College News
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Professor Louise Richardson Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford gives Henry Grattan lecture
The lecture titled “Speaking to the Hand: the Rhetoric of Division and the Threat to Democracy” was hosted by the Embassy of Ireland in London in association with Trinity College Dublin.
17 Dec 2019
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New research pinpoints which of the world’s trees are climate change-ready
Trinity scientists have found that with rising CO2 levels, evergreen trees and shrubs are more efficient in using water than deciduous plants in cooler climate locations.
12 Dec 2019
Research
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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council awards
Researchers from Trinity College won three of the six grants awarded to researchers at Irish universities.
10 Dec 2019
Research
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SUBMERGE – Science Gallery Bengaluru Launches First Exhibition
When we think of water, we are mostly thinking of the 3% that is freshwater on Earth. What does it mean to think of water beyond its being a resource: water is after all a weird substance? It is present in the smallest of living cells as well in gigantic glaciers and oceans. Water shapes […]
9 Dec 2019
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Pioneering Trinity ecologist wins IRC Early Career Researcher of the Year
Pioneering ecologist, Dr Jeremy J Piggott, Assistant Professor in Zoology in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences, has won the prestigious 2019 Irish Research Council Early Career Researcher of the Year award.
6 Dec 2019
Research
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Celebrating Innovative Research at Trinity
Leading researchers and inventors at Trinity College Dublin were acknowledged for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the Trinity Innovation Awards 2019 special awards ceremony. The highest accolade, the Provost Innovation Award went to Trinity Alumni Sean Mitchell and David Moloney for their leadership in the highly competitive semiconductor industry. Sean Mitchell Having completed […]
6 Dec 2019
Research
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An Taoiseach and Minister Madigan launch the Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury research project
The flagship research project led by Trinity will digitally recreate seven centuries of historical records of the Public Record Office of Ireland destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War.
5 Dec 2019
Research
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Provost and Indian Ambassador plant tree to commemorate Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary
The Provost and Indian Ambassador to Ireland jointly planted a peace Trachycarpus fortunei Palm tree to celebrate 150 years since the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
5 Dec 2019
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Trinity student Lyndsay Walsh recognised at Climate Ambassador Awards
Student Lyndsay Walsh completed An Taisce’s Climate Ambassador programme in 2019 and was presented with an Outstanding Achievement Award.
5 Dec 2019
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Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity celebrates 18 years
Centre for Deaf Studies (CDS) celebrated its 18th year at Trinity by hosting a seminar in November. The incoming Chancellor and former President, Prof Mary McAleese officially opened the Centre on the 12th of November 2001.
5 Dec 2019