Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.
(see more)Trine University, founded in 1884, is known for producing career-ready graduates who are prepared to succeed, lead and serve. Trine faculty and staff encourage and celebrate students for their achievements. Excelling On and Off the Field – It’s A Trine Thing.
Trine team wins 2020 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge award
A team of Trine University design engineering technology majors has won a top award presented as part of the 2020 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge.
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2020 Aug 24
Trine team advances in national banking competition
A team of business majors from Trine University was one of 20 to advance to the second round of a national banking case study competition.
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2020 Jun 8
Big Man on Campus raises nearly $16,800 to fight breast cancer
The 20th annual Big Man on Campus (BMOC), sponsored by Trine's Theta Phi Alpha sorority, raised nearly $16,800 for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.
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2020 Feb 28
Cunningham Writing Contest winners recognized
Trine University awarded the winners of its annual Walter Cunningham Writing Contest during a ceremony on Feb. 18.
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2020 Feb 26

Trine bridge team competes
On Feb. 2, the Thunder Aces, Trine University's bridge team, competed in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Collegiate tournament.
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2020 Feb 4
Hackathon Participation 2019
From Oct. 18-20, five Trine students traveled to the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, for the NASA International Space Apps annual "hackathon." According to NASA, the event includes 29,000 participants at 225 events in 71 countries. Trine students, along with other participants, had two days to develop and present solutions to various challenges assigned to them at the event.
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2019 Dec 11
Trine Combat Robot awarded at national competition
While engineers often take on tasks that help protect the environment or keep people safe, a group of Trine seniors recently earned honors for a project that was more destructive in nature.
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2019 May 7
Trine BUV team wins competition
A Trine University team bested other universities at the 19th annual national Basic Utility Vehicle competition near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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2019 May 1
Trine civil engineers second in international competition
A team of Trine University civil engineers placed second in an international competition to design a sustainable shelter for dogs following a natural disaster or emergency.
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2019 Jun 11
Trine wins ASCE regional competition
Students from Trine University's chapter of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) took top honors at the organization's 2019 Great Lakes Regional Conference held at Valparaiso University on April 12-13.
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2019 May 1
Trine team wins ITE District Traffic Bowl
A Trine University team took top honors at a district competition for the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE).
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2019 Apr 29
Trine ChemE Car team places 4th at regionals
A Trine University team tasked with designing a car that can start and stop using only chemical reactions placed fourth in regional competition on April 13, qualifying for the national level.
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2019 Apr 15
Trine students take 5 awards at ACJA nationals
Trine University students and faculty recently attended the 2019 American Criminal Justice Association-Lambda Alpha Epsilon (ACJA-LAE) National Conference hosted by Region 4 of the ACJA.
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2019 Mar 19
Trine Bridge team places 14th
The Thunder Aces, the competitive team from Trine University's Bridge Club, finished tied for 14th in an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) competitive event on April 7.
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2019 Apr 9
Trine's Bridge Club growing, becoming more competitive
Though often associated with older generations, Bridge is gaining a following on the Trine University campus. The university's Bridge Club, competing as the Thunder Aces, took part in the 2019 College Bridge Online Club Special Team Tournament on Feb. 17, sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The competition included 31 colleges and universities, with Trine winning five out of eight matches - defeating two teams from the University of Chicago and teams from Alabama, Vanderbilt and Cal Tech - and tying for 19th overall.
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2019 Mar 18
Trine honors Cunningham winners
Trine University presented awards to the winners of its 10th annual Walter Cunningham Writing Contest at a ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 28, in Wells Theater.
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2019 Mar 1
Big Man on Campus
The 19th annual Big Man on Campus (BMOC), sponsored by Trine University's Theta Phi Alpha sorority, raised $5,932.37 for the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer.
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2019 Feb 14
Awards presented for Trine's second STEM Symposium
Trine University presented its second STEM Research and Design Symposium on Dec. 7 in the Jim and Joan Bock Center for Innovation and Biomedical Engineering.
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2018 Dec 10
Top prizes awarded for Innovation Challenge
Trine University students were among those awarded at the fifth annual Innovation Challenge hosted by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on April 20.
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2018 Apr 23
National award at ACJA competition
Students from Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) won two awards at the ACJA's national conference March 18-23.
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2018 Apr 5
Trine wins 29 awards at ACJA competition
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA-Lambda Alpha Epsilon) won 29 of 72 possible awards at the organization's regional conference.
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2018 Nov 12

Cunningham Writing Contest winner
Trine University has announced the winners of its ninth annual Walter Cunningham Writing Contest.
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2018 Feb 19
Trine wins 22 awards at ACJA competition
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA-Lambda Alpha Epsilon) won 22 of 89 possible awards at the organization's regional conference in October.
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2017 Nov 2
Trine Chem-E Car team 6th at international competition
A team of Trine University chemical engineering students placed sixth at an international competition to build a car that starts and stops using only chemical reactions.
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2017 Nov 1
Homecoming royalty
The 2017 Trine University Homecoming king and queen were crowned Friday, Sept. 15, at a Homecoming pep rally and recognized at the Homecoming football game on Saturday, Sept. 16.
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2017 Sep 19
Innovation Challenge prize winner
Top prizes were awarded at the fourth annual Innovation Challenge presented by Trine University's Innovation One and Fifth Third Bank on April 21.
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2017 May 4
AIChE competition
A group of chemical engineering students from Trine University took part in competitions at the North-Central Student Regional Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
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2017 May 1

Cunningham Writing Contest winners included in printed volume
A printed book containing the 2017 winning entries of the Cunningham Writing Contest in Trine University's Department of Humanities and Communication is available for $5 at Amazon.com.
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2017 Apr 17
Winner of student design competition
Students in MAE 202 competed to see which group could best design a house heated by passive solar energy.
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2016 Dec 7
Awarded at American Criminal Justice Association regional conference
Trine University's Tau Alpha Omicron (TAO) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) won 18 awards at the association's recent 2016 Lambda Alpha Epsilon Region 6 Conference.
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2016 Nov 9