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Trinity Innovation and Enterprise collaborates on South African region project

Trinity is one of three European universities partnering on the UNIICo-create project, which is tackling graduate unemployment in the Southern African Development Community region.

30 May 2025

Community|Innovation

Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.

19 May 2025

Innovation|Research|Science|Students

‘MAGIC-I’ hopes to optimise treatment of child and adolescent cancer

Prof. Owen Smith hopes MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer in Ireland receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness

5 May 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

Primary students showcase the future of smart cities at Trinity

The Academy of the Near Future is proud to announce the inaugural Connective Detective Exhibition, taking place on 9–10 May in Trinity.

16 Apr 2025

Community|Innovation|Students

Trinity marks life-long learning milestone as 1,000 complete micro-credentials

"It has re-ignited my appetite for lifelong learning. I am currently on my third microcred.”

14 Apr 2025

Business|Innovation|Students

Applications for the 2025 EdTech Accelerator Programme are now open

EdTech technology start-ups are being urged to apply to the second year of the successful EdTech Accelerator Programme run by The Learnovate Centre and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

2 Apr 2025

Business|Innovation

Two Trinity projects awarded over €5million in latest awards from Research Ireland

These awards will contribute to the advancement of high-quality and high-impact research activities at the faculties of STEM and Health Sciences.

28 Mar 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

New course will equip healthcare professionals with practical AI skills

The co-designed course stands out for its international, interdisciplinary approach, that enables professionals to gain real-world, evidence-based training on how to integrate AI into their daily work.

26 Mar 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

Five student start-ups to take part in Phase 2 of LaunchBox programme

LaunchBox Phase 2 will take place over the summer months, with coworking space on campus and a bespoke programme aiming to accelerate our top student startups.

19 Mar 2025

Innovation|Students

New study shows promise for gamified app in managing MS-related fatigue

Trinity researchers have developed a new gamified mobile health (mHealth) app designed to help people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) manage fatigue, one of the most common and debilitating symptoms of the disease.

14 Mar 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

Cookies, identifiers “silently stored” on Android phones by Google apps

A recent measurement study by Prof. Doug Leith, Professor of Computer Systems in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, shows that advertising and tracking cookies and other device and user identifiers are sent by Google servers and stored on a handset, even when no Google apps have ever been opened by the user.

25 Feb 2025

Innovation|Research

Trinity and Dublin City Council launch Ireland’s first local government Generative AI Lab

The ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity is leading a new model of collaboration to support the safe and trusted adoption of GenAI opportunities within Dublin City Council.

20 Feb 2025

Business|Community|Innovation|Research

Trinity to headquarter new €31.6 million Research Ireland ARC Hub for Therapeutics

The overall goal of the Hub is to take world-leading research to commercialisation outcomes such as spinouts and licenses. Along with Trinity, University College Dublin (UCD) and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (RCSI) are consortium partners.

12 Feb 2025

Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Telecoms for Everyone to highlight benefits of digital connectivity for Dublin

A new campaign has launched today with the goal of empowering residents with clear, factual information about the benefits and safety of telecoms infrastructure that supports digital connectivity in their local areas.

6 Feb 2025

Innovation|Research

Trinity Business School celebrates 100th birthday

Mary Robinson joined staff and students in a first view of new planting, marking the beginning of the School’s initiative to 'green' the foyer of its eco-friendly building — a reflection of its ongoing commitment to sustainability.

28 Jan 2025

Business|Innovation|Society|Sustainability

Trinity scientists win European Research Council Proof of Concept awards

Profs. Valeria Nicolosi and Matthew Campbell have won the awards, valued at €150,000 each, to explore the innovation potential of ideas arising from their previously funded ERC projects.

23 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science

Trinity joins global research network focussing on cardiovascular disease in women

‘CARAMEL’ will work to deliver an innovative, AI-supported model for personalised cardiovascular risk assessment and preventive healthcare to address the urgent public health need for women

15 Jan 2025

Health|Innovation|Research

CONNECT Centre awards over €500,000 to fund women-led STEAM research projects

Four awardees will now lead innovative projects with goals that range from improving the communications systems used by autonomous vehicles to creating eco-friendly options for powering wearable technologies.

7 Jan 2025

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Trinity joins the Alliance for Open Media

Researchers will now collaborate with the Alliance’s community of internet and media technology member companies to drive open standards for cutting-edge video, audio, and multimedia advancements worldwide.

18 Dec 2024

Innovation|Research|Science

Akara Robotics deploys two decontamination robots to NHS hospital

The Irish robotics startup, which spun out from Trinity, has developed two decontamination robots that have been deployed in a UK hospital, with the important mission of cleaning its wards and operating theatres more efficiently.

11 Dec 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Society