College News
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Seahorse consortium project wins prestigious maritime safety award
Trinity College Dublin is part of the consortium of universities and private companies that aims to make maritime shipping safer.
17 May 2017
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Husband and wife scientists made Chevaliers by French government
Professor in Physics at Trinity, Peter Gallagher, and his wife, Professor Emma Teeling, UCD, were invested as Knights of the Order of Academic Palms.
17 May 2017
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Trinity chases US-Ireland Research Innovation success
Trinity researchers spearhead the nominations in the Higher Education Institution category of the prestigious US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards.
17 May 2017
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Trinity Business Student of the Year 2017
Business and Law student Benn Hogan has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Trinity Business Student of the Year for his outstanding academic achievements and contribution to University life.
15 May 2017
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Pioneering Student Partnership Policy launched
Ireland’s first partnership agreement to improve the engagement of staff and students was signed in Trinity College Dublin this week.
12 May 2017
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Trinity’s Social and Political Review awards inaugural student prize
The 27th volume of the Social and Political Review was launched this term in the historic House of Lords building in Bank of Ireland, College Green by Trinity graduate and former Senator, Averil Power.
10 May 2017
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The beatification of Fr John Sullivan SJ – a first for Trinity and Ireland
Trinity graduate Fr John Sullivan SJ will be beatified on 13 May 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato, representing Pope Francis in Gardiner Street Church, the first beatification to take place in Ireland.
10 May 2017
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Trinity scientist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry award
Professor Aidan McDonald, an inorganic chemistry expert, is the Royal Society of Chemistry Sir Edward Frankland Fellowship winner for 2017.
9 May 2017
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Student engineers win Kinsella Scholarships
Three budding engineers secured the 2016/17 awards having shown outstanding potential in their field at Trinity.
8 May 2017
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Trinity Academic’s new book Language and the Structure of Berkeley’s World
Written Dr Kenneth Pearce, Ussher Assistant Professor in Berkeley Studies in the Department of Philosophy
25 Apr 2017
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Botanical artist to showcase Ellen Hutchins Exhibition finale
Award-winning botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty, will paint some of Ellen's decades-old seaweed specimens as the exhibition celebrating Ireland's first female botanist draws to a close.
25 Apr 2017
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2017 Uniphar CROSS Atlantic Cycle launched
CROSS is an acronym for Cancer Research of the Oesophagus and Stomach at St James’s Hospital and the charity is a focal point for cancer research which is led by one of Trinity's principal cancer researchers, Professor John Reynolds.
20 Apr 2017
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Scholars of the Decades
The annual gathering of Trinity College Dublin’s Scholars of the Decades and new Fellows took place last week on Trinity Monday.
19 Apr 2017
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How smart are fish?
Scientists and anglers will share research and fishing tales that paint a surprisingly complex picture of fish behaviour at an exciting evening discussion.
13 Apr 2017
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Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) launched
TTMI will bridge and consolidate all our areas of expertise. It will consolidate patient-orientated research across Trinity and the affiliated hospitals, creating a viable process, based on international best practice, for delivering basic to translational biomedical research.
11 Apr 2017
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Trinity’s maintenance team
Over 5,000 planned and over 20,000 unplanned reactive maintenance tasks per year are looked after by a dedicated team in Estates and Facilities.
7 Apr 2017
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Trinity engineer’s new book — Water Wells and Boreholes
The revised second edition focuses on wells that are used for drinking, industry, agriculture and other supply purposes, featuring examples from over the globe.
7 Apr 2017
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Trinity Ball 2017 – Access and Arrangements
Trinity will be closed from 5.30 pm on Friday 7 April for the annual Trinity Ball. The following ball arrangements are issued for your guidance on that day.
6 Apr 2017
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New art acquisitions
Over 200 new works have been added to Trinity's art collections in the past decade, 90% of which are by living artists, and 80% of all the artists represented are completely new to our collections.
6 Apr 2017
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Bee hotels buzzing
Six bee hotels have been installed on campus to help make Trinity’s grounds more pollinator-friendly and to raise awareness of pollinators.
6 Apr 2017
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Martin Scorsese receives Trinity’s Philosophical Society’s Gold Medal
Renowned film director, Martin Scorsese became an Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society (The Phil) in February.
6 Apr 2017
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Trinity Walton Club goes global
Trinity's STEM education enrichment programme is open to international students for the first time this summer.
30 Mar 2017
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Inaugural Seán Freyne Memorial Lecture
Prof Freyne established the first non-denominational setting for the study of the Bible and theology within the humanities at an Irish university.
24 Mar 2017
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Eyes in the sky — how ground-bound animals follow vultures to a free lunch
On the plains of Africa, jackals and hyenas follow scavenging vultures to pick up an easy meal.
21 Mar 2017
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Japanese manga exhibition opens in Trinity
The exhibition introduces similarities and differences between modern Japanese manga comics and the 'Hokusai Manga', a collection of 15 volumes of sketches by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
21 Mar 2017
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Comets or volcanoes? Where did Earth’s water come from?
Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Trinity, Balz Kamber, with an opinion piece published on The Conversation.
8 Mar 2017
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Why Africa should be high on Donald Trump’s list of priorities
PhD candidate in Geography at Trinity, Ricardo Reboredo, with an opinion piece published on The Conversation.
6 Mar 2017
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Renowned film director Béla Tarr to deliver ‘masterclass’ in Trinity
Other masterclasses on editing and music scoring will also take place in Trinity as part of the 5th Silk Road International Film Festival.
1 Mar 2017
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Visiting speaker Dr Catherine Vidal asks: Does the brain have a sex/gender?
Dr Catherine Vidal argues against gender being an innate aspect of our biology -- instead pointing to research that suggests learning and experiences 're-shape' our brains as we grow.
15 Feb 2017
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Hamilton Mathematics Institute welcomes two Fields Medal winners
Trinity welcomed two Fields Medal winners, Maxim Kontsevich (IHES) and Andrei Okounkov (Columbia University), to the HMI mini-conference.
13 Feb 2017