College News
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A magical day for PhD graduate and Harry Potter researcher Mary Pyle
Mary Pyle, at the record age of 84, graduated with a PhD for her thesis focused on JK Rowling’s famous Harry Potter book series.
4 Nov 2022
Arts|Research
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Trinity names 2022/23 Sports Scholars
Trinity College Dublin has unveiled its Sport Scholarship students for 2022/23. Student athletes from a wide variety of sports, including rugby, basketball, GAA, rowing, hockey, and cricket are featured in this year’s programme.
3 Nov 2022
Health|Students
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Science plaque unveiled to honour inventor Percy Ludgate
Percy Ludgate published the world’s second design for a computer. He designed it, often into the early hours, in his home at 30 Dargle Road in Drumcondra, Dublin, where the plaque was unveiled.
21 Oct 2022
Innovation|Science
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Trinity College Dublin honours 10 notable alumni with awards
The gala dinner on campus was an opportunity for Trinity staff, students, alumni, and friends to reflect on the tremendous achievements of the wider Trinity community.
21 Oct 2022
Awards and Funding
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Kilkenny creative entrepreneurship course launched by Trinity College and Design & Crafts Council Ireland
The Trinity Postgraduate Certificate in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship will provide ambitious individuals in the Kilkenny region with the opportunity to gain a postgraduate qualification at level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications.
18 Oct 2022
Arts|Business|Students
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Trinity benefits from legacy of Elan founder Dr Don Panoz
Dr Panoz died in September 2018, aged 83, leaving part of his estate to Trinity. This followed his funding in 1994 of the Panoz Institute, a purpose-built home for the School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences on campus.
18 Oct 2022
Awards and Funding|Health
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Into the woods - a Pocket Forest comes to Trinity
Professor Yvonne Buckley brought more biodiversity to campus last week in the form of a Pocket Forest - a small native forest planted in urban areas. Students and staff from across the University came together to prepare the soil for the new mini-forest, which is located outside the Parsons Building.
17 Oct 2022
Sustainability
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Trinity's CodePlus, Google team up to tackle computer science gender gap
As fewer than a quarter of higher education graduates in the ICT sector are female, Trinity's CodePlus and Google Ireland have teamed up on a programme to make a difference.
14 Oct 2022
Business|Innovation|Students
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A New Leaf: Trinity plants trees in Santry
Universities throughout Ireland are taking part in the week by offering events for staff and students to learn about the climate crisis and undertake local actions.
12 Oct 2022
Environment|Students|Sustainability
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Trinity 161st in THE World University Rankings
Trinity has been ranked 161st in the world in the latest THE World University Rankings. Provost Linda Doyle said: “There are several different ranking systems for universities and while we remain at 98th in the QS World University Rankings, we have dropped from 146th to 161st in the 2023 THE World University Rankings."
12 Oct 2022
Research|Students
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Inaugural Lecture - Professor Jennifer McElwain
We hope you will join us for Professor Jennifer Mc Elwain's talk on 'A Journey into Deep Time with Fossil Plants'
11 Oct 2022
Environment|Science|Sustainability
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Eleven Trinity researchers to receive Irish Research Council Laureate Awards
Eleven researchers from Trinity College Dublin were among the 48 successful applicants of the Irish Research Council (IRC) Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards announced today. The investment of almost €24 million in ‘curiosity-driven’ frontier research, will fund 48 ground-breaking research projects under the Irish Research Council’s Starting and Consolidator Laureate Awards Programme.
10 Oct 2022
Awards and Funding|Research
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Researchers assess benefits of assistance dogs for children with physical disabilities
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and The Gait Laboratory at the Central Remedial Clinic have teamed up with national charity Dogs for Disabled, based in Cork – and some of their furry friends – to measure the impact of gait training with a dog on walking quality, activity levels and health-related quality of life in ten children with impaired walking ability.
