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Trinity Signs EU Diversity Charter Promoting Equality and Inclusivity

Trinity College Dublin has joined leading organisations in 11 countries in signing a 7-point Diversity Charter to support and promote equality and inclusivity.

17 Jul 2015

The Gene that Affects Alcohol Responses

The gene is important in dictating similar responses to alcohol in people and in fruit flies. Understanding how alcohol use disorders develop may help us design therapies for those affected by abuse and addiction.

15 Jul 2015

Trinity Academic Helps to Promote Equity and Inclusion in Central American Social Policy

Professor Mac MacLachlan, Director of the Centre for Global Health and member of the School of Psychology in Trinity College Dublin, participated in a recent high-level ministerial meeting on social inclusion in Panama.

9 Feb 2015

ADAPT Researcher is Youngest Ever IBM ‘Master Inventor’

Haytham Assem, 26, has been rewarded for being a leading role model for the technical and scientific community.

30 Nov 2015

Irish Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) Raises Money for Trinity Cancer Institute

At the recent Stamford American Singapore Ireland Golf Invitational, the Irish Chamber of Commerce raised over €22,500 for an integrated cancer facility, Trinity Cancer Institute, being developed by Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital and their partners.

10 Dec 2015

Trinity Graduate William Campbell Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine

Professor William Campbell, who graduated with first class honours in zoology from Trinity in 1952, has been jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

5 Oct 2015

Trinity Welcomes Transformative Chemist

Internationally renowned inorganic chemist, Professor Karl Wieghardt, delivered the 2015 Cocker Lecture.

16 Mar 2015

Botanists discover critically endangered new species

Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a beautiful new tree species from the coffee family.

23 Nov 2015

Why we don’t hear about the 10,000 French deaths at Gallipoli

Professor John Horne on why the Gallipoli campaign, which became a foundation myth in Australia and the Turkish ,was eventually forgotten in France.

27 Apr 2015

Trinity Professor Honoured by HM The Queen for Child and Adolescent Cancer Research

Professor Owen Patrick Smith, CBE was awarded Honorary CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by HM Queen Elizabeth for his life-long work on cancer in children and adolescents on 27 November 2015.

8 Dec 2015

Prof Roy Foster Explores the Challenges of Commemoration at Public Lecture

In his lecture, 'Historians and the Memory of the Irish Revolution', Prof Foster explored the agendas and implications of commemorating events in Irish history.

20 Oct 2015

Nature at Heart of Decision-Making in New ‘Irish Forum on Natural Capital’

Academic, public, private and NGO sectors will come together to value, protect and restore Ireland's natural capital and ecosystem services.

18 Jun 2015

‘Irish People Paying €600m More in Healthcare Than in 2007’ – New Research

Plans for universal access to healthcare are in disarray, according to new research from the Centre for Health Policy and Management in the School of Medicine.

24 Sep 2015

Irish Times Debating Competition Team Award goes to Trinity

The team winners of the Annual Irish Times debating competition were Ronan O'Connor and Hugh Guidera of Trinity’s Philosophical Society.

25 Feb 2015

New Target Could Eliminate Lurking Cancer Stem Cells

Scientists have found a protein that can kick cancer stem cells into action so that target therapies have better prospects of destroying them.

26 Nov 2015

One Minute’s Silence in Memory of those Killed at Garissa University College

Trinity to Hold One Minute’s Silence on 27 April in Memory of those Killed at Garissa University College, Kenya

24 Apr 2015

Lightning Talks Deliver 120 Seconds of Natural Science

The fascinating diversity of research emanating from the School of Natural Sciences was showcased in two-minute talks.

9 Nov 2015

CONSENSUS ‘HomeLabs’ Shine Light on Sustainable Living

Following in-home trials designed to assess the efficacy of combining interventions to support sustainability in our daily lives, Trinity geographers present a number of key findings.

12 Mar 2015

Raise & Give Week

Get involved in Trinity’s annual 'Raise and Give' Week to support Trinity charities. Find out more about the Trinitones, Table Quiz, Triathlon and other events

13 Jan 2015

Online Depression Therapy Proves A Success

Study shows 50% of those with depression were observed to be either in remission or recovered from their symptoms at three and six-month follow-ups

30 Nov 2015