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Trinity & St James’s Hospital take to their bikes in aid of cancer research

A team from Trinity and St James’s Hospital, Dublin will be taking to their bikes next week to join the UNIPHAR C.R.O.S.S. Atlantic Cycle in support of cancer research at Trinity and St James’s.

1 Sep 2016

Robots, impossible music and the world’s end: visit Science Gallery in 2017

Can artificial intelligence really do your job better than you? What does an impossible instrument sound like? Should we be worried that the end of the world can be.... entertaining? In 2017, Science Gallery at Trinity will answer all of these questions.

1 Dec 2016

Study finds new cardiovascular predictor of mortality in older people

When we stand up our heart rate speeds up then settles. The rate at which this happens in older people has been shown for the first time to predict mortality four years later according to new research from TILDA published in Circulation Research, a leading journal of the American Heart Association.

6 Dec 2016

People with intellectual disability taking multiple medicines with side effects

Research from Trinity College Dublin and Aston University, UK finds difference in prescribing practices for older people with intellectual disabilities compared to general population of older adults.

22 Sep 2016

Physicists Discover a New Form of Light

Their revelation will impact our understanding of the fundamental nature of light.

11 May 2016

Ancient Farmers Had Two Distinct Roots

Ancient DNA analyses sugges that two divergent groups rooted in Zagros and Aegea became the world´s first farmers as humans evolved away from hunting and gathering.

14 Jul 2016

Royal Irish Academy Honours Trinity Academics with Membership

Two Trinity academics were among 22 newly elected members of the Royal Irish Academy

27 May 2016

Seanad Candidates Participate in a ‘Meet the Candidates’ Forum

At the event candidates in the Dublin University constituency addressed the audience of alumni, staff and students.

15 Apr 2016

Revisiting the ‘haunted acres’

Battlefield archaeology conference to hear how historical conflicts still have a relevance today

22 Sep 2016

Connect Researchers in 3 Million Dollar US-Ireland Research Programme

Two researchers at the Connect Centre, Trinity College Dublin will participate in a ground-breaking $3 million telecommunications research project.

24 Mar 2016

Students are Catalysts for International Development

Three MSc students in Developmental Practice have been recognized for their work in trying to solve global challenges facing society.

15 Jun 2016

TIDI’s Africa Day 2016 Celebrates Human Rights

Audience hears inspiring human rights success stories

26 May 2016

How Do We Measure The Value Of Art And Culture?

Trinity Long Room Hub Humanities Horizons lecture hears that we need to look beyond economic impact and focus more on the individual

26 May 2016

General Election 2016 – Issues, Implications and Predictions

The choices facing the Irish electorate were analysed by political scientists Michael Marsh and Gail McElroy, economist Michael King and sociologist Richard Layte at a public event in Trinity.

17 Feb 2016

Space Week at Trinity

Events to be held during National Space Week. Entry to all events is free.

5 Oct 2016

Trinity Now

Read the Provost’s latest eZine, the Spring edition of TRINITY NOW

11 Apr 2016

Robert Darnton: Libraries, Books, and the Digital Future

The Library is delighted to host the well-known historian, author and public intellectual, Robert Darnton, speaking about Libraries, Books, and the Digital Future.

30 May 2016

Drought in the Dark Ages – a Catalyst for Crisis and Violence

Drought seemed to be a trigger of major societal stress in medieval Europe, with Irish monastery records also suggesting a link to violence and conflict.

20 Apr 2016

A Mutual Dialogue to Help Save the Planet

We are often told that we must 'sustain' and 'conserve' our environment but policy makers and ecologists are not using the same language.

19 Jul 2016

Games show how learning can be fun

IGBL conference unveils new research which finds that computer games in the classroom improve motivation, learning outcomes

29 Aug 2016