Articles
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New Research Puts the Spotlight on Irish Stand-Up Comedy
The book explores the role of stand-up in contemporary culture and investigates the staged comic self in performance.
17 Feb 2015
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AMBER Signs Licence Agreement with Thomas Swan Ltd
AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin, announced that it has entered into a licence agreement with Thomas Swan Ltd for the production of atomically thin 2D layered materials.
16 Jun 2015
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Raise & Give (RAG) Week Raises €23,500 for Trinity Charities
Raise & Give (RAG) Week 2015 was the College’s most successful to date. Over €23,500 was raised in total for Trinity charities in support of student education and engagement with society.
20 Mar 2015
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New Project Supporting Use of Technology in Classroom Focus of Conference
In its first year, the Trinity Access21 project has supported 8,000 second level students and 300 teachers to use innovative teaching practices in the classroom.
21 Sep 2015
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New Research Shows Two Thirds of Over-50s Don’t Understand Their Pension
The ESRI and Trinity College Dublin have released a new study examining how well-informed people are about their future pension benefits. Two-thirds of people who are aged over 50 and who are members of pension schemes were unable to provide basic information on their future pension benefits.
28 Jul 2015
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CROSS 2015 Rugby Legends Cycle for Cancer Research at Trinity Launched
The fourth year of the Rugby Legends Cycle for the C.R.O.S.S. charity which supports cancer research at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital will embrace 1,000 km of beautiful scenery on the Wild Atlantic Way from Skibbereen to Donegal.
9 Mar 2015
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Irish higher education sector contributed €10.6 billion to the economy
New study suggests 150,000 jobs in Ireland are dependent on the sector – with each role in higher education supporting another seven jobs indirectly.
31 Dec 2015
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Trinity Leads in Europe in Producing Entrepreneurs
Trinity has produced more entrepreneurs than any other university in Europe over the last five years, according to The Universities Report by private equity and venture capital-focused research firm, PitchBook.
17 Dec 2015
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Irish Researchers ‘Pull On Heart Strings’ In World-First Study To Test Durability of Cardiac Tendons
Researchers at the Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research Centre have taken the next step in understanding the life span of the heart.
13 Oct 2015
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Trinity Library Sets out Vision for 21st Century Research Library
In its new strategy, the Library of Trinity College Dublin outlines steps it will take to help define the nature and role of a major research library in the 21st Century.
12 Oct 2015
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The Migrant Crisis Public Talk – Policy Failures and Potential Responses
A public discussion on the migrant crisis featured current research from the fields of economics, political science, sociology and philosophy.
29 Sep 2015
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New Study on Brain Exercises for Healthy Ageing in People with Down syndrome
The first of its kind research in Ireland addresses a gap in proactive health ageing resources for a population at high risk of developing early onset dementia.
19 May 2015
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Provost Attends Nobel Prize Award Ceremony
Trinity graduate, William Campbell was presented the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the recent Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies in Stockholm. The Provost attended the ceremony.
17 Dec 2015
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Unique Handmade Books from Dublin Children Join Long Room Shelves in Trinity’s Old Library
An exhibition of 86 handmade books designed and illustrated by Dublin primary school children and inspired by works from Trinity’s Special Collections opened this week in the Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin.
26 Mar 2015
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Linking Ireland’s Geospatial Data Could Help Mitigate Natural Disasters
Ordnance Survey Ireland and the ADAPT Centre are recording 'Linked Data' on the web to deliver innovative location-based services.
8 Dec 2015
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John Banville on the Art of Writing
Humanities research and the creative process was the focus of a public interview with novelist John Banville.
3 Dec 2015
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Chemists Make Self-Healing, Luminescent Wonder Gels
Easy and cheap to make, the gels could one day reduce scarring in skin graft operations, as well as protecting cars, phones and TV screens from scratches.
5 May 2015
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Students Look Under the Bitcoin Bonnet
Students at Trinity College Dublin are aiming to build a Bitcoin 'credit-check' database, which could make the crypto-currency more transparent, and in turn encourage more businesses to use it.
4 Feb 2015
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Honorary Degrees – 27 November
Honorary Degrees
27 Nov 2015
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Trinity and Cambridge University debate Impact of a Brexit on EU
Teams from Trinity College Dublin and Cambridge University debated the motion This House Believes that a Brexit would be good for the EU at the recent Student Economic Review debate co-hosted with the College Historical society (The Hist).
4 Dec 2015