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Trinity research pivotal in Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment, with heat extremes to become more frequent and severe
Technological advancements will only deliver short-term benefits if Ireland doesn’t take steps towards transformative change according to the report, which saw contributions from Trinity researchers.
25 Jan 2024
Environment|Research|Science|Society|Sustainability
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Rape has been outlawed for 1,400 years, yet we’re still arguing about how to define it
Directives on combating violence against women have a long history as does wrangling over what defines rape, writes Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.
29 Jan 2024
Culture|Research|Society
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Hope for ‘the most common form of dementia that no-one has heard of’
Trinity research team awarded €2.49m by the Health Research Board to investigate Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) which accounts for 20% of the nearly 65,000 people with dementia in Ireland, but fewer than 5% of those affected receive a formal diagnosis.
29 Jan 2024
Health|Research|Society
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Silent fields: a cocktail of pesticides is stunting bumblebee colonies across Europe
Trinity's Professor Jessica Knapp writes, along with colleagues, about a recent study and the concerning results it delivered with regard to the plight of some of our precious pollinators.
29 Jan 2024
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Friendship is crucial for refugee children – here’s how to talk to your child about being welcoming
Rachel Hoare, Director of the Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about the importance of encouraging your children to be welcoming and inclusive towards refugee children.
30 Jan 2024
Community
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Medieval chants bring 15th century St Brigid’s Day celebrations back to life
Sacred chants found in precious medieval manuscripts are shedding fresh light on the cult of St Brigid and how her feast day was celebrated in 15th century Ireland.
1 Feb 2024
Culture|Research
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Trinity Tree of the month - the Giant Redwood
This month we are bringing you one of our old ‘native’ tree species, Sequoiadendron giganteum, referred to as Giant Redwood or Wellingtonia. These are some of the most massive trees in the world, with the tallest living specimen standing at 84m tall with girths of 35m. They can live almost 3,500 years, making some of them the oldest living organisms on earth.
31 Jan 2024
Sustainability
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Instapoetry is successful and there’s nothing wrong with that
Instagram poetry should be taken more seriously by the establishment, writes Rafael Mendes Silva, PhD candidate at the School of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies in this piece for The Conversation.
1 Feb 2024
Culture|Research
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Eight students graduate from Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The graduates - James Conlan, Jodie Daly, Oscar Daly, Conor Dunne, Liam Foley, Jack McFadden, Cliodhna O’Rourke and Diarmuid Owens - completed 18 modules over two years of full-time study.
1 Feb 2024
Community|Students
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Giving voice to children in refuge from domestic violence
Trinity report evaluates a child-centred and trauma informed project to support children in refuge from domestic violence at Meath Women’s Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS). The study represents the first time that research has been conducted with children in refuge in Ireland.
21 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Mindset change needed to fight biodiversity loss
If our loved ones were at risk of collapse, we’d do anything to help them recover. We need to do the same for the planet, writes Prof. Jane Stout in The Irish Times
6 Feb 2024
Community|Sustainability
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Anxiety, cognition and emotion in the human brain
The Inaugural Lecture of Prof Sonia Bishop will take place on Tuesday 13th February at 6.15pm in the Robert Emmet lecture theatre.
6 Feb 2024
Arts|Research
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New lab allows scientists to test impacts of climate change in precisely controlled infrastructure
Scientists in Ireland are now able to study the impacts of past, current and future climate change in precisely controlled climatic and atmospheric conditions.
6 Feb 2024
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ar smaoinigh tú riamh ar an ní a d’fhéadfadh tarlú ach nár tharla?
Ar smaoinigh tú riamh ar an ní a d’fhéadfadh tarlú ach nár tharla? Sraith nua léachtaí a chuideoidh leis an bpobal an fhealsúnacht atá iontu féin a thapú agus a chothú
6 Feb 2024
Research|Society
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“It might sound like science fiction fantasy, but AI urbanism is not far away”
An international group of researchers is warning against the creation of AI-led autonomous cities, outlining fears that diverse AIs may eventually perform social and managerial functions in an unsupervised manner without human input.
6 Feb 2024
Culture|Research|Society|Sustainability
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€4.88m SFI research award for leading cell therapy scientist
Professor Sakis Mantalaris, a leading figure in cell therapy research, has been awarded €4.88 million as part of the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Programme.
7 Feb 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Five signs that you might be rightwing
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about what being "rightwing" actually means and why people become rightwing.
8 Feb 2024
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity welcomes STEMM community to ItsHer Summit
The summit (March 7 and 8) will bring the STEMM community together to share ideas and celebrate achievements in support of International Women’s Day.
9 Feb 2024
Community|Research|Society
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Referendums on family and care: No place like home?
This week Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute hosted a "Behind the Headlines" expert panel on the upcoming referendum proposals and the meanings of ‘home’ in contemporary Ireland.
12 Feb 2024
Culture|Research|Society
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The Trinity MBA surges 21 places in the FT 2024 Global Ranking
Trinity Business School’s Full-Time MBA Programme has risen 21 places in this year’s Global MBA Ranking, published today by the Financial Times, placing 66th globally.
12 Feb 2024
Business