College News
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Astrophysicists honoured for gravitational wave astronomy work
Evan Keane, Associate Professor at Trinity and Director of Trinity’s Rosse Observatory, has been honoured with the Royal Astronomical Society’s Group Achievement Award for his European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) work.
13 Jan 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Trinity to hold Seanad hustings
Ahead of the upcoming Seanad election, a hustings will take place in Trinity Business School from 5pm on 14 January.
10 Jan 2025
Community|Society
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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
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Christmas greetings – Trinity holiday closure arrangements 2024/2025
Access to the University over the Christmas and New Year holidays will be reduced at the end of business on Monday the 23rd of December 2024 to the start of business on Thursday the 2nd of January 2025.
16 Dec 2024
Community
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Provost presents Trinity Civic Engagement Awards
Congratulations to Prof Eimear McGlinchey, Dr Erica Krueger, Beth Corcoran and Zachary Chambers on receiving these awards
12 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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Smart Docklands funds four projects to address community need
Thee successful teams received seed funding of €12,500 each to tackle challenges across environmental monitoring, community development, and antisocial behaviour, and to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and enjoyable Docklands for all.
9 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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Smart Docklands funds four pilot projects to address community need
The winning teams received seed funding of €12,500 each to tackle pressing challenges across environmental monitoring, community development, and antisocial behaviour, and to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and enjoyable Docklands for all.
6 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Environment|Society
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16 candidates nominated to contest Seanad election
This is the last time that the University of Dublin constituency will elect three Senators to the upper house of the Oireachtas. From 2026, Trinity graduates, along with graduates of other higher education institutions who hold Irish citizenship, will elect six Senators to the Seanad’s Higher Education constituency.
6 Dec 2024
Community|Society
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School of Nursing & Midwifery receives Bronze Athena Swan Award
The School of Nursing & Midwifery has achieved a Bronze Athena Swan Award, recognising its dedication to advancing gender equality and fostering inclusivity across academic, learning, and healthcare environments. This significant milestone underscores the School’s ongoing commitment to creating a fair, inclusive, and diverse community.
6 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Community
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Trinity welcomes six new campus companies
Collectively Trinity campus companies have raised over €400 million in this period, as well as creating more than 800 jobs. A total of 24 have become Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start Ups.
27 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Research
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GBHI welcomes Professor Iracema Leroi as new Site Director
Professor Leroi is a respected faculty member at GBHI and Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry at Trinity. She also serves as a Consultant Psychiatrist at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin
26 Nov 2024
Community|Health|Research
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AIB commits €10m investment to AIB Trinity Climate Hub
The AIB Trinity Climate Hub will bring researchers together to address challenges around maintaining a stable and liveable climate, securing biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature, adapting to climate change, and reversing water degradation.
25 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability
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Six Trinity researchers recognised as future research leaders in HRB awards
Trinity researchers have received awards for 6 projects out of a total 13 projects in the most recent call, and €5.3 million out of a €12.5 million investment from the Health Research Board (HRB)
22 Nov 2024
Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Professor Damian Murchan becomes President of Association for Educational Assessment Europe
AEA Europe is the premier association for all assessment professionals throughout Europe. Members are drawn from examination agencies, government education ministries, research institutes, schools and universities and the corporate sector.
20 Nov 2024
Research|Society
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Medical Gerontology celebrates 25 years of excellence
The celebratory occasion honoured the discipline’s history and achievements, and recognised outstanding contributions from undergraduate and postgraduate students.
18 Nov 2024
Community|Health|Research
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Trinity Alumni leading College Awareness Week with nationwide webinars
This year College Awareness Week runs from the 18th to the 24th of November. The campaign aims to help students learn about the experiences they could have at college and the subjects they may want to study.
18 Nov 2024
Community
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Trinity students and staff observe COP29
The 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place over the next two weeks in Baku, Azerbaijan. Trinity gained observer status last year, which means representatives access seminars, panels and networking opportunities, but not the negotiations.
11 Nov 2024
Sustainability
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Trinity Celebrates its 2024/25 Sport Scholars
Trinity's new batch of Sport Scholarship students for 2024/2025 will be celebrated tonight at an event in the Dining Hall. During the event Trinity Sport student athletes will take part in a panel discussion on the ‘high-performance mindset’.
11 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Students
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EVEREST Project aims to revolutionise study of extracellular vesicles
The project will bring together 21 institutions from 11 countries with a budget of €1.3 million to advance the study of extracellular vesicles.
7 Nov 2024
Innovation|Research|Science
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Artist Isabel Nolan and Douglas Hyde Gallery set for 61st Venice Art Biennale
The selection of the team to represent Ireland was made following an open, competitive process, with international jury members.
6 Nov 2024
Arts|Culture
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New Trinity Taskforce to hold first meeting on November 22
The Taskforce will have 26 members, including three nominated by the Trinity Students Union, two by the Central Societies’ Committee and four nominated by the Group of Unions.
6 Nov 2024
Community|Research|Society|Students
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Discover the future of urban living at the Smart Cities Urban Quest in Dublin’s Docklands
The Smart Cities Urban Quest: Adventure in the Docklands invites the public to dive into an exciting, hands-on experience that combines augmented reality, games, and quizzes, and offers a fresh perspective on smart city technology and its impact on urban life.
5 Nov 2024
Community|Society|Sustainability
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Trinity researchers win Women in STEM awards
Dr Brooke Tornifoglio and Prof. Brendan Tangney were among the winners at last night’s Women in STEM Summit and Awards ceremony.
25 Oct 2024
Awards and Funding
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From Connemara to Colombia: Trinity flies the flag for nature positive at COP16
Dr Siobhan McQuaid will be representing Trinity at COP16, the UN conference on Biological Diversity taking place in Cali, Columbia. She will address the conference today, 23 October, during a panel discussion entitled ‘Bridging global perspectives on transformative change towards a nature positive economy’ with colleagues representing Colombia, Mexico, China and the European Union.
23 Oct 2024
Environment|Research|Sustainability
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International Climate Action Day – E3 researchers to outline how we can make global impact
A multidisciplinary online panel discussion will explore the vital role of research in tackling the climate crisis and highlight the innovative solutions emerging from various fields.
21 Oct 2024
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Prof. Jennifer Edmond appointed as National Coordinator for Ireland’s participation in DARIAH ERIC
Professor Edmond, in her role as National Coordinator for DARIAH, will facilitate engagement between Ireland-based researchers and DARIAH, and work to enhance DARIAH’s footprint in Ireland in collaboration with the coordinators across Europe and other key stakeholders.
17 Oct 2024
Arts|Research
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Professor Karen Wiltshire on Ireland’s Climate Change
These are the Irish climate stripes- representing the change in Irish air temperature as a function of time.
14 Oct 2024
Sustainability
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Trinity renames its main Library after poet Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland was one of the foremost women in Irish literature, publishing many collections of poetry, a memoir Object Lessons (1995), as well as teaching and lecturing in Ireland and in the US.
9 Oct 2024
Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students
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Trinity welcomes the President of Vietnam
Mr Lâm was greeted at the Old Library of Trinity by Vice Provost Prof. Orla Sheils and by Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
2 Oct 2024
Community|Society|Students
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Trinity and Queen’s University Belfast students to tackle Inspire Impact Innovation Challenge
Students will aim to develop solutions to pressing social challenges related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)..
2 Oct 2024
Business|Environment|Innovation|Sustainability