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Heatwaves greatly influence parasite burden; likely spread of disease
New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heatwaves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases – and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity.
4 Jun 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Update from Board on Taskforce report
On 4 June 2025, Trinity's Board received a report from the Taskforce on Academic and Institutional International Links and Related Matters. The following update was sent to the College community after the meeting.
5 Jun 2025
Community|Society|Students
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Trinity posts strong surplus for FY 23/24 but warns of challenging landscape
Dr Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin, said: “I am proud of the university’s solid financial performance reflected in the 2023/2024 statement and I want to thank our finance team for their strong stewardship and, indeed, the wider College community.
28 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Business|Research
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From That Small Island TV series features Trinity researchers and treasures
A host of Trinity researchers will feature in a new four-part documentary series on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player which traces 8,000 years of Irish history, with the first episode airing on Sunday, June 8th.
5 Jun 2025
Culture|Research|Science|Society
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Eavan Boland Award celebrates creativity, connection & cross-border exchange in poetry
The award is open to submissions from early-career poets based in the UK and mid-career poets based in Ireland.
6 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Culture|Research
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Silicate clouds discovered in atmosphere of distant exoplanet
Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant “exoplanets” form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using the James Webb Telescope to image two young exoplanets in extraordinary detail.
10 Jun 2025
Research|Science
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Centre for Forced Migration Studies hosts Wole Soyinka Lecture
Trinity's Centre for Forced Migration Studies recently hosted the 27th Wole Soyinka Lecture, titled "Building Resilient, Cohesive Communities and the Challenges of Global Migration".
10 Jun 2025
Community|Society
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Celebrating Teaching Excellence at Trinity
The Centre for Academic Practice, Trinity Teaching & Learning, hosted a celebration at which Provost Linda Doyle announced the recipients of the 2025 Teaching Awards — a recognition of those who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching and learning at Trinity College Dublin.
11 Jun 2025
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Trinity PhD candidate wins 2025 EU 3-Minute Thesis competition
With her presentation, called "Triggering Healing: Materials that outsmart Brain Cancer", Almudena had emerged victorious from the final of Trinity's internal 3MT competition, which took place in March.
12 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Students
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More supports needed for children and young adults experiencing domestic violence and abuse
The main consideration of the research was to elevate and centre children’s voices, to clearly show that they have distinct needs that must be addressed separately from adult survivors.
12 Jun 2025
Health|Society
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Irish language champion Linda Ervine receives Trinity honorary degree
Dermot Smurfit, renowned osteoporosis expert Moira O’Brien, and Sir Donnell Deeny also all received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.
13 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Business|Community|Society
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Bronnann Coláiste na Tríonóide céim oinigh ar an ngníomhaí Gaeilge Linda Ervine
Bronnann Coláiste na Tríonóide céimeanna oinigh gach bliain chun aitheantas a thabhairt do dhaoine a dhéanann obair eisceachtúil i réimsí éagsúla.
13 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Community
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New video series teaches long-term impacts of political conflict
The Centre for Economics, Policy and History has collaborated on a new video series for students showing how data can help us understand the long-term impacts of political conflict.
18 Jun 2025
Research|Society
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Scientists solve 30-year micronutrient mystery, opening door to new medical research
The discovery will help scientists now explore the important role of “queuosine”, a microscopic molecule first discovered in the 1970s, in cancer and human health.
18 Jun 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity climbs to 75th place in 2026 QS World University Rankings
Trinity’s Provost and President Dr Linda Doyle said: “The rankings news encourages us to be even bolder in our ambition for Trinity and, indeed, for Ireland - an ambition that should be championed and defended regardless of the rankings. "
19 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Research
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Three new Trinity projects to address climate challenges
Dr John Kennedy, Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt, and Matthew Chersich have secured Environmental Protection Agency funding to support related research.
19 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity researchers receive €500,000 to develop AI platform to help teachers
The €500,000 funding was granted under Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund, which supports third-level researchers to translate their research into innovative and commercially viable products, services and companies.
23 Jun 2025
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Science
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A genomic wormhole – rapidly reorganised genomes likely helped species switch from the sea to the land
A comparative study shows that marine worms shattered their genome and rebuilt it in a radically different form when they first emerged from the sea 200 million years ago
23 Jun 2025
Research|Science
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Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, the creator of Sfera con Sfera, has died
Catherine Giltrap, Curator and Head of the University Art Collections expressed her heartfelt sympathy to Pomodoro’s colleagues and family, and plans to continue with Trinity's preparations to commemorate 100 years since his birth in 2026.
23 Jun 2025
Arts|Community|Society
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Sandbox AQ scholarship students represent Trinity at NYU-Abu Dhabi Hackathon
Gaurang Belekar and Sara Taha from the MSc in Quantum Science and Technology in Trinity’s School of Physics took part in the 13th annual NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Hackathon for Social Good, where Gaurang’s team won 2nd prize for canQr, a quantum tool to optimise cancer drug design.
19 May 2025
Innovation|Research|Science|Students