Articles
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Trinity staff awarded for excellence in teaching
The recipients of the Trinity Excellence in Teaching Awards & School Awards for Teaching Excellence were announced by Provost Linda Doyle at a ceremony in the Provost's House on Thursday 8th June 2023.
12 Jun 2023
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Walking the talk for dementia
The innovative, adventurous and immersive Camino experience involved people working, researching and living with dementia.
14 Jun 2023
Health|Research|Society
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National economies recover faster when countries are powered by renewable energy
Researchers from Trinity looked for patterns in data from 133 systemic economic crises that affected 98 countries over a 40-year span en route to their main finding, which has profound implications for global energy policy.
14 Jun 2023
Business|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity and the World Food Programme at the United Nations for COSP16
Trinity College Dublin and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), led an event at the United Nations in New York on June 12th alongside the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
15 Jun 2023
Arts
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First digital directory of Irish publishers launched on Bloomsday 2023
The first digital directory of Irish publishers has been launched on Bloomsday, to celebrate a brave publisher who took a risk on a dangerous book.
16 Jun 2023
Community|Culture
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Trinity join HSE to mark global day for elder abuse awareness
The School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Health Service Executive held a conference today, highlighting the need to support the human rights of older people to live safely within their communities or care facilities.
15 Jun 2023
Health|Research|Society
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What if Ulysses had never found a publisher?
As we gather to celebrate another Bloomsday the researchers behind a new digital directory of Irish publishing reflect on bibliodiversity and the landscape of the Irish publishing sector.
16 Jun 2023
Arts|Culture|Research
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Orla Sheils becomes Doctor in Science, joins WHO Scientific Council
Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: "These honours are richly deserved. In her busy role as Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Trinity, Orla Sheils is a pivotal force in the University, while her research has enhanced Trinity's reputation as an international leader in cancer research.
16 Jun 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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BioNTech founders among recipients of Trinity honorary degrees
Philanthropist Dr Beate Schuler and scientist Joan Steitz - known for her pioneering work on RNA (ribonucleic acid) - also received Trinity’s highest honour from Trinity’s Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.
16 Jun 2023
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science
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New anti-coagulants discovered in Trinity may help treat sepsis and COVID-19
Scientists have just discovered that the drug dimethylfumarate can block blood clotting during infection. Their work offers hope that it could be used to treat a number of conditions, such a life-threatening disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), which can occur in serious infections with bacteria that lead to sepsis or in response to viral infections such as COVID-19.
19 Jun 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity staff conferred with special masters’ degrees
Over 350 Trinity staff were conferred with MA (Jure Officii) degrees on Saturday 17th June, recognising dedicated service to the College community
19 Jun 2023
Community|Culture
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Cryo conservation – a cool solution to saving species from extinction
In the face of the biodiversity crisis, and alarming data showing a 69% decline in global animal populations since 1970, researchers are banking on a cool solution to help save species from extinction.
20 Jun 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity gives voice to MND for global awareness day
A special knowledge-exchange event hosted by the research team in the Academic Unit of Neurology in collaboration with the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association is taking place to mark the day.
21 Jun 2023
Health|Research
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Unlocking the Fagel Collection – Trinity's Old Library celebrates its Dutch treasures
The achievements of the Unlocking the Fagel Collection Project will be celebrated today with the opening of an exhibition by Ambassador of the Netherlands to Ireland, Adriaan Palm, and a conference in the Trinity Long Room Hub.
21 Jun 2023
Culture|Research
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Reframing active travel planning is key to creating more cycling and walking-friendly towns and cities
Researchers from the Centre for Transport Research analysed a sample of 150 public consultation submissions opposing redistributive active travel measures put forward as part of an ‘Active School Travel’ scheme in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
21 Jun 2023
Environment|Research
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Trinity tree of the month - Black Walnut
This month we are bringing you another gorgeous tree from Trinity College Botanic Gardens – Juglans nigra, or Black Walnut. This Black Walnut is 25 metres tall, has a girth of 2.62 metres and stores an estimated 2,617 kilograms of carbon. It can store up to 6,000 kilograms when it matures.
21 Jun 2023
Environment|Sustainability
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Generative AI models are encoding biases and negative stereotypes in their users
Mass fabrication has the potential to influence human belief as the models that drive it become increasingly common, populating the World Wide Web, new findings conclude.
23 Jun 2023
Innovation|Research|Society
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JFK Moonshot: Reimagining human potential and progress
Trinity to host a fireside chat between Stripe co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison and Lant Pritchett, Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
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JFK Moonshot: Patrick Collison in fireside chat at Trinity
To mark the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland, Trinity hosted this year’s JFK Moonshot in partnership with the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and the Kennedy Summer School.
27 Jun 2023
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Oral vaccine programme secures non-dilutive funding
Trinity’s Professor Ed Lavelle identified vaccine adjuvants that will be used as part of the research.
26 Jun 2023
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science