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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

Trinity welcomes interdisciplinary swallowing and voice experts

The international experts discussed the latest research in detecting, evaluating and treating people living with swallowing disorders.

16 Nov 2016

Trinity Astrophysicists to Build International Radio Telescope at Birr Castle

A €200m international network of radio telescopes - the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) – is providing scientists with amazing views of solar flares, stars being born, searching for new planets, and enabling us to study the early Universe.

7 Apr 2016

New Research on Family Carers of Those with ID

Family caregivers are key to sustainable home environments for older people with an intellectual disability

16 Jun 2016

Solving a putrid camel-pee riddle may aid millions affected by sleeping sickness

Trypanosome parasites that cause sleeping sickness break down amino acids to produce a metabolic by-product that suppresses the immune response. This by-product is a good candidate for anti-trypanosome drugs and therapies.

17 Nov 2016

Brexit and Irish Universities Statement

A statement from the Irish Universities Association about the impact of Brexit on student fees.

27 Jun 2016

Breastfeeding twice as likely after home births than hospital births

A new study by academics in Trinity College Dublin has found that there is a strong positive relationship between planned birth at home and breast feeding: breastfeeding was twice as likely after planned home births compared to hospital births. The research involved the largest population cohorts comprehensively examined to date for an association between breast feeding outcomes and place of birth in low risk pregnancies.

9 Aug 2016

Macromarketing Conference

The 41st Annual Macromarketing Conference will take place in Trinity College Dublin on 13 to 15 July.

26 Jul 2016

Connect Centre Hosts Southern Regional Assembly

The study visit by members and staff of the Southern Regional Assembly to Connect included almost two dozen city and county councillors from local authorities.

10 Mar 2016

€150,000 funding awarded to AMBER researcher

€150,000 funding awarded to AMBER researcher to develop new Thermal Management Technologies for the Automotive Industry.

27 Jul 2016

Seanad Election 2016

Following the dissolution of the Dáil, all preregistered Trinity graduates, who are citizens of Ireland, are eligible to vote in the upcoming Seanad election.

11 Apr 2016

Trinity Research Wins Best Paper Award from European Society

An open access research paper on vitamin D has won Best Published Paper Award from United European Gastroenterology (UEG).

17 Oct 2016

Trinity and Peking University to join forces on ageing collaboration

It formed part of the Irish Government mission to China.

24 Oct 2016

Putting Stress to the Test

Professor Ian Robertson’s new book says that what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger

9 Jun 2016

Le córas imdhíonachta ’sár éifeachtach’ in ann an víreas HCV a sheachaint

Tugann taighdeoirí cuireadh d'aon duine a fuair Anti-D a raibh éillithe le HCV idir 1977-1979 páirt a glacadh sa staidéar seo.

20 Sep 2016

Trinity and South Korean Government Agree Collaboration

Trinity College Dublin has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sejong City Government to explore opportunities for collaboration in education and research between Trinity College Dublin, South Korean academic institutions, and industry.

7 Jul 2016