7 Oct 2022
Health|Research
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Dr Joe Whelan presents book to President Higgins
Dr Joe Whelan, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, was invited to Áras an Uachtaráin to present his recently published book to President Higgins
27 Sep 2022
Research
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Trinity launches Centre for Forced Migration Studies
Trinity College Dublin has today launched the Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies, which seeks to contribute to international research and debate on one of the key societal challenges of our time.
26 Sep 2022
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Inaugural Beckett Creative Fellows announced
The School of English at Trinity College Dublin is delighted to announce that it will be hosting Niamh Campbell and Nathan O’Donnell as the inaugural Beckett Creative Fellows this coming academic year, 2022-23.
22 Sep 2022
Arts|Awards and Funding|Research
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Culture Night 2022
See the range of events taking place in Trinity College Dublin for Culture Night this Friday 23rd September
20 Sep 2022
Arts
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Trinity researchers receive Silver Eco and Ageing Well International Award
Trinity researchers win EU award recognising the Horizon 2020 ‘SEURO’ Project’s research in the field of ageing well and the silver economy
15 Sep 2022
Awards and Funding|Health
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New research project to lay foundations for next generation of Old and Middle English scholarship
A new interdisciplinary project, which will facilitate the next generation of research in Old and Middle English, has received funding from the Irish Research Council (IRC) under the COALESCE programme.
15 Sep 2022
Arts|Awards and Funding|Science
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Trinity and SETU host CONNECT conference
Trinity and SETU bring the SFI research centre for future networks annual conference to the South East
13 Sep 2022
Research|Science
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Reduction in brain tissue oxygenation placing older adults with multiple health conditions at risk of faints and falls
Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls. Brain oxygenation - the measure of oxygen in brain tissue - reflects the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption and is vital for the maintenance of normal brain function and tissue integrity.
17 Aug 2022
Health|Research
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Minister Simon Harris visits Disability Hub and Health Centre
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris visited Trinity College Dublin today to view the university’s soon-to-open Disability Hub and Health Centre.
17 Aug 2022
Students
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Engineering students win global additive manufacturing competition
Brothers Tadhg-Lorcan and Eoin H. Oude Essink won the nTopology Responsible Part Challenge 2022 while representing Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin in the competitive international event.
17 Aug 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Students
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Trinity hosts 16th International Gothic Association Conference
From Bram Stoker to Oscar Wilde to J.S. Le Fanu, the history of gothic literature is entwined with Trinity College Dublin. So, it was only a matter of time before the International Gothic Association (IGA) made its way to the city.
11 Aug 2022
Arts|Research
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Formula Trinity takes Silverstone by storm
Students from Trinity recently bagged three awards at the Formula Student competition held at the famous Silverstone race circuit in the UK.
3 Aug 2022
Innovation|Research|Students
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VIDEO: Travellers share experiences of third-level education
To coincide with Traveller Pride Week 2022, Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) at Trinity College Dublin have released a new video to raise awareness about routes for Travellers in higher education.
21 Jul 2022
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Mendel at 200: Aoife McLysaght honours the Father of Genetics
Gregor Johann Mendel – the “Father of Genetics” – was born 200 years ago this July. The first person to join the dots regarding the mechanism of heredity, Mendel shone a focused light on the workings of what we now know to be genes.
20 Jul 2022
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Beyond 2022 Artist in Residence Mairéad McClean presents a preview of her film in progress, The Nick of Time, in the Trinity Long Room Hub
On June 30, the Trinity Long Room Hub’s Decade of Centenaries Artist in Residence, Mairéad McClean, presented extracts from her film in progress as part of the Beyond 2022 Project.
27 Jun 2022
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Arts and Humanities researchers and civil society organisations come together
Finding practical ways to share knowledge and work together, with mutual benefits.
23 Jun 2022
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Trinity launches ‘Trinity Trails’ campus walking tours
Trinity College Dublin launches Trinity Trails; a new in-person guided and multimedia self-guided walking tours of Trinity.
21 Jun 2022