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New patient safety research network welcomes 100 delegates to Trinity

A new national patient safety research network, led by the School of Psychology, welcomed over 100 patient partners, academics and healthcare professionals to Trinity for the EQUIPS network's first in-person event.

17 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society

‘From Decadence to Despair’ — céim aníos go hard a réime agus béim síos in umar na haimléise, ríomhtar saol Oscar Wilde i dtaispeántas i gColáiste na Tríonóide

Céim aníos agus béim síos mar a bhain le saol Oscar Wilde ábhar an taispeántais i Seanleabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide atá á eagrú mar chomóradh ar chothrom 170 bliain ó rugadh an drámadóir clúiteach ar an 16 Deireadh Fómhair 1854.

17 Oct 2024

Culture|Research

Drowning in disinformation? Can we train social media to meet our needs?

As an election looms, David Landy writes that when it comes to social media, people aren’t “sociological dopes”, blindly reacting to online prompts and unable to understand and change their own behaviour.

18 Oct 2024

Research|Society

International Climate Action Day – E3 researchers to outline how we can make global impact

A multidisciplinary online panel discussion will explore the vital role of research in tackling the climate crisis and highlight the innovative solutions emerging from various fields.

21 Oct 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Businesses to fund wildlife ponds, hedgerows and woodlands as part of ReFarm project

Launched by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, the ReFarm project is a collaboration between Trinity, Burrenbeo Trust and local and international businesses.

22 Oct 2024

Business|Society|Sustainability

Trinity 13 secure Frontiers for the Future funding

The researchers will lead Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future projects to make significant impact by boosting our knowledge and delivering innovations in a wide variety of disciplines and settings.

23 Oct 2024

Awards and Funding|Environment|Health|Research|Science

From Connemara to Colombia: Trinity flies the flag for nature positive at COP16

Dr Siobhan McQuaid will be representing Trinity at COP16, the UN conference on Biological Diversity taking place in Cali, Columbia. She will address the conference today, 23 October, during a panel discussion entitled ‘Bridging global perspectives on transformative change towards a nature positive economy’ with colleagues representing Colombia, Mexico, China and the European Union.

23 Oct 2024

Environment|Research|Sustainability

Athainmnítear Príomh-Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide in ómós do Eavan Boland, file

Beidh Leabharlann Eavan Boland ar an gcéad fhoirgneamh ar champas Choláiste na Tríonóide i lár na cathrach a bheidh ainmnithe i ndiaidh ban.

9 Oct 2024

Arts|Community|Culture

Time to reboot how we think about human and machine interactions

We need a radical overhaul of our understanding of human and machine interactions to combat new and urgent social challenges, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, including a researcher from the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

24 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society

Time to reboot how we think about human and machine interactions

We need a radical overhaul of our understanding of human and machine interactions to combat new and urgent social challenges, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, including a researcher from the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

24 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society

Intimate partner abuse leaves disabled women feeling hurt, disbelieved and isolated

New research from the School of Social Work and Social Policy has found that 98% of abused disabled women feel that having a disability has major impacts on seeking help and coping with intimate partner abuse.

24 Oct 2024

Research|Society

Professor Samson Shatashvili awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

Prof. Samson Shatashvili, University Chair of Natural Philosophy (1847) in Trinity’s School of Mathematics, and Director of the Hamilton Mathematics Institute, was recognised for outstanding publications in the field, in which he has made several significant contributions over the past four decades.

25 Oct 2024

Awards and Funding|Research

New book celebrates poetic achievements of Derek Mahon

The poetic distinctiveness of the Belfast-born Derek Mahon is celebrated in a major new publication edited by Nicholas Grene and Tom Walker from the School of English.

28 Oct 2024

Culture|Research

Trinity researchers win Women in STEM awards

Dr Brooke Tornifoglio and Prof. Brendan Tangney were among the winners at last night’s Women in STEM Summit and Awards ceremony.

25 Oct 2024

Awards and Funding

The case for broader accessibility to psychedelic therapies for mental disorders in Ireland

Dr John R. Kelly writes how easing regulatory constraints would facilitate the advance of the scientific evidence underpinning psychedelics and psychedelic therapy

28 Oct 2024

Health|Innovation|Research|Science

What animal societies can teach us about ageing

A collection of 16 studies have been published as part of a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, investigating ageing and society across the natural world, and co-edited by Dr Greg Albery, Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences.

29 Oct 2024

Environment|Research|Society

Ancient DNA brings to life history of the iconic aurochs

Geneticists from Trinity, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs – the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art, and whose tale is intertwined with climate change and human culture.

30 Oct 2024

Culture|Research|Science

Trinity joins Irish-German collaboration to restore damaged biography of St Patrick

Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr Linda Doyle, said: "It is wonderful that this manuscript is now being restored and will be more widely available as the subject of academic scholarship. “We are delighted to support Dr Immo Warntjes’ research in this fascinating field."

1 Nov 2024

Suad Aldarra awarded 2024 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature

Suad Aldarra has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. The prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English

4 Nov 2024

Awards and Funding|Culture|Society

Small Things Like These: Magdalene laundries drama a powerful rumination on compassion and its limits

The new film Small Things Like These prompts us to question the limits of compassion writes Ruth Barton, School of Creative Arts, in a piece for The Conversation.

4 Nov 2024

Culture|Research