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From red mud to green concrete: Trinity-led team pioneers low-carbon construction material

An Enterprise Ireland-funded project has successfully brought a new bauxite refining residue concrete from the lab to industrial trials.

22 Oct 2026

Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Trinity Business School hosts discussions on digital skills and inclusive talent development

Employers, policymakers and educators gathered at Trinity Business School to explore how Europe can strengthen digital skills, widen access to digital careers and support a workforce adapting to AI.

19 Oct 2026

Business|EU Presidency|Research

Trinity to open as normal on Wednesday 21 October

The Commencements (graduations) that had been originally planned for that day, and were moved to 19 October, will take place on 19 October, as previously communicated.

16 Oct 2026

Business|Society|Students

Trinity chair warns politicians that universities are "on a very real cliff-edge"

"The harsh reality is that State funding per student is now over 30% lower in real terms than in 2008. This country ranks 36th out of 37 OECD countries for investment in higher education as a share of GDP."

15 Oct 2026

Awards and Funding|Community|Society|Students

Trinity researchers develop pioneering new medicine for atopic dermatitis

Sitryx Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company co-founded by Trinity’s Professor Luke O’Neill has just announced positive results in a clinical trial of a new treatment for the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis, which is commonly known as eczema.

15 Oct 2026

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

Leading mathematicians gather in Trinity to examine new Ai-generated mathematical proof

By remarkable coincidence, leading international mathematicians gathered at Trinity’s Hamilton Mathematics Institute (HMI) for a workshop planned long before OpenAI’s announcement and are already examining and simplifying the newly proposed proof. The workshop was organised to study the mathematical structures underlying the Deligne–Drinfeld conjecture, making the timing of the announcement particularly remarkable.

15 Oct 2026

Research|Science

From Lilliput to the Long Room: Trinity celebrates 300 years of Gulliver’s Travels

An exhibition in Trinity's Long Room curated by Stephanie Breen, Library, and Aileen Douglas and Ian Campbell Ross, School of English, charts the extraordinary journey of one of the most celebrated works of world literature.

15 Oct 2026

Arts|Culture|Research

Trinity welcomes EU Startups Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva

The EU Commissioner met with members of the Trinity Entrepreneurial Society, a student society that runs start-up competitions and an incubator, and which had issued an invitation to Trinity to her.

13 Oct 2026

Community|EU Presidency|Innovation|Students

New Trinity Centre launched for Reproductive Sciences and Women’s Health

The new Centre will create a coordinated research ecosystem spanning discovery science, clinical research and policy, addressing important evidence gaps in women’s and reproductive health.

12 Oct 2026

Health|Research|Science|Society

Impact of industrial action on October 14th: FAQs for staff and students

The campus will be accessible to staff, students and residents. However, no teaching will take place on Wednesday, nor will there be any events on campus.

12 Oct 2026

Community|Society|Students