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Laidlaw Undergraduate Research and Leadership Programme 2019
We celebrated the selection of 22 Laidlaw Scholars, the second cohort of Trinity students to join the Laidlaw network, on 7 May.
13 May 2019
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What a failed Johannesburg project tells us about mega cities in Africa
Ricardo Reboredo explores how and why a major development billed as a game changed in the urban footprint of Johannesburg six years ago failed and how that relates to the broader African urban context.
26 Mar 2019
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Geneticists unlock ancient tales of cattle herding and evolution
The team deciphered the history of early bovines by sequencing 67 ancient genomes from both wild and domestic cattle sampled from across eight millennia.
11 Jul 2019
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Trinity ranked in 37th place in Times Higher Education Europe Teaching Rankings 2019
The global higher education ranking is based on four core performance pillars: resources, engagement, outcomes and environment.
4 Jul 2019
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Periodic Table projections light up Chemistry Week at Trinity
The projections highlight the serious threat posed to the existence of a growing number of elements through a lack of recycling old tech devices.
21 Nov 2019
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Station-less bike sharing in Dublin – faster, healthier, greener
Around 7.5% of the 6,000 weekly trips made via Bleeperbike could have happened by car or taxi, which saves an estimated five tonnes of carbon per year.
20 Jun 2019
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Trinity to ‘Go Atlantic Blue’ for World Oceans Day
Trinity will join the likes of Dublin Airport, King John’s Castle in Limerick and Baily Lighthouse in lighting its buildings blue.
7 Jun 2019
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Fr Tony Coote Assistant Professor in MND announced
Trinity College announces the Tony Coote Assistant Professor in Motor Neuron Disease (MND).
3 Sep 2019
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Trinity researchers find stark social inequalities in children’s body mass index
Researchers at Trinity College have found that socio-economic inequalities in children’s body mass index (BMI) emerge during the pre-school years and widen across childhood and into early adolescence
20 May 2019
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Irish 3 year olds are consuming up to 10 teaspoons of sugar a day
A new study from the Dublin Dental University Hospital at Trinity has shown that Irish 3 year olds are consuming, on average, 10 level teaspoons a day of 'free sugars'.
9 Aug 2019
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Trinity Student wins 2019 Mary Mulvihill Award
Trinity PhD student Laura Katharine Finnegan is the 2019 winner of the Mary Mulvihill Award, the science media competition for third-level students that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill.
24 May 2019
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Professor Luke O’Neill is awarded prestigious EU ERC Award of €2.5m
These highly prestigious awards allow exceptional researchers to pursue ground-breaking research.
28 Mar 2019
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Things people say about exercise that aren’t true
It can be hard to include exercise in our busy lives, despite the best of intentions. There are a lot of reasons people don’t exercise, and a lot of misconceptions about exercise. Here are nine common misconceptions about exercise and what research actually tells us.
16 Dec 2019
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A revolutionary material that could protect aircraft and speed up internet connections
The new, biologically produced material, will be a material of choice for next-generation optoelectronic and photonic devices.
6 Sep 2019
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‘Invasion 1169’ conference on 850th anniversary of Anglo-Norman invasion
To mark the 850th anniversary of the Anglo-Norman invasion Trinity's Department of History is hosting an international conference, 'Invasion 1169', to re-evaluate the significance of the invasion and the impact it had on Ireland.
1 May 2019
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Acclaimed writer Adam Mars-Jones in residence at Trinity
The School of English recently hosted an evening in celebration of the residency of Adam Mars-Jones as the inaugural Briena Staunton Visiting Fellow in the Oscar Wilde Centre.
25 Mar 2019
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Trinity among newly announced European University alliances in pioneering initiative
These European University alliances will enhance the quality and attractiveness of European higher education and boost cooperation between institutions, their students and staff.
26 Jun 2019
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Author Mark O’Connell awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2019
The prize is awarded for a body of work by emerging Irish writers that shows exceptional promise.
23 Sep 2019
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An Taoiseach and Minister Madigan launch the Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury research project
The flagship research project led by Trinity will digitally recreate seven centuries of historical records of the Public Record Office of Ireland destroyed by fire at Dublin’s Four Courts at the beginning of the Irish Civil War.
5 Dec 2019
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Pioneering researchers raise awareness of rare brain disorder in children
The first CDKL5-Ireland: Family Awareness Day raised awareness of CDKL5 – a rare brain developmental deficiency disorder – and showcased current research.
16 Jul 2019
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