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Children’s Research Centre hosts International Summer School in Child and Youth Welfare

The Children’s Research Centre (CRC) at Trinity College Dublin hosted 27 students and staff from Israel, Russia, Ireland and Germany at a week-long Summer School as part of the EU Tempus Project.

30 Jul 2014

Five Trinity Researchers Win Starting Investigator or Development Awards

The grants, awarded by Science Foundation Ireland, are designed to help Ireland’s most promising young researchers to embark on fully independent research careers.

28 Jul 2014

Trinity Sports Scholarship Students Head for Commonwealth Games

Trinity Sports Scholarship students, Victoria Mullin and Prakash Vijayanath will represent their countries in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

22 Jul 2014

Owen Patrick Smith becomes new Regius Professor of Physic (1637)

The regius professor of physic is the oldest chair of medicine in Ireland and it is among the oldest in Europe.

22 Jul 2014

Trinity’s Science Gallery Director Wins ‘Great Science Communicator’ Award

Lynn Scarff, Interim Director of Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, has won the Lundbeck Foundation prize for best communication at the Euroscience Open Forum in Copenhagen.

14 Jul 2014

Researchers Discover World-First New Material which could Revolutionise IT

Scientists at AMBER, the materials science centre based at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a completely new material, which could revolutionise information technology, computer processes and data storage.

3 Jul 2014

Trinity Gerontologist awarded Honorary Fellowship of Gerontological Society of America

Professor Des O'Neill is the first researcher in ageing in Ireland to be awarded this Honorary Fellowship.

3 Jul 2014

New Book Provides Insights for Sustainable Consumption in the Modern World

Trinity geographers launched the new book after five years of research that identified, developed and evaluated more sustainable practices.

30 Jun 2014

Trinity Plays Key Role in Marking 750th Anniversary of First Recorded Parliament in Ireland

Seanad debate held to mark the 750th anniversary of the first documented sitting of an administrative gathering to call itself a parliament in Ireland.

27 Jun 2014

Knighthood for Professor John Pethica

Professor John Pethica was knighted in the recent Queen's Birthday Honours list 2014 for services to science.

23 Jun 2014

New book on Mental Health in Ireland launched

The book provides a critical analysis of recent developments that may affect those experiencing mental and emotional distress in Ireland today.

17 Jun 2014

SteppingUp.ie website developed at Trinity wins major healthcare award

Developed in Trinity’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, the website recently won an award at the 2014 Health Literacy Awards.

12 Jun 2014

Trinity Students Selected for Washington Ireland Programme

Three Trinity students have been selected from over 400 applicants to participate in the Washington Ireland Program (WIP) 2014.

12 Jun 2014

Students Enjoy Salters’ Festival of Chemistry at Trinity

Secondary school students from Leinster enjoyed a day of practical chemistry designed to encourage more detailed scientific exploration.

9 Jun 2014

Royal Irish Academy Honours Five Trinity College Dublin Academics with Membership

Andrew Bowie, Padraic Fallon, Rose Anne Kenny, Mani Ramaswami and Ciaran Brady were admitted as members of the Royal Irish Academy continuing a 229 year Academy tradition of public recognition of outstanding academic achievement.

5 Jun 2014

Trinity Hosts Public Lecture on the Early Universe and Big Bang

Recent experiments have told us more about the mysterious 'dark matter' and 'dark energy' composition of the pre-Big Bang Universe.

4 Jun 2014

Trinity Launches New Online Courses

Trinity’s Online Education Unit has announced the introduction of two new online/distance postgraduate courses and Trinity’s first free online course, starting in September 2014.

4 Jun 2014

Study Examines Special Class Provision for Children with Special Needs

Understanding Special Class Provision in Ireland, a major survey of special class provision in Irish schools was published recently.

3 Jun 2014

The Freyne Library Opened by the Provost

Prestigious multidisciplinary book collection on Galilee in the first century CE donated to the Department of Religions and Theology

28 May 2014

Trinity ‘BioBlitz’ Shows Terrific Diversity of Plants and Animals on Campus

The Intervarsity event catalogued 346 unique species living within the Trinity walls as it raised awareness about the importance of urban biodiversity.

22 May 2014

Trinity Microbiologists Win Harry Smith Vacation Studentships

Four Assistant Professors in Microbiology at Trinity will supervise undergraduate summer research projects.

20 May 2014

International Summer School Launched at School of Nursing and Midwifery

The programme provides US student nursing participants with opportunities to explore the world of Irish nursing and compare nursing in the US with Ireland.

20 May 2014

‘Research at the Interface’ Discussed at TBSI Annual Symposium

Ground-breaking research in immunology, cancer and medicine was presented to encourage interdisciplinary work.

14 May 2014

Secondary School Students Take Part in International Particle Physics Masterclass

The fifth and sixth-year students contributed to experiments that are investigating the very nature of our Universe.

14 May 2014

Teaching Awards Recognise PhD Students Commitment to Teaching and Learning

The Dermot McAleese Teaching Awards were presented...

13 May 2014

Ground-breaking Philosopher David Chalmers Delivers Donnellan Lectures at Trinity

The audience was treated to three captivating lectures on the topic of ’structuralism, Space and Scepticism'.

9 May 2014

Natural Capital Forum to Assess Value of Irish Environment

A Natural Capital Forum (NCF) for Ireland will be established to advance a comprehensive economic assessment of the whole range of resources, goods and services produced by the Irish environment.

9 May 2014