Campbell on his return to the Trinity department from which his remarkable scientific career began.

30 Nov 2017

F.W. de Clerk presented the Trinity Praeses Elit Award

Nobel Peace Prize winner F.W. de Klerk was presented the award in recognition of his key role in ending apartheid and his outstanding contribution to reconciliation in South Africa.

20 Jan 2017

Celebrating 50 years of the Berkeley Library

The 1960’s building was considered a beacon of modernism for Trinity, Dublin and Ireland.

22 Feb 2017

History of far right movement examined at Trinity public lecture

The deep historic links between white nationalist movements in Europe and the US and how they have led to remarkable political changes in the UK and US was examined at a public lecture in Trinity.

2 Oct 2017

Trinity student’s stress-free alarm idea wins LERU citizen science competition

PhD Candidate in Biochemistry and Immunology, Shauna Quinn -- and her team -- will receive seed funding to kick-start the 'Letswakeapp' project, which will bank alarm tones to ensure a non-stressful wake-up experience.

16 Aug 2017