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Wells and Wellbeing – new book links the water science and traditions behind Irish holy wells

Dr Bruce Misstear, Fellow Emeritus in Trinity’s School of Engineering, recently launched a new book – Wells and Wellbeing, The Hydrogeology of Irish Holy Wells.

21 Dec 2023

Culture|Environment|Science

Tree of the Month - Erman’s Birch

This December, we are bringing you one of the more iconic Trinity trees, Betula emanii or Erman’s Birch. You’ll spot these two on your right and left as you enter through the Front Gate. The Erman’s Birch were planted around 1950 to replace the Oregon Maples that once stood there. One Maple blew down in a storm in 1945 and the decision to remove the other was eventually made to restore symmetry to the area.

19 Dec 2023

Community|Sustainability

Christmas greetings – Trinity holiday closure arrangements 2023/2024

Trinity College Dublin will be closed from the end of business hours on Thursday December 21st 2023 to the start of normal business hours on Tuesday January 2nd 2024.

14 Dec 2023

Professor Viet Pham honoured with IEEE Best Young Researcher Award

Viet, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

Revolutionising urban futures: Trendhunters reimagines Dún Laoghaire

Smart Dún Laoghaire is relaunching its futurism engagement programme, Trendhunters, which aims to integrate futures thinking more into Dublin’s smart city environment.

8 Dec 2023

Community|Research|Society

School of Social Sciences & Philosophy holds Student Prize Ceremony

The ceremony concluded with a special presentation by Francis O'Toole and Paul O'Grady to Professor John O’Hagan to mark his substantial contributions to the Department of Economics, spanning an impressive six decades to date.

7 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

Students receive 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships

Trinity this week announced five student recipients of the 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony hosted by Three Ireland.

6 Dec 2023

SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students

As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.

6 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

Embracing Sensory Diversity with TCD Sense Map

Trinity unveils groundbreaking accessibility tool during TCDSU Disability Week

29 Nov 2023

Community|Society|Students

Trinity welcomes Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf

Mr Yousaf greeted the special Scottish gathering with a "Dia dhaoibh" and went on to talk about how vital the friendship was between Scotland and Ireland, noting that 23,000 Irish citizens live in Scotland.

27 Nov 2023

Community|Environment|Society

What were they thinking? The logic of the cuneiform script, our earliest writing system

The mysterious logic of the world’s first writing systems will be explored by ancient language expert Dr Martin Worthington at a free public talk this week organised by Trinity Centre of the Book.

27 Nov 2023

Arts

Trinity celebrates its 25 year relationship with Tallaght University Hospital

Academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences joined colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) to celebrate their 25 year relationship and reflect on their shared journey.

23 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Society

Seven Trinity researchers and staff receive IRC Research Ally awards

Irish Research Council honours supervisors, mentors, and research and technical support officers for their valuable contributions to research.

21 Nov 2023

Trinity hosts LERU Rectors’ Assembly

LERU is an association of research-intensive universities with common viewpoints on higher education and research.

20 Nov 2023

Trinity launches Civic Engagement Action Plan

What is a civically-engaged university? Trinity now has a plan that sets out its goals.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Research|Society

Fewer staff, students are walking and cycling, survey finds

The numbers walking fell to 20% from a high of 28% in 2018, while the cycling rate was sharply down (-59%) from 2011.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Environment|Students

Trinity wins European Social Services Award for child-centred research

Judges noted that “internationally, relatively few examples of research exist that represent the authentic voice of the child in the child protection system”.

17 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Research

Trinity celebrates sport scholars for the 2023/24 season

This year’s awardees, comprising 36 Trinity Sport scholars and 28 club academy scholars will represent Trinity this season across seventeen sports including rugby, basketball, GAA, soccer, rowing, and cricket.

15 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

TAP30 Art Exhibition & Auction

The launch of The Essence of Student Life exhibition takes place Monday November 13 2023 6-8 pm. To celebrate 30 years of Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), works by 19 contemporary artists on the theme of student life are going on display in Trinity's Exam Hall.

10 Nov 2023

Arts|Community|Culture

Competition inspires students to focus on proficiency in specialised care of older patients

Teams of under-graduate medical students from the medical schools in Ireland will compete for the Dr Jack Flanagan Medal in Gerontology.

8 Nov 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research

First winners of Joly Cancer Leadership Programme award named

The first two awardees under the Joly Cancer Leadership Programme are Dr Nina Orfali, Consultant Haematologist, and Mr Michael Kelly, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon.

3 Nov 2023

Health|Research|Science

Trinity joins pilot international sustainability education programme

The cohort of institutions will work closely with their students throughout the year to engage with the framework of good practice, effecting changes to teaching and learning at the top-down, middle-out and bottom-up levels.

2 Nov 2023

Culture|Environment|Students|Sustainability

Fabulous Histories: Animals in Literature

Professor Aileen Douglas will deliver her Inaugural Lecture ‘Fabulous Histories: Animals in Literature’ on Tuesday 7th November.

1 Nov 2023

Arts

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