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Public discussion: Does race matter?

In a recent public discussion in Trinity College Dublin, panellists were asked the question ‘Does Race Matter?’ The ‘Behind the Headlines’ discussion explored how racism has manifested in different ways throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, and why racism prevails today.

2 Apr 2019

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Trinity College Dublin to name new Vice-Provost

Prof Chris Morash said today he will step down from his role as vice-provost and chief academic officer after more than three years in the role to resume his fulltime role as inaugural Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing.

2 Apr 2019

Students celebrate Trinity Employability Awards 2019 success

Over 130 students recently celebrated their success in the Trinity Employability Award programme at ceremonies marking their participation.

27 Mar 2019

Winning ideas from Trinity’s ‘hack homelessness’ event announced

Winning ideas from the Provost's Innovation Challenge at Tangent, Trinity Ideas Workspace were announced at a special event to 'hack homelessness'.

27 Mar 2019

Trinity spin-out Azadyne completes €1.75million funding round

Trinity spin-out Azadyne, which is developing a new approach to the treatment of autoimmune diseases, announced that it has raised £1.5million (€1.75 million) in its most recent funding round.

27 Mar 2019

What a failed Johannesburg project tells us about mega cities in Africa

Ricardo Reboredo explores how and why a major development billed as a game changed in the urban footprint of Johannesburg six years ago failed and how that relates to the broader African urban context.

26 Mar 2019

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Acclaimed writer Adam Mars-Jones in residence at Trinity

The School of English recently hosted an evening in celebration of the residency of Adam Mars-Jones as the inaugural Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre.

25 Mar 2019

World Down Syndrome Day Summit explores 20 years of Trinity research into Down syndrome and dementia

The Trinity Centre for Ageing with an Intellectual Disability (TCAID) marked World Down Syndrome Day 2019 by presenting and exploring the science of Dementia and Down syndrome.

22 Mar 2019

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‘Painting Music’ to celebrate Brain Awareness Week

To celebrate Brain Week, the neuroscience of synaesthesia was explored through music and art in a very special event in the College Chapel.

15 Mar 2019

Beocht nua do chantaireacht dhearmadta ón mheánaois a cumadh do Naomh Pádraig agus naoimh eile

Tá Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath ag tabhairt faoi thionscadal uaillmhianach idirnáisiúnta oidhreachta agus cultúir atá dírithe ar bheocht a chur arís i gcantaireacht agus i bpaidreacha dearmadta ón mheánaois a cumadh do naoimh mar Naomh Pádraig, Naomh Bríd agus Naomh Colmcille.

13 Mar 2019

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Breathing new life into forgotten medieval chants for St Patrick & other saints

Trinity is leading an ambitious international cultural heritage project which is bringing back to life forgotten medieval chants and prayers associated with Irish saints

13 Mar 2019

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TILDA brings its research evidence on successful ageing to Longford

TILDA travelled to Longford last night to deliver the first seminar in an important nationwide partnership with the GAA, promoting their research findings on ageing successfully.

12 Mar 2019

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Honours even at rowing Colours

Wins for Trinity novice men and senior women at this year's event

12 Mar 2019

€100 million investment announced for 6 new SFI Research & Training Centres

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, yesterday announced an investment of over €100 million in six new SFI Centres for Research Training. The SFI Centres for Research Training programme, the first postgraduate training programme run by Science Foundation […]

6 Mar 2019

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Trinity symposium shows breadth of translational cancer research

The recent TTMI annual symposium showed the breadth of promising translational cancer research with local and national speakers in attendance.

22 Feb 2019

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New material could increase our smartphone battery life by over 300%

Professor Valeria Nicolosi, Dr Chuanfang (John) Zhang and Dr Sang-hoon Park have developed a new material, called MXenes, which could increase our average smartphone battery life by over 300%

22 Feb 2019

GAA/TILDA partnership brings the ‘secrets of positive ageing’ to every county

Irish Life supports ‘How to Age Well’ seminar series through CSR support for GAA Healthy Club Project and Trinity’s Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

21 Feb 2019

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Conference considers the value of household labour

Leading historians, sociologists and policy advocates gathered in Trinity in an effort to open up new conversations about household labour in Ireland and further afield.

20 Feb 2019

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Trinity academics play leading role at first official National Biodiversity Conference

A high-profile national conference will take place in Dublin Castle this week on February 20th & 21st, focussing on the future of our natural environment.

20 Feb 2019

New regional postgraduate certificate for entrepreneurs and innovators

Trinity has launched a new regional postgraduate certificate aimed at aspiring entrepreneurs, which will be offered through four centres in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin.

20 Feb 2019

Can stories save the world? Can history make sense of climate change?

Can stories save the world? What can history literature, film and art teach us to make sense of the contemporary environmental challenges we face? Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest Behind the Headlines public discussion series, which took place last week, looked to the arts and humanities to face up to and address climate change. As […]

18 Feb 2019

Trinity Green Week 2019 to focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals

Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin and former president of Ireland Dr Mary Robinson launched Trinity’s annual Green Week at an event in Front Square today, Monday, February 18th, 2019.

18 Feb 2019

Trinity launches the Provost’s Innovation Challenge @ Tangent

The social innovation programme that provides supports, creative outlets, mentorship and the chance to have a real impact on a global problem, has been launched.

12 Feb 2019

Exhibition charts the extraordinary history of the Gwynn family

A new exhibition in the Library of Trinity College Dublin charts the extraordinary history of the Gwynn family.

11 Feb 2019

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First HRB Impact Award recognises Professor Mary McCarron

The Health Research Board presents its first HRB Impact Award to Dean of Health Sciences Professor Mary McCarron recognising how her research has transformed the health, care and living environments of people ageing with ID.

8 Feb 2019

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Trinity’s front façade goes red to celebrate the Dublin Chinese New Year festival

Trinity announced a major expansion of its Chinese Studies programme at the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies to mark the arrival of the Year of the Pig.

4 Feb 2019

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It all started with a bang. Or did it? Prof Luke O’Neill on what it means to be human

Professor Luke O’Neill, Trinity College Dublin, talked about our amazing existence and the future of humankind as part of the Trinity Long Room Hub’s new speaker series ‘What does it mean to be Human in the 21st Century?’

4 Feb 2019

Lámhscríbhinn speisialta, Apacailipsis Bhaile Átha Cliath, le fáil ar fud an domhain trí ardán ar líne

Tá Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath ag ceiliúradh digitiú ‘Apacailipsis Bhaile Átha Cliath’, ceann de mhórsheoda na Leabharlainne ón meánaois.

4 Feb 2019

Trinity announces Book of Kells Creative Competition winners

The winners have been announced for the second annual Book of Kells Creative Competition which attracted 1,600 entries in art and writing.

1 Feb 2019

Precious Dublin Apocalypse manuscript now available to a global online audience

Trinity College Dublin is celebrating the digitisation of the Dublin Apocalypse, one of great medieval treasures of the Library.

30 Jan 2019