College News - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels delivers masterclass to Trinity computer science students

Amazon.com Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr Werner Vogels delivered a Masterclass entitled ‘From Research to Production: Applying Distributed Computing Concepts to the Real World’ to students on the MSc programme in Computer Science on his recent visit to Trinity.

26 Oct 2023

Innovation|Research|Students

The Hist wins Guinness World Record for longest debate marathon

The student debate went on for 27 hours, 58 minutes, with eight speakers addressing 26 motions run back to back, all under careful supervision of Guinness World Records.

23 Oct 2023

Students

Taoiseach speaks at Hist debate

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave a keynote speech on the importance of student debate.

20 Oct 2023

Trinity honours ten high-achieving graduates at 2023 Alumni Awards

The acclaimed author Anne Enright joined nine other high achievers from a wide variety of fields who were celebrated at the 2023 Trinity College Dublin Alumni Awards.

20 Oct 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Dr Fáinche Ryan elected Vice President of European Society of Catholic Theology

Dr Ryan will serve as Vice President for two years and then as President for a further two years.

17 Oct 2023

Learnovate and Amazon launch accelerator programme for EdTech firms

The EdTech Accelerator Programme is a collaboration between Learnovate, a leading global future of work and learning research hub in Trinity College Dublin, and AWS.

16 Oct 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation

Rugby World Cup collector coin features Trinity's Campanile

For France, they picked the Eiffel Tower; for England, it was Big Ben; and when it came to picking a landmark building to appear on a collector coin to mark Ireland's participation in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the French Mint chose Trinity's own Campanile.

13 Oct 2023

Culture

Free Agents: How evolution gave us free will

Kevin Mitchell, Professor in Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology and the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, launched his fascinating new book at a special event in Trinity this week.

12 Oct 2023

Culture|Research|Science

Diversity and Inclusion conference promotes social mobility through education

"This event aimed to inspire actionable strategies that nurture talent and enable individuals to reach their full potential, regardless of their socio-economic background."

11 Oct 2023

Community|Society

School of Psychology launches new micro-credential course

The course in Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies was created in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross' Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support.

10 Oct 2023

Students

Trinity’s Prof Jo-Hanna Ivers secures funding from National Open Research Forum

The Trinity-hosted project, entitled ENGAGED: Co-Creating Ireland’s Public Engagement and Open Research Road Map, will be led by Jo-Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addictions & Associate Dean of Civic Engagement & Social Innovation at Trinity College Dublin.

4 Oct 2023

Awards and Funding

Trinity students to represent Ireland at Enactus World Cup

Students from Trinity College Dublin will soon be jetting off to Utrecht to represent Ireland at the Enactus World Cup

3 Oct 2023

Business|Environment|Students

Open House Dublin 2023

Trinity College Dublin is host to several events during this year’s Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture.

2 Oct 2023

Community|Culture

Printing House Square official opening

We are looking forward to welcoming our students and staff to the official opening of Printing House Square on Monday October 9th from 3-5pm.

29 Sep 2023

Community|Health

Cuireann an Propast imní shuntasach in iúl faoin mbuiséad atá le teacht go luath

Agus í ag rá go raibh an earnáil “tearcmhaoinithe go mór” de réir chaighdeáin idirnáisiúnta, leag an Propast béim ar an éifeacht ollmhór atá ag an staid reatha airgeadais ar mhic léinn agus ar an bhfoireann.

29 Sep 2023

Community|Society

Academy of the Near Future wins Silver at Seoul Smart City prize

Academy of the Near Future (ANF) has been awarded silver in the ‘Human-Centricity’ category at the Seoul Smart City Prize in South Korea. ANF is a collaborative initiative between Dublin City Council and CONNECT, the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks at Trinity.

28 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Sustainability

Provost expresses significant concern regarding forthcoming budget

College community urged to contact public representatives.

28 Sep 2023

Trinity's trees - featuring the Southern Magnolia

This month we are bringing you Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern Magnolia. It is located just behind the 1937 Reading Room in the Provost’s Garden. This is a mature specimen of M. grandiflora and measures 16 m in height with a girth of 1.2 m, but they can grow to 35 m in height.

28 Sep 2023

Environment|Sustainability

Nominate an Honorary Degree Recipient

Trinity College Dublin invites its students, staff, alumni and members of the public to make nominations for honorary degree recipients.

25 Sep 2023

Community

New Trinity Board meets

Trinity’s new Board met on campus yesterday for the first time.

21 Sep 2023

Trinity hosts educational conference on domestic violence and child protection

Over 200 participants came to Trinity today to attend the Domestic Violence and Child Protection Conference.

8 Sep 2023

Dr Thomas Laurent wins prestigious Lero Prize for work in software testing

Dr Laurent, from the School of Computer Science and Statistics, was recently awarded a Lero Director’s Prize for PhD / Post-Doctoral Researcher Contribution at the annual summit of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software.

6 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

Ukrainian exhibition launches at Pearse Station

Inner Light, an exhibition documenting the stories of Ukrainian women living in Ireland, has opened in Pearse Station.

24 Aug 2023

Community|Society

Trinity Tree of the Month – the Banana tree

This month we are featuring the Banana tree, or Musa acuminata, which is one of our unique indoor trees located in the O Reilly atrium. This plant can grow to seven metres tall and has leaves that are up to four metres long. These plants absorb a large amount of carbon to produce leaves and fruit, but quickly release it once fruited and die back occurs. Musa acuminata originated in Southern Asia and some reports suggest the plant has been in cultivation for close to 7000 years.

24 Aug 2023

Environment|Science|Sustainability

TILDA/MISA event explores why education determines when we die?

Guest speakers examined how the college educated have become healthier and wealthier, while adults without a degree are suffering from deaths of despair including suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholism in the United States.

23 Aug 2023

Health|Research|Society

Tangent and Green Tech HQ launch climate accelerator for construction sector

This programme is open to innovators and entrepreneurs with new solutions in low carbon and green design, circular materials, energy and maintenance systems

11 Aug 2023

Business|Environment

Talking Heads: The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds

Trinity neuroscientist, Professor Shane O’Mara, explores the science of human connection and communication in his new book.

10 Aug 2023

Trinity tree of the month- the Kentucky Coffee Tree

This month we are featuring the Gymnocladus dioicus, commonly known as the Kentucky Coffee Tree, which was planted in 2020 on the boardwalk side of College Park. It is currently 5.6 metres tall, 25 cm in girth, and can grow to almost five times its current size. When mature it will store up to 1200 kg of carbon.

1 Aug 2023

Community|Environment|Sustainability

Trinity student wins Inclusivity Partnership Award

This week, Children’s Books Ireland and the School of English announced the recipient of the 2023 Inclusivity Partnership Award. The partnership enables researchers to work closely with experts in the area of children’s books to investigate key issues in contemporary publishing for young readers. The recipient, Linde Vergeylen, is a student from the M.Phil programme in Children’s Literature at the School of English, Trinity. Under the supervision of Dr Pádraic Whyte, she will lead an investigation into the representation of disabilities in Young Adult verse novels.

20 Jul 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Students

Trinity to lead Creative Ireland climate action project

A cross-border project led by Trinity College Dublin has been awarded €250,000 by Creative Ireland to illustrate the urgency of climate challenge and rising sea levels.

14 Jul 2023