College News - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

Goethe-Institut Choir Concert to Benefit Organ Refurbishment in Trinity’s Public Theatre

The Goethe-Institut Choir will present a selection of Elizabethan and European choral music from the time of the foundation of Trinity College Dublin in 1592 on Friday 5th June.

28 May 2015

Trinity Graduate Nominated as Oxford University’s next Vice-Chancellor

Professor Louise Richardson, currently the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

28 May 2015

‘Ecolonisation’ – Why a ‘Greener’ Future Paints a Less Than Rosy Picture for Africa

Large-scale land acquisitions (or 'land grabs') in Africa by powerful multinationals are displacing locals and deepening their dependency on the State

25 May 2015

Trinity Physicist to Explore Wonderful World of Irish Research in Bright Sparks

Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Trinity College Dublin, Dr Shane Bergin, will host Bright Sparks: a new eight-part series of scientific discovery on RTÉ Radio 1.

21 May 2015

Inaugural Trinity Global Engagement Award Winners Announced

The first recipients of the Trinity Global Engagement Awards are Dr Roger West from the School of Engineering, Dr Lorna Carson from the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, and Professor Mac MacLachlan from the Trinity Centre for Global Health.

8 May 2015

Career Pathways Wins Gradireland Graduate Recruitment Award

Career Pathways, a joint collaboration between Trinity's Disability Service and Careers Advisory Service, has been awarded the Association of Higher Education Careers Services Employability Award in the Large Services category, at the Annual gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards.

8 May 2015

Trinity Students Selected for Washington Ireland Programme 2015

Three Trinity students have been selected from over 400 applicants to participate in the 2015 Washington Ireland Program (WIP).

7 May 2015

Trinity Botanist ‘Making An Impact’

PhD Researcher in Botany, Alwynne McGeever, is one of the top five Irish postgraduate students whose research is making a great impact on society.

7 May 2015

Trinity Joins National Groups to Support Third Annual World Ovarian Cancer Day

Professor John O'Leary detailed a new initiative whereby researchers, clinicians and charities from across Ireland have come together to form the Irish National Network for Ovarian Cancer Collaboration [INNOVATION].

7 May 2015

Corvil Backs Mathematics Studentships

The Summer Studentships will provide undergraduates with first-hand mathematical experience at network data analytics company, Corvil.

5 May 2015

Researchers Focus on Impacts of Health Reforms

Trinity's Assistant Professor Camilla Devitt joins a team of international researchers exploring the impacts of health reforms in seven European countries.

5 May 2015

Gradaim na Gaeilge, Coláiste na Tríonóide bronnta don chéad uair ag an Aire Stáit do Ghnóthaí Gaelachta

Tugadh na gradaim chun aitheantas a thabhairt ar an obair thábhachtach, shuntasach a dhéanann mic léinn agus baill foirne Choláiste na Tríonóide ar son na Gaeilge.

1 May 2015

Inaugural Trinity Irish Language Awards Presented by Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs

The awards were given in recognition of the important and exceptional work being done by Trinity students and staff for the promotion of the Irish language.

1 May 2015

Food-Tracing Spin Out Secures Funding to Further Develop Traceability Product

Trinity spin-out company, IdentiGEN, has secured growth capital investment to further develop its traceability product which allows food retailers and producers to trace the source of food products.

30 Apr 2015

Trinity Researchers Secure €4.7m SFI Investment in Scientific Research

The SFI Investigators Programme investment will support world-class research in key priority areas in Ireland.

29 Apr 2015

Trinity Undergraduates Aim to Build Anti-Malarial ‘Biobrick’

The undergraduates will represent Trinity in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition. They hope to make a frontline anti-malarial drug using bacteria, which would cheapen and speed up production.

24 Apr 2015

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

In memory of the 147 students killed recently at Garissa University College, Kenya, Trinity, along with universities across Europe, will hold a minute’s silence on 27 April.

24 Apr 2015

Trinity Celebrates French Language, Beckett letters and cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro

The Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences recently hosted an number of events celebrating the French Language, Beckett letters and cinematographer, Vittorio Storaro.

21 Apr 2015

Trinity Students Take Home 10 Awards at National Student Media Awards

Trinity was the outright winner of the National Student Media Awards – Smedias which this year received over 1,000 entries from student journalists, broadcasters and producers from all across Ireland.

21 Apr 2015

Geologist Wins Prestigious Naturejobs Competition for Budding Science Writers

PhD Researcher in Geology and Science Writer for Trinity News, Anthea Lacchia, will now travel to Boston to work with editors of the Nature Publishing Group as part of her prize.

21 Apr 2015

Gallipoli – Ireland’s Forgotten Heroes

RTE's "Gallipoli - Ireland's Forgotten Heroes", which airs on RTÉ One, Tuesday 21st April at 10.15pm, will feature Trinity's Professor John Horne.

21 Apr 2015

Sports Awards Mark a Stellar Year for Sport at Trinity and Sporting Commons celebrates 40 Years

Hosted by RTE’s Michael Lyster, special guests were Trinity Graduate and Irish Cricketer, Cecelia Joyce and former World Boxing Champion, Bernard Dunne.

17 Apr 2015

Irish Researchers Invent Intelligent Mouthguard to Record our Daily Grind

Teeth gnashing affects up to half a million Irish people on a daily basis.

14 Apr 2015

New Trinity Research Group to Focus on the Impact of Development Aid

New research unit will bring together economics researchers, development practitioners and policy makers in an effort to understand the impact of development aid and investments.

2 Apr 2015

Trinity Announces Creation of Forty New Academic Posts

Forty new academic posts are being created across Trinity College Dublin to support the delivery of the College’s new Strategic Plan 2014-19.

27 Mar 2015

Take ’steps to Wellness’ with this year’s Health and Sports Week

This year's College Health and Sports Week themed ’steps to Wellness' runs from 23rd to 27th March, promoting and encouraging Wellness for students and staff through health and sports activities on campus.

23 Mar 2015

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

The People Behind the Post

A staggering 6,000kg of post is delivered to Trinity on average each month and over 1 million items have been sent from the College over the past four years. The hub of activity for meticulous sorting and distributing is the Mail Room.

20 Mar 2015

Trinity Drives Excellence Through Gender Equality

To mark International Women’s Day 2015, Trinity’s Centre for Women in Science & Engineering Research (WiSER) produced a video about Trinity's commitment to gender equality featuring the Provost and Vice-Provost/CAO.

20 Mar 2015

Natural Capital: a New Paradigm to Unite Natural and Social Sciences with Engineering and Technology?

How natural capital, the earth's stocks of physical and biological resources, contributes to our wellbeing, and how to conserve, engineer and manage it is being researched in the Schools of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science.

20 Mar 2015