When it comes to understanding the student experience, School of Computer Science and Statistics Lecturer Andrew Butterfield has got you covered. While Butterfield currently boasts many research acclaims supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), just a few decades ago …
Societies
It’s never too late to start university: meet the Trinity Mature Student Society
Ruby Topalian speaks to the Trinity Mature Student Society in how they support mature students in college
Society often conditions us to follow a set path. Normally, that path looks something like secondary school, college, marriage, kids, and retirement. However, the reality is that life is never this linear. Even if you are one of many who …
Fashion Soc’s EPIC finale
Trinity Fashion Society’s annual fashion show, Transcendence: The EPIC Journey of Fashion, offered an unmissable spectacle last Friday
Trinity Fashion Society went out with a bang last Friday as they put on their annual fashion show, aptly named Transcendence: The EPIC Journey of Fashion. Held in the EPIC Museum Building located in Dublin’s Docklands, the show was conceptually …
From Trinity Geography Society to Ireland’s Green Party: Meet Kate Ruddock
Ruby Topalian talks to Green Party Member Kate Ruddock about her time at Trinity
When Kate Ruddock started at Trinity, she knew one thing: she loved science. In secondary school, she fell in love with exploring new phenomena and figuring out “how stuff worked” and so it was a no-brainer that she would pursue …
DU Dance Soc reprises annual best dance crew competition for charity
Profits from the March 22 Button Factory competition will be donated to the hospital-funding organisation MOVE
DU Dance Soc has announced the return of the Trinity’s Best Dance Crew (TBDC) competition, Trinity’s largest dance event.
The competition, which aims to determine the Best Dance Crew of 2023, will be hosted by DU Dance and other societies …
Formula for success: The passion and hard work of Formula Trinity
Honey Morris speaks to Chief Operations Officer of Formula Trinity to understand the work, challenges and motivation behind the society
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: The four pillars of STEM, and four main components of Formula Trinity. This incredible society builds, codes, designs, and engineers sports car driving systems. Even with their focus being STEM-driven, their team includes students from …
Trinity Impact Series: DU Players legend on breaking down the exclusive Trinity barrier
Ella-Bleu Kiely speaks with Ultan Pringle on his theatrical journey
Fucked-up, crazy, and lovely is how Ultan Pringle summarises his time in Trinity. The playwright dripped with honesty and charisma as we spoke about his time in DU Players and how it shaped the person he is today over a …
Spending a little time with Sweet Charity
Elisa Eckstein reviews Trinity Musical Theatre’s annual production
Dazzling, charming, and a little bit seductive. This year’s Trinity Musical Theatre production, Sweet Charity, opened with a bang last Wednesday 22 February at the O’Reilly Theatre. The musical was adapted to be “sexy, sharp and fun” by director Beth …
Student Economic Review and Phil host Yale in Big Tech debate
Alex Andrés documents the Phil’s latest chamber debate, which saw speakers balancing data-driven arguments with some humour
On Thursday 23 February at 7.30pm Trinity’s Student Economic Review (SER) and the University Philosophical Society (the Phil) jointly hosted the Yale Debate Association in the Phil’s weekly chamber debate, which took place in the Graduates Memorial Building (GMB).
The …
This House on The Phil and The Hist
Ruth Brady sits down with President of the Phil and Auditor of the Hist to discuss upcoming plans for the societies
College’s debating societies have a combined age of over 600, so when it comes to semester two activities, they possess a wealth of experience. I don’t know about you, but as the Auditor of Law Soc organizing the society’s second-semester …