College News
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SEAI grants of almost €700,000 awarded to two Trinity professors
David Igoe, an assistant professor in the School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded €348,950 from SEAI’s research and development programme to lead a research project exploring the dynamic interactions between the foundations and soils for offshore wind turbines. Eleanor Denny, an associate professor in the Economics Department at Trinity College Dublin, was awarded a research grant of €348,000 from SEAI’s research and development programme to conduct research into electric vehicles and consumer investment behaviour.
23 Dec 2019
Research
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Professor Brendan Browne opens the world of medicine to North Belfast teenagers
A project led by Trinity professor Brendan Browne to introduce teenagers from disadvantaged areas of Belfast to the medical world has just completed a successful eight-week run.
20 Dec 2019
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Inauguration of Chancellor Mary McAleese
Professor McAleese has a long-standing connection with Trinity, having held the position of Reid Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology from 1975 to 1987 and been involved in numerous University events and initiatives over subsequent years.
18 Dec 2019
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Trinity’s Day Nursery celebrates 50 years in operation
The first on-site workplace creche in Ireland, the Day Nursery on campus at Trinity College Dublin, celebrated its 50th anniversary this year.
18 Dec 2019
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Professor Louise Richardson Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford gives Henry Grattan lecture
The lecture titled “Speaking to the Hand: the Rhetoric of Division and the Threat to Democracy” was hosted by the Embassy of Ireland in London in association with Trinity College Dublin.
17 Dec 2019
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New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready
Trinity scientists have found that with rising CO2 levels, evergreen trees and shrubs are more efficient in using water than deciduous plants in cooler climate locations.
12 Dec 2019
Research
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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council awards
Researchers from Trinity College won three of the six grants awarded to researchers at Irish universities.
10 Dec 2019
Research
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SUBMERGE – Science Gallery Bengaluru Launches First Exhibition
When we think of water, we are mostly thinking of the 3% that is freshwater on Earth. What does it mean to think of water beyond its being a resource: water is after all a weird substance? It is present in the smallest of living cells as well in gigantic glaciers and oceans. Water shapes […]
9 Dec 2019
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Pioneering Trinity ecologist wins IRC Early Career Researcher of the Year
Pioneering ecologist, Dr Jeremy J Piggott, Assistant Professor in Zoology in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences, has won the prestigious 2019 Irish Research Council Early Career Researcher of the Year award.
6 Dec 2019
Research
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Celebrating Innovative Research at Trinity
Leading researchers and inventors at Trinity College Dublin were acknowledged for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the Trinity Innovation Awards 2019 special awards ceremony. The highest accolade, the Provost Innovation Award went to Trinity Alumni Sean Mitchell and David Moloney for their leadership in the highly competitive semiconductor industry. Sean Mitchell Having completed […]
6 Dec 2019
Research
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An Taoiseach and Minister Madigan launch the Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury research project
The flagship research project led by Trinity will digitally recreate seven centuries of historical records of the Public Record Office of Ireland destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War.
5 Dec 2019
Research
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Provost and Indian Ambassador plant tree to commemorate Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
The Provost and Indian Ambassador to Ireland jointly planted a peace Trachycarpus fortunei Palm tree to celebrate 150 years since the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
5 Dec 2019
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Trinity student Lyndsay Walsh recognised at Climate Ambassador Awards
Student Lyndsay Walsh completed An Taisce’s Climate Ambassador programme in 2019 and was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
5 Dec 2019
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Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity celebrates 18 years
Centre for Deaf Studies (CDS) celebrated its 18th year at Trinity by hosting a seminar in November. The incoming Chancellor and former President, Prof Mary McAleese officially opened the Centre on the 12th of November 2001.
5 Dec 2019
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Behind the Headlines asks: ‘What’s going on in Hong Kong?’
Hong Kong and the ongoing unrest in the region was the focus of the Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest Behind the Headlines.
4 Dec 2019
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‘Michaelmas Market’ by the Campanile
This year Trinity will host its first Christmas Market for the College community on campus.
2 Dec 2019
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How sex, violence and exclusion shaped masculine expectations in medieval Europe
How sex, violence and exclusion shaped masculine expectations in medieval Europe was explored in an inaugural lecture by Ruth Mazo Karras, Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin.
29 Nov 2019
Research
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National Deprivation Index for Ireland published
Researchers at Trinity College have published the National Deprivation Index for Ireland.
28 Nov 2019
Research
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Book of Kells Creative Competition winners announced
Winners of all ages were announced at the annual awards ceremony which celebrated the most famed medieval manuscript through art and writing.
28 Nov 2019
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The Poetics of Print: The Private Press Tradition and Irish Poetry
The remarkable story of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats, a pioneering duo in Irish publishing and design during the twentieth century, is brought to life in a new digital exhibition from the School of English at Trinity College.
27 Nov 2019
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Second annual Trinity HistoryCon
Academics, members of the public, actors and cosplayers came together to explore the influence of history on popular media and culture at the second annual Trinity HistoryCon
27 Nov 2019
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INDEx survey to inform decision-making around digital teaching and learning
This is the final week of The Irish National Digital Experience (INDEx) Survey, Ireland's first ever survey of the digital engagement, experiences and expectations of both students and those who teach in Irish higher education.
25 Nov 2019
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Website on the history of theatre censorship in Britain launched
A fascinating new website featuring high-resolution scans of eighteenth-century play manuscripts will now allow people to see exactly what phrases, words and speeches were deemed out of bounds in the past.
22 Nov 2019
Research
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Students from 30 counties in Ireland receive Entrance Exhibition Awards
Students from nearly every county in Ireland as well as 24 countries worldwide were awarded special Entrance Exhibition Awards from Trinity College Dublin this year.
22 Nov 2019
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Growing Up in Ireland publishes research on the lives of 20-year-olds
Growing Up in Ireland published a series of four Key Findings on the lives of 20-year-olds: how they are faring in important areas of their lives and changes since they were last interviewed at 17/18 years old.
22 Nov 2019
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Trinity gets green light from Dublin City Council for Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry
The new Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry will add 1,800 additional places for students of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
21 Nov 2019
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Landmark clinical trial could reduce the numbers of unnecessary C-sections
A landmark clinical trial for midwifery, obstetrics and neonatology at Trinity College could have potential for positive global impact.
21 Nov 2019
Research
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CONNECT wins Engineering Education Award for EDGE programme
The CONNECT-led EDGE postdoc training programme has won the 2019 Engineering Education Award at the annual Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards.
19 Nov 2019
Research
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Academics launch Irish Association for Primary Science Education
The Association will promote the teaching and learning of science in primary schools throughout the island of Ireland.
14 Nov 2019
Research
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Student Unions support sixth College Awareness Week
The sixth College Awareness Week (CAW) takes place nationwide from November 17th to 23rd 2019.
12 Nov 2019