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Clinicians publish first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

A collaborative group led by Trinity researchers has published the first guidelines for treating patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) – a high-mortality condition that describes people admitted to ICU.

21 Aug 2023

Health|Research

Trinity Tree of the Month – the Banana tree

This month we are featuring the Banana tree, or Musa acuminata, which is one of our unique indoor trees located in the O Reilly atrium. This plant can grow to seven metres tall and has leaves that are up to four metres long. These plants absorb a large amount of carbon to produce leaves and fruit, but quickly release it once fruited and die back occurs. Musa acuminata originated in Southern Asia and some reports suggest the plant has been in cultivation for close to 7000 years.

24 Aug 2023

Environment|Science|Sustainability

Trinity welcomes Executive Director of UN World Food Programme

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies welcomed the new Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Cindy McCain, to Trinity.

24 Aug 2023

Health|Society

Ukrainian exhibition launches at Pearse Station

Inner Light, an exhibition documenting the stories of Ukrainian women living in Ireland, has opened in Pearse Station.

24 Aug 2023

Community|Society

Professor Dermot Kelleher’s portrait unveiled

A celebration of a life’s work in medicine took place recently to mark the many achievements and significant contributions to medicine made by Professor Dermot Kelleher.

19 May 2023

Health

Travellers suffer disproportionate burden of physical health conditions, review finds

Scoping review from Trinity College Dublin highlights the poor health of Travellers and the health disparity between Travellers and the general population in Ireland

29 Aug 2023

Health|Research

Trinity wins prestigious Athena Swan Silver Awards

Trinity College Dublin has won a silver institutional Athena Swan award for advancing gender equality. Two of its schools (Natural Sciences and Chemistry) have also received silver awards.

30 Aug 2023

Awards and Funding

One in 4 students choose Trinity as top points ease

Cut-off points for Trinity’s Level 8 Single Honours courses have dropped on average by 12 points, while cut-offs for Joint Honours courses rose on average by 26 points. The number of courses requiring candidates to have achieved 600 points or more fell to eight from nine in both 2022 and 2021.

30 Aug 2023

Students

Who wants to write an email? Interactive quiz show about AI at Dublin Fringe Festival

A new interactive quiz show about AI-generated emails, developed by TLRH's Laura Allcorn & Jennifer Edmond, will open in The Lir Academy on September 9th as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival.

4 Sep 2023

Arts|Community|Research

Scientists unpick how lung cells induce immune response to influenza

Researchers from Trinity have discovered some new and surprising ways that viral RNA and influenza virus are detected by human lung cells, which has potential implications for treating people affected by such viruses.

31 Aug 2023

Health|Research|Science

Astrophysicist wins European Research Council award to assess how life may emerge on other planets

Dr Luca Matrà has won a prestigious ERC Starting Grant valued at €1.5 million. He will use the funds to support a five-year research project aimed at understanding how exoplanets and exocomets can affect the presence of volatile molecules that could provide the potential building blocks of life on other Earth-like planets.

5 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science

Dr Thomas Laurent wins prestigious Lero Prize for work in software testing

Dr Laurent, from the School of Computer Science and Statistics, was recently awarded a Lero Director’s Prize for PhD / Post-Doctoral Researcher Contribution at the annual summit of the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software.

6 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

New project will improve EU hydropower sustainability with potential to save €1 billion per year

Researchers from Trinity will lead a €4.1 million Horizon Europe project to develop digital solutions that improve the efficiency, flexibility and sustainability of the existing EU hydropower fleet. The project will make a huge impact on energy sustainability in the EU, where 50% of the current hydro fleet may require upgrading by 2030.

7 Sep 2023

Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability

Second-tier of child benefit has potential to take over 40,000 children out of poverty

A new ESRI report co-authored by Dr Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has shown that child poverty could be reduced by a quarter by introducing a means-tested second-tier of child benefit.

7 Sep 2023

Research|Society

Professor Abeba Birhane named to TIME’s inaugural TIME100 AI list

TIME today named Professor Abeba Birhane to the first-ever TIME100 AI list, which highlights 100 individuals advancing major conversations about how AI is reshaping the world.

7 Sep 2023

Research|Science

Launch of new All-Ireland Centre of Excellence in Economics, History and Policy

A new research centre devoted to the study of economic history located in Trinity College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast was launched today by Provost Dr Linda Doyle.

7 Sep 2023

Research|Society

Student start-up Hebe Adventures wins LaunchBox contest

This year, ten teams collectively representing seven Trinity schools were selected to partake in the LaunchBox programme, which is the oldest of its kind in Ireland, and which is currently seeking a new sponsor.

7 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Students

Deputy Róisín Shortall awarded Trinity’s Edward Kennedy Health Policy Award

Deputy Shortall’s award presentation took place at the inaugural Edward Kennedy Annual Guest Lecture with Professor Greg Marchildon, University of Toronto.

8 Sep 2023

Health|Research|Society

Trinity hosts educational conference on domestic violence and child protection

Over 200 participants came to Trinity today to attend the Domestic Violence and Child Protection Conference.

8 Sep 2023

Researchers join National Challenge Fund to help Ireland prepare for green transition and digital transformation

Six researchers from Trinity – who make up four teams – are among those taking part in the latest round of the National Challenge Fund. While pursuing different projects, they share the goal of helping Ireland prepare for its green transition and digital transformation.

11 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Sustainability

Palliative care study finds patients and caregivers feel obliged to give and receive support

Study finds relationships between informal caregiver and patient can impact on possibility for open conversations on decision-making.

11 Sep 2023

Health|Research

Trinity’s rising researchers receive IRC funding for pioneering projects

Funding for 49 Trinity researchers and their projects has been announced as part of the €24.6m in funding under the Irish Research Council’s (IRC) flagship Government of Ireland programmes.

13 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

The Hist declared world's oldest student society

The 253-year-old debating society has been recognised by Guinness World Records.

18 Sep 2023

Community|Students

AI-driven integrity platform to address ethics and compliance issues in global corporations

A team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin has secured €365,000 in funding to develop an AI-driven platform to address failings in ethics and compliance. IntegrityIQ will be a spin-out of Trinity Business School and is supported by The Learnovate Centre.

18 Sep 2023

Business|Research

Culture Night 2023

See the range of events taking place in Trinity College Dublin for Culture Night this Friday 22nd September

18 Sep 2023

Arts|Community|Culture

New festival celebrates cutting-edge research & creativity at heart of Trinity’s Arts and Humanities

A new festival celebrating cutting-edge research and creativity at the heart of Trinity Arts and Humanities will take place from Monday September 25th to Friday 29th.

20 Sep 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Irish secondary schools among the most socio-economically equal for reading literacy

Irish secondary schools are among the most socially integrated in Europe when it comes to reading literacy, according to a new cross-country comparative study led by a Trinity sociologist.

19 Sep 2023

Research|Society

Range of pesticides, including neonicotinoids, found in pollen of different bee species

New research paints a worrying picture for the different species of bees that provide multi-million-euro pollination services in Ireland each year.

19 Sep 2023

Environment|Research|Science

Largest paediatric trial investigates treatments for severe atopic dermatitis

Findings from a Trinity College/King’s College London clinical trial has recommended methotrexate for children with severe atopic dermatitis, a condition that affects 1 in 5 children in Ireland.

19 Sep 2023

Health|Research

History of the dead body in Ireland explored at conference

The history of the dead body in modern Ireland will be explored at an inter-disciplinary conference hosted by Trinity's Department of History in partnership with Dublin Cemeteries Trust.

20 Sep 2023

Arts|Culture|Research|Science