Articles
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Autism brain states hold the key to unlocking childhood memories
Neuroscientists have discovered a fascinating connection between the retention of early life memories and brain developmental trajectories associated with autism. Their research reveals that “infantile amnesia” – the forgetting of memories formed during early infancy – is both reversible and preventable.
9 Nov 2023
Research|Science
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“Monstrous” Women in history, politics, & law
Renowned historian Professor Joanna Bourke will deliver the 8th annual Edmund Burke Lecture on Thursday, November 16th.
9 Nov 2023
Culture|Research|Society
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TAP30 Art Exhibition & Auction
The launch of The Essence of Student Life exhibition takes place Monday November 13 2023 6-8 pm. To celebrate 30 years of Trinity Access Programmes (TAP), works by 19 contemporary artists on the theme of student life are going on display in Trinity's Exam Hall.
10 Nov 2023
Arts|Community|Culture
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New research offers hope for reduced muscle wastage for cancer patients
Researchers from Trinity, in collaboration with Artelo Biosciences, have made a breakthrough in cancer cachexia. Their work shows the drug ART27.13 protects against the muscle degeneration associated with colon and lung cancers (cachexia) and believe it may also positively impact life expectancy.
10 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Storm Debi Update: Trinity reopens
The university has reopened as of 11 am, Monday 13 November.
12 Nov 2023
Community
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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill under the spotlight this week
The Trinity Centre for Constitutional Governance (TriCON) is hosting a conference this week on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.
13 Nov 2023
Research|Society
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Opinion: Supreme Court’s interpretation of Judicial Appointments Bill matters greatly
Prof Oran Doyle, School of Law, provides an explainer on the upcoming Supreme Court hearing of legal argument about the constitutionality of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. This was first published in the Irish Independent.
13 Nov 2023
Research|Society
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Celebrating Student Life: TAP marks 30th birthday with contemporary art exhibition
As well as an online auction, the 'Essence of Student Life' exhibition will run daily from November 14th to 17th in the Exam Hall in Trinity College with artist walkthrough sessions and other activities happening daily.
14 Nov 2023
Arts|Community|Culture
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Accounting for nature a priority for Ireland’s prosperity – new report
The team behind a pioneering project for nature, INCASE, has issued a series of recommendations to value, restore and protect Ireland’s resources through applying a natural capital accounting framework as a national priority.
15 Nov 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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World COPD day: research, advances and collaboration
Today, November 15th, is World COPD Day. Professor Suzanne Cloonan writes about the disease, its incidence in Ireland, current research and the establishment of an international research network which was founded to expand our understanding of COPD.
15 Nov 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity invites submissions on legacy issues and renaming of the library
"It is important for us to listen to as many voices as possible, as we embark on a further evidence-based review of legacy issues. This website offers us an important mechanism to do that.”
15 Nov 2023
Community|Research|Society|Students
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Trinity celebrates sport scholars for the 2023/24 season
This year’s awardees, comprising 36 Trinity Sport scholars and 28 club academy scholars will represent Trinity this season across seventeen sports including rugby, basketball, GAA, soccer, rowing, and cricket.
15 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Students
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Trinity wins European Social Services Award for child-centred research
Judges noted that “internationally, relatively few examples of research exist that represent the authentic voice of the child in the child protection system”.
17 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Research
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Plants might be able to absorb more CO2 from human activities than previously expected
This research paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet, but despite the headline finding, the environmental scientists behind the work say it does not mean the world’s governments can take their foot off the brake in their obligations to reduce carbon emissions as fast as possible.
17 Nov 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Fewer staff, students are walking and cycling, survey finds
The numbers walking fell to 20% from a high of 28% in 2018, while the cycling rate was sharply down (-59%) from 2011.
20 Nov 2023
Community|Environment|Students
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Trinity launches Civic Engagement Action Plan
What is a civically-engaged university? Trinity now has a plan that sets out its goals.
20 Nov 2023
Community|Research|Society
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Trinity hosts LERU Rectors’ Assembly
LERU is an association of research-intensive universities with common viewpoints on higher education and research.
20 Nov 2023
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Giving voice to children in refuge from domestic violence
Trinity study which represents the first time that research has been conducted in Ireland with children in refuge, will be launched by Ombudsman for Children, Niall Muldoon
20 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Building national capacity for open research
Three Trinity projects have received funding under the National Open Research Forum (NORF) as part of a drive to build national capacity and infrastructure for open research.
20 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society
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College Awareness Week Celebrates 10 years with the TY Challenge Finals in Cork!
To celebrate 10 years of College Awareness Week, MTU Cork hosted the launch to coincide with the TY Challenge finals.
20 Nov 2023
Community|Students
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Dr Nollaig Bourke wins Wellcome Career Development Award
The prestigious award valued at €2 million is the 6th Wellcome Career Development Award in Ireland and Northern Ireland and the second awarded to a Trinity researcher
20 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Seven Trinity researchers and staff receive IRC Research Ally awards
Irish Research Council honours supervisors, mentors, and research and technical support officers for their valuable contributions to research.
21 Nov 2023
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Professor Anna Davies wins Irish Research Council Impact Award
Anna, Professor of Geography, Environment and Society at Trinity, has won the 2023 Irish Research Council Impact Award for her longstanding commitment to world-class research that focuses on facilitating action for a more sustainable society.
21 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Sustainability
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How do we learn? Neuroscientists pinpoint how memories are stored in the brain
New work by a team led by Dr Tomás Ryan shows that learning occurs through the continuous formation of new connectivity patterns between specific "engram" cells in different regions of the brain.
21 Nov 2023
Research|Science
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Minister Harris Launches Jane Ohlmeyer's "Making Empire" book
Ireland’s complicated and contradictory relationship with imperialism is examined in a major new publication by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer.
22 Nov 2023
Culture|Research|Society
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Professor Anne-Marie Healy wins SFI Mentorship Award
The award recognises Professor Healy’s commitment to over thirty years mentoring both students and graduate researchers working in the fields of formulation science and drug delivery.
21 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Trinity pair win European Research Council Consolidator Grants
Professors Kate Maguire and Michael Monaghan will use the funding from the EU Horizon Europe programme to better understand how and why stars explode, and to create a new cardiac patch to regenerate heart muscle.
23 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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The Hesitant Fiancée: the story of a TikTok phenomenon
The reluctant bride’s unwavering gaze has been lauded for its accurate depiction of feminine rage, a concept historically difficult for male artists to capture.
23 Nov 2023
Arts|Culture|Society
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Trinity celebrates its 25 year relationship with Tallaght University Hospital
Academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences joined colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) to celebrate their 25 year relationship and reflect on their shared journey.
23 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Update on Dublin unrest for the Trinity community
Update at 7.10 pm Friday: A message from Provost Dr Linda Doyle
23 Nov 2023