…“This is a society that seeks to meet both the needs of its musical members and the college itself with their events throughout the year ranging from two classical concerts in the exam hall, to the hip and hop
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Tick, tock, the clock strikes done
An anonymous writer describes the stress and isolation associated with constant connectivity and juggling many commitments at once
“Chest tightens, heart throbs, throat closes up. I need to run to the beach and turn off my phone, but I can’t, I have things to do.”
I feel like a puppet, there are a million strings coming from me; …
€8m pedestrianised College Green plaza will not be finished before the end of 2018
Originally to be completed by summer 2017, Dublin City Council have now released new timelines for the construction
The €8m proposal to transform College Green into a pedestrian and cycle plaza will not be finished before the end of 2018, Dublin City Council (DCC) has said. Initially, it was anticipated that the construction would be finalised by summer …
Introducing Trinity’s LGBT Staff Network
Joel McKeever talks to Trinity News about Trinity’s official network for LGBT staff members
The LGBT Staff Network, launched earlier this year, was a long time coming. This is surprising on a campus with a strong LGBT history, which is notably home to Ireland’s oldest LGBT society. Why, then, has it all come together …
A lack of imagination
Orlaith Darling rails against the prevailing “cool” aesthetic in Trinity
“If normal is the dreaded anathema avoided by every arts student ever, then being extraordinary now requires a surgical excision of ‘cool’.”
We all have that friend who spent a summer abroad on a noble volunteer programme, where half the …
Design and Violence Exhibition at TCD’s Science Gallery
TCD Science Gallery has co-produced the exhibition with New York’s MOMA
Trinity’s Science Gallery have launched a new exhibition, Design and Violence, which explores the way both elements intersect with our lives. A co-production by the New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Science Gallery, the exhibition defines violence …
Global Brain Health Institute begins its pioneering research at Trinity College
The multidisciplinary and international team of researchers hope to combat the issues associated with an ageing population and its implication on health policy and patient care.
This year the Department of Health Sciences welcomes the first four Atlantic Fellows from the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) who represent “the first of an international network of ‘change agents’ in the global fight against dementia”.
GBHI is a …
Examining Trinity’s fall in the QS World Rankings
Taking a closer look at why Trinity continues to fall in the QS World Rankings
For the past three years, Trinity has been on the decline, at least according to the QS World University Rankings, in which Trinity has fallen from 78th to 98th place this year. In the THE World University Rankings, Trinity is …
Behind the scenes at Trinity IT
Eva O’Brien speaks to the team in IT services in Trinity to explore the changing needs of users and the evolving challenges they face in running one of the largest college networks in the country.
It is difficult for most of us now to imagine a time before Trinity had access to the Internet. And yet just 16 years ago, Trinity’s staff and students were highly suspicious of the new phenomenon. “We first introduced Wi-Fi …
The real cost of hosting the Olympics
InDepth editor Ronan Mac Giolla Rua takes a look into just how much it costs to host the Olympic Games, and why countries so often underestimate this.
The Olympics is one of the largest events in the world, and with the most recent games in Rio having 308 events in 28 sports and over 11,000 competitors, hosting it is sure to be quite expensive. However, a new …