College News
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Mary Harney becomes first female president of Trinity’s Hist
Mary Harney, who served as the student debating society’s first ever female auditor as an economics student at Trinity in 1976-1977, succeeds Professor David McConnell who has been the Hist president since 2002.
8 Mar 2024
Community|Students
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Launching Trinity Research
This week kicked off with the launch of Trinity Research.
7 Mar 2024
Research
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Trinity co-hosts Women in STEMM Summit 2024
The resounding success of the summit co-hosted by the School of Physics underscores the importance of fostering diversity and inclusivity in STEMM fields.
7 Mar 2024
Innovation|Research|Science
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Towards Sustainable Work & Employment: Navigating the Paradoxes of Job Deconstruction
The Inaugural Lecture of Prof David Collings, Professor of Sustainable Business (2021) will take place on Tuesday 12th March at 6pm in the McNabb Theatre in Trinity Business School.
6 Mar 2024
Business
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626 students receive Entrance Exhibition awards from Trinity
The students come from 445 different schools and from all 32 counties on the island of Ireland as well as 28 countries overseas.
6 Mar 2024
Awards and Funding|Students
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Trinity tree of the month - the Common Lime
In February we are featuring our Tilia, or Common Lime trees which can be found on the grass bank of the Parsons Building. They’re 23 and 25 metres tall, just over 2.5 metres in girth and together they store over 5,000 kg of carbon.
28 Feb 2024
Sustainability
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Trinity on the Move
Calling all members of the Trinity community - join us for a day of sponsored sport on 14th March to raise money for student hardship funds!
23 Feb 2024
Community
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Alpaca wins Learnovate and Amazon Web Services accelerator programme
The EdTech Accelerator Programme for learning technology start-ups ran from December 5, 2023 to February 20, 2024 with ten companies involved.
21 Feb 2024
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research
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Weston Foundation Scholarship to fund MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability
Applications have opened for the new Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation Scholarship, which aims to support young people from under-represented socio-economic backgrounds in taking on Trinity Business School’s newly launched MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability.
19 Feb 2024
Awards and Funding|Business|Students
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Trinity to feature in ‘My Uni Life’ series on RTÉ
This exciting series returns to our screens for a second season as cameras capture life across a busy year on campus, beginning on Friday February 16th at 8pm on RTE One or RTÉ Player.
13 Feb 2024
Community|Society|Students
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Trinity welcomes STEMM community to ItsHer Summit
The summit (March 7 and 8) will bring the STEMM community together to share ideas and celebrate achievements in support of International Women’s Day.
9 Feb 2024
Community|Research|Society
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Anxiety, cognition and emotion in the human brain
The Inaugural Lecture of Prof Sonia Bishop will take place on Tuesday 13th February at 6.15pm in the Robert Emmet lecture theatre.
6 Feb 2024
Arts|Research
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Eight students graduate from Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The graduates - James Conlan, Jodie Daly, Oscar Daly, Conor Dunne, Liam Foley, Jack McFadden, Cliodhna O’Rourke and Diarmuid Owens - completed 18 modules over two years of full-time study.
1 Feb 2024
Community|Students
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Trinity Tree of the month - the Giant Redwood
This month we are bringing you one of our old ‘native’ tree species, Sequoiadendron giganteum, referred to as Giant Redwood or Wellingtonia. These are some of the most massive trees in the world, with the tallest living specimen standing at 84m tall with girths of 35m. They can live almost 3,500 years, making some of them the oldest living organisms on earth.
31 Jan 2024
Sustainability
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Best wishes to Senator David Norris
Trinity says a fond farewell to David Norris who has retired from Seanad Éireann after 37 years as a Senator.
25 Jan 2024
Community
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Trinity boosts sustainable aviation fuel research with new partnership
This adds a fresh dimension to Trinity's work on SAFs, which now involves four main projects with a shared goal of making air travel better for the planet.
25 Jan 2024
Business|Research|Sustainability
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Researchers and professional support staff meet at inaugural Coordinator Mobilisation event
The event allowed eight PIs leading large-scale Horizon Europe Pillar 2 or European Innovation Council projects to introduce these projects and to showcase the important work of key teams around college who provide post-award support.
19 Jan 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Research
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New funding for EU University Alliances
CHARM-EU receives additional €391,300 in government funding
18 Jan 2024
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Trinity hosts major world conference on school effectiveness
More than 500 delegates will attend the conference from 9-12 January, reflecting on strategies to support and enhance the functioning of schools.
5 Jan 2024
Research|Society
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Wells and Wellbeing – new book links the water science and traditions behind Irish holy wells
Dr Bruce Misstear, Fellow Emeritus in Trinity’s School of Engineering, recently launched a new book – Wells and Wellbeing, The Hydrogeology of Irish Holy Wells.
21 Dec 2023
Culture|Environment|Science
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Tree of the Month - Erman’s Birch
This December, we are bringing you one of the more iconic Trinity trees, Betula emanii or Erman’s Birch. You’ll spot these two on your right and left as you enter through the Front Gate. The Erman’s Birch were planted around 1950 to replace the Oregon Maples that once stood there. One Maple blew down in a storm in 1945 and the decision to remove the other was eventually made to restore symmetry to the area.
19 Dec 2023
Community|Sustainability
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Christmas greetings – Trinity holiday closure arrangements 2023/2024
Trinity College Dublin will be closed from the end of business hours on Thursday December 21st 2023 to the start of normal business hours on Tuesday January 2nd 2024.
14 Dec 2023
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Professor Viet Pham honoured with IEEE Best Young Researcher Award
Viet, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
12 Dec 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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Revolutionising urban futures: Trendhunters reimagines Dún Laoghaire
Smart Dún Laoghaire is relaunching its futurism engagement programme, Trendhunters, which aims to integrate futures thinking more into Dublin’s smart city environment.
8 Dec 2023
Community|Research|Society
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School of Social Sciences & Philosophy holds Student Prize Ceremony
The ceremony concluded with a special presentation by Francis O'Toole and Paul O'Grady to Professor John O’Hagan to mark his substantial contributions to the Department of Economics, spanning an impressive six decades to date.
7 Dec 2023
Awards and Funding|Students
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Students receive 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships
Trinity this week announced five student recipients of the 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony hosted by Three Ireland.
6 Dec 2023
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SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students
As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.
6 Dec 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students
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Embracing Sensory Diversity with TCD Sense Map
Trinity unveils groundbreaking accessibility tool during TCDSU Disability Week
29 Nov 2023
Community|Society|Students
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Trinity welcomes Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf
Mr Yousaf greeted the special Scottish gathering with a "Dia dhaoibh" and went on to talk about how vital the friendship was between Scotland and Ireland, noting that 23,000 Irish citizens live in Scotland.
27 Nov 2023
Community|Environment|Society
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What were they thinking? The logic of the cuneiform script, our earliest writing system
The mysterious logic of the world’s first writing systems will be explored by ancient language expert Dr Martin Worthington at a free public talk this week organised by Trinity Centre of the Book.
27 Nov 2023
Arts