Academic Awards

Trinity Professor Gets €150k Grant to Tackle Climate Emergency

Wolfgang Schmitt from Trinity’s School of Chemistry received a European grant to develop technologies that could mitigate global heating.
By Emma Donohoe

In World First, Trinity Researchers Show Gender Patterns in MND Inheritance

A team of Trinity researchers has conducted the largest-ever study of motor neurone disease.
By Yasmine Tadjine

Trinity Professor Made Chair of European Neuroscience Organisation

Prof Tomás Ryan from Trinity’s School of Biochemistry and Immunology will chair the organisation for the next two years.
By Emma Donohoe

Trinity Geneticists Reveal 8,000 Years of Cattle Herding History

Using DNA extracted from ancient bones, Trinity scientists uncovered the role of domestic animals in livestock herding over thousands of years.
By Emma Donohoe

Trinity Helps Found Astronomy Education Centre in Birr

Trinity's School of Physics has helped create the Astronomical Midlands, a new educational initiative.
By Emma Donohoe

Trinity Student Wins European Biomechanics Award

Trinity PhD Alix Whelan became the first Irish person since 2002 to win the European Society of Biomechanics Student Award.
By Emer Moreau

Trinity 37th in Times Higher Education Teaching Rankings

The College has risen from last year's ranking for its teaching standards.
By Emer Moreau

Trinity Researcher Helps Discover a Greener Method of Gin-Making – Using Peas

Using dried peas to make gin cuts down the greenhouse gases released in standard gin-making processes.
By Orla Murnaghan

Trinity Among Two Irish Universities Chosen for Major New EU Alliance

The College will partner up with universities in Utrecht, Barcelona, Montpellier and Budapest as part of the initiative.
By Aoife Kearins

New Senior Jobs Launched for Women in Higher Education

Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O'Connor said that 'there is no reason for women to play the second fiddle' in academia.
By Donal MacNamee