College News
-
Irish Time Symposium at Long Room Hub
Irish Time? Temporalities in Irish Literature and Culture is the theme of a symposium taking place in the Trinity Long Room Hub on 12-14 October.
11 Oct 2017
-
Trinity’s Architecture Celebrated during Open House Dublin 2017
Trinity will open its doors to the public as part of Open House Dublin 2017, 13th – 15th October. Open House Dublin is a unique experience, presented by the Irish Architecture Foundation, inviting you to explore the rich architecture of Dublin.
11 Oct 2017
-
Colombia’s Ambassador to the UK and Ireland addresses Trinity audience
His Excellency Nestor Osorio recently addressed a capacity audience in the Long Room Hub. The event was entitled 'The Colombian Peace Process: Opportunities and Challenges'.
10 Oct 2017
-
Launch of “The Economy of Ireland: Policy-Making in a Global Context”
Minster Donohoe launches the 13th edition of the Economy of Ireland.
5 Oct 2017
-
TCD academic joins committee overseeing latest strategy on drug and alcohol use
Professor Catherine Comiskey, Professor in Healthcare Modelling at the School of Nursing and Midwifery has been appointed by Minister Catherine Byrne to the role of sole academic expert to the National Oversight Committee responsible for the implementation of 'Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery – a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025'.
4 Oct 2017
-
Innovation Academy completes first Postdoc bootcamp
The Innovation Academy’s first foray into training Postdocs took place last week. This three day Bootcamp focused on the fundamentals of creative thinking, teambuilding and communications with an overarching aim of supporting Postdoctoral professional development.
27 Sep 2017
-
Zoology student seeks to tread in Nobel Prize winner’s footsteps at Trinity
PhD Candidate, Gwendoline Deslyper, has won the Frank Jeal studentship to pursue studies in parasite biology – the same field from which Trinity alumnus, Professor William C Campbell, was honoured with the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
25 Sep 2017
-
Engineers of tomorrow inspired by Maurice F Fitzgerald Prize winner, Áine Cahill
Trinity College Dublin’s 185 new undergraduates were inspired by the perfect role model as Maurice F Fitzgerald Prize winner, Áine Cahil, returned to her alma mater.
23 Sep 2017
-
New pollinator guidelines aim to get Ireland’s farmland buzzing again
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan’s 'Farmland Guidelines: Actions to help Pollinators' offer evidence-based actions farmers can take to help protect bees and their own livelihoods.
21 Sep 2017
-
Quantum physicist wins prestigious ERC award to pursue next-gen research
Dr John Goold will use the ERC Starting Grant to establish his own research group in the School of Physics and pursue next-gen research in the field of quantum systems.
15 Sep 2017
-
Switch on Culture Night 2017 at Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College will once again open its doors to the public for Culture Night 2017.
12 Sep 2017
-
Trinity duo wins 2017 Irish James Dyson award
Two Trinity engineering graduates won the award for inventing a new software solution that helps people with intellectual disabilities navigate independently.
7 Sep 2017
-
Bioengineer wins ERC funding to develop implant for treating cartilage damage
Professor Daniel Kelly has been awarded €150,000 in funding through the European Research Council’s Proof of Concept Grants -- his third such ERC award.
6 Sep 2017
-
Trinity Walton Club team takes top prize at Ultimate Pitch Event
The successful team, comprised of teenage 'Alphas', designed a backpack that minimises back pain.
5 Sep 2017
-
Trinity ecologist honoured for outstanding public engagement
Professor in Botany, Jane Stout, won the Ecological Engagement Award as a leading 'ecologist who has bridged the gap between ecology and the public.'
29 Aug 2017
-
Making Victorian Dublin, a closer look at Trinity’s Museum Building
In January 2017 an interdisciplinary project, 'Making Victorian Dublin', was initiated by Trinity’s Department of History of Art and Architecture and Department of Geology, focusing on the materials and craftsmanship of the University’s Museum Building.
22 Aug 2017
-
Trinity student’s stress-free alarm idea wins LERU citizen science competition
PhD Candidate in Biochemistry and Immunology, Shauna Quinn -- and her team -- will receive seed funding to kick-start the 'Letswakeapp' project, which will bank alarm tones to ensure a non-stressful wake-up experience.
16 Aug 2017
-
Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme appoints its first clinical fellows
The Wellcome-HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme (ICAT) has welcomed its first intake of fellows at an induction event, held this year in RCSI.
14 Aug 2017
-
Trinity Family Experience Facebook Competition
Enter our Facebook competition to win a Trinity family experience weekend.
9 Aug 2017
-
Forgotten memories may be retrievable
Assistant Professor in Trinity's School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Tomas Ryan, recently delivered a TEDMED talk in which he explained how seemingly lost memories may be accessible.
8 Aug 2017
-
Trinity launches course on the Challenges to Achieving Sustainable Development
A free, four week online course 'Achieving Sustainable Development', developed by a collaboration of four Trinity Schools launches on 11 September 2017.
4 Aug 2017
-
Douglas Hyde Gallery appoints new director
Taking up her new post at the end of May, the first solo exhibitions by artists Isabel Nolan and Brendan Earley under Georgina Jackson's directorship have just opened.
1 Aug 2017
-
New Chief Rowing Coach arrives to take up ‘dream role’
Richard has just joined Trinity Sport, where he’s taken up the role of Chief Rowing Coach at DUBC. He arrives in Trinity with an impressive CV, having primarily worked with colleges in the United States as well as the national U23 team.
28 Jul 2017
-
Staff awarded for excellence
Trinity staff have been presented awards for excellence in teaching and promoting global engagement through the time honoured Provost’s Teaching Awards and the more recently established Global Engagement Awards.
14 Jul 2017
-
Street artist Joe Caslin installs mural in Trinity’s Front Square
This new piece, commissioned as part of the Trinity Creative Challenge, is the first of a three-part series entitled The Volunteers which aims to highlight the importance of volunteerism in some of the most pressing issues in Irish society.
14 Jul 2017
-
Trinity launches visual identity handbook and branding document
An updated Trinity Visual Identity Handbook and new Trinity Branding Document have been launched. The Trinity Identity project has made significant progress towards a clear and consistent visual identity for the University over the past two years.
14 Jul 2017
-
Trinity Education Project makes strong progress
The Trinity Education Project (TEP) - a University-wide project to renew and refresh Trinity’s education provision - has made strong progress throughout the 2016/17 academic year.
13 Jul 2017
-
Enhancing student exchanges
Trinity currently has almost 200 Erasmus partner universities across Europe. We continue to expand our college-wide student exchange programme and in 2016/17, added eight new exchanges to bring the number of non-EU exchanges with high ranking universities globally to 43.
13 Jul 2017
-
The IT Service Desk Team
A phenomenal 44,100 enquiries so far this academic year have been responded to by Trinity’s IT Service Desk. Looking after the IT queries of an entire university with some 3,000 staff members and 17,500 students is undoubtedly a busy job.
13 Jul 2017
-
Careers Advisory Service introduces MyCareer portal
MyCareer, an online career management system run by the Careers Advisory Service is now live for students, graduates, staff and employers.
13 Jul 2017