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Trinity Professor Receives €1.2 million in Funding for Research into the Memory Systems of the Brain

Shane O'Mara, Professor of Experimental Brain Research at the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience has become the first and, to date, only recipient in Ireland of a Senior Investigator Award under the SFI, HRB and Wellcome Trust Biomedical Partnership.

22 Sep 2014

Trinity Hockey Reaches International Standards

On Saturday 13th September 2014, students, alumni, parents and guests gathered at Trinity Sports Grounds in Santry for the official opening of the new international standard water based hockey pitch.

22 Sep 2014

Trinity Hosts One Young World Summit Sessions

The One Young World Summit taking place in Dublin next month will see 1,100 young leaders from across the world debate, formulate and share innovative solutions for the pressing issues the world faces including the topics of Sustainable Development, Youth Entrepreneurship, Climate Justice and Peace and Reconciliation among others.

22 Sep 2014

Freshers’ Week Kick Starts New Academic Year

Freshers' Week 2014 started the new academic year on a high note. Front Square was buzzing with activity as over 150 Trinity student societies and clubs encouraged new members to join at their stalls.

22 Sep 2014

Explore, Experience and Enjoy Culture Night 2014 at Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College will once again open its doors to the public for Culture Night 2014 on Friday 19th September from 5pm.

17 Sep 2014

Trinity Launches Career Pathways – Transition to Employment Service

Career Pathways, a new transition to employment service for students and graduates with disabilities was recently launched by Trinity’s Dean of Students

12 Sep 2014

Provost’s Welcome to New Students

The Provost will welcome new students at a special welcome event where students will have the opportunity to hear about the campus, curriculum and life at Trinity.

8 Sep 2014

World-leading Mathematicians Welcomed to Trinity

Mathematicians from around the world took part in a recent workshop, at which interdisciplinary research in topology and geometry was discussed.

4 Sep 2014

Over 400 Graduates Return to Trinity for the Annual Alumni Weekend

Alumni and friends, from the early 2000s to as far back as the 1950s, enjoyed an action packed programme at the 2014 Trinity Alumni Weekend.

29 Aug 2014

Trinity’s Leading Neurologist, Staff and Politicians Take on the Ice Bucket Challenge

Over 100 people including Trinity College’s leading lights in MND research, College staff and politicians, gathered in Trinity’s Front Square to collectively take on the Ice Bucket Challenge watched on by many supporters.

29 Aug 2014

Provost’s Teaching Awards Recognise Lecturers’ Commitment to Teaching and Learning

The Trinity College Dublin annual Provost's Teaching Awards were presented by Dr Patrick Prendergast to five members of staff in recognition of their enthusiasm and commitment to ensuring students receive quality teaching and learning.

30 Jul 2014

Children’s Research Centre hosts International Summer School in Child and Youth Welfare

The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) at Trinity College Dublin hosted 27 students and staff from Israel, Russia, Ireland and Germany at a week-long Summer School as part of the EU Tempus Project.

30 Jul 2014

Five Trinity Researchers Win Starting Investigator or Development Awards

The grants, awarded by Science Foundation Ireland, are designed to help Ireland’s most promising young researchers to embark on fully independent research careers.

28 Jul 2014

Trinity Sports Scholarship Students Head for Commonwealth Games

Trinity Sports Scholarship students, Victoria Mullin and Prakash Vijayanath will represent their countries in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

22 Jul 2014

Owen Patrick Smith becomes new Regius Professor of Physic (1637)

The regius professor of physic is the oldest chair of medicine in Ireland and it is among the oldest in Europe.

22 Jul 2014

Trinity’s Science Gallery Director Wins ‘Great Science Communicator’ Award

Lynn Scarff, Interim Director of Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, has won the Lundbeck Foundation prize for best communication at the Euroscience Open Forum in Copenhagen.

14 Jul 2014

Researchers Discover World-First New Material which could Revolutionise IT

Scientists at AMBER, the materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a completely new material, which could revolutionise information technology, computer processes and data storage.

3 Jul 2014

Trinity Gerontologist awarded Honorary Fellowship of Gerontological Society of America

Professor Des O'Neill is the first researcher in ageing in Ireland to be awarded this Honorary Fellowship.

3 Jul 2014

New Book Provides Insights for Sustainable Consumption in the Modern World

Trinity geographers launched the new book after five years of research that identified, developed and evaluated more sustainable practices.

30 Jun 2014

Trinity Plays Key Role in Marking 750th Anniversary of First Recorded Parliament in Ireland

Seanad debate held to mark the 750th anniversary of the first documented sitting of an administrative gathering to call itself a parliament in Ireland.

27 Jun 2014

Knighthood for Professor John Pethica

Professor John Pethica was knighted in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours list 2014 for services to science.

23 Jun 2014

New book on Mental Health in Ireland launched

The book provides a critical analysis of recent developments that may affect those experiencing mental and emotional distress in Ireland today.

17 Jun 2014

SteppingUp.ie website developed at Trinity wins major healthcare award

Developed in Trinity’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, the website recently won an award at the 2014 Health Literacy Awards.

12 Jun 2014

Trinity Students Selected for Washington Ireland Programme

Three Trinity students have been selected from over 400 applicants to participate in the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) 2014.

12 Jun 2014

Students Enjoy Salters’ Festival of Chemistry at Trinity

Secondary school students from Leinster enjoyed a day of practical chemistry designed to encourage more detailed scientific exploration.

9 Jun 2014

Royal Irish Academy Honours Five Trinity College Dublin Academics with Membership

Andrew Bowie, Padraic Fallon, Rose Anne Kenny, Mani Ramaswami and Ciaran Brady were admitted as members of the Royal Irish Academy continuing a 229 year Academy tradition of public recognition of outstanding academic achievement.

5 Jun 2014

Trinity Hosts Public Lecture on the Early Universe and Big Bang

Recent experiments have told us more about the mysterious 'dark matter' and 'dark energy' composition of the pre-Big Bang Universe.

4 Jun 2014

Trinity Launches New Online Courses

Trinity’s Online Education Unit has announced the introduction of two new online/distance postgraduate courses and Trinity’s first free online course, starting in September 2014.

4 Jun 2014

Study Examines Special Class Provision for Children with Special Needs

Understanding Special Class Provision in Ireland, a major survey of special class provision in Irish schools was published recently.

3 Jun 2014

The Freyne Library Opened by the Provost

Prestigious multidisciplinary book collection on Galilee in the first century CE donated to the Department of Religions and Theology

28 May 2014