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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

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

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

Honorary degrees conferred at Trinity

Journalist Susan McKay, musician Fergus Sheil, Judge Mary Irvine and scientist Michael Coey received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.

1 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Students

Darndale urban forest collaboration led by Trinity and Dublin City Council

The Dublin suburb of Darndale has today become the location of a new innovative ‘urban forest’ as part of an EU funded city tree-planting initiative. It has joined Milan, Barcelona and the Romanian city of Brasov as one of four forests being planted in the ‘UForest’ project.

1 Dec 2023

Community|Environment

Embracing Sensory Diversity with TCD Sense Map

Trinity unveils groundbreaking accessibility tool during TCDSU Disability Week

29 Nov 2023

Community|Society|Students

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

College Awareness Week Celebrates 10 years with the TY Challenge Finals in Cork!

To celebrate 10 years of College Awareness Week, MTU Cork hosted the launch to coincide with the TY Challenge finals.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Students

Trinity launches Civic Engagement Action Plan

What is a civically-engaged university? Trinity now has a plan that sets out its goals.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Research|Society

Fewer staff, students are walking and cycling, survey finds

The numbers walking fell to 20% from a high of 28% in 2018, while the cycling rate was sharply down (-59%) from 2011.

20 Nov 2023

Community|Environment|Students