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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

New strategic plan for School of Nursing and Midwifery

The strategy, ‘Transforming healthcare and creating a better future for all’ outlines an exciting new chapter for the school with a renewed focus on research, education and societal engagement for the next 7 years.

21 Sep 2023

Health|Research

New Trinity Board meets

Trinity’s new Board met on campus yesterday for the first time.

21 Sep 2023

Trinity scientists secure prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowships

Ecologist Dr Richard Nair and immunologist Dr Craig McEntee have secured the awards, funded in Ireland by Science Foundation Ireland, are given to outstanding scientists in the early stages of their research careers who have the potential to become leaders in their field.

22 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Environment|Health|Research|Science

Embody your own avatar, channel your inner medieval scribe, and sign up for botany bootcamp at the START Festival

From medieval scribes to virtual avatars and 16th century brewing to contemporary birth stories, the rich and varied world of academic research will be celebrated at the START Festival at Trinity College Dublin on Friday 29th September.

25 Sep 2023

Bound to please: Exhibition of fore-edge paintings and bindings go on display in Long Room

Intricate scenes painted on book edges depicting landscapes, flowers and buildings are the subject of a new exhibition in the Library of Trinity College Dublin.

25 Sep 2023

Nominate an Honorary Degree Recipient

Trinity College Dublin invites its students, staff, alumni and members of the public to make nominations for honorary degree recipients.

25 Sep 2023

Community

Scientists unearth potential new target for treating debilitating skin disease

A team, led by scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI), has unearthed the possible target for treating the debilitating skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which is a painful, chronic, inflammatory skin condition that can last decades.

26 Sep 2023

Health|Research|Science

High-end geospatial technology company ai mapit spins out of Trinity

ai mapit, a spinout company from the SFI ADAPT Centre at Trinity, has launched into the global geographic information systems (GIS) market with a revolutionary geotagging solution that promises to enhance productivity, reduce operational costs and carbon footprint by minimising the number of site visits.

26 Sep 2023

Business|Environment|Innovation|Research

Translating Sebastian Barry – author and translators celebrate European Day of Languages

Bestselling Irish author Sebastian Barry was joined this week by three of his translators at an event in Trinity College Dublin to mark European Day of Languages [Tues, Sept 26th].

27 Sep 2023

Arts|Culture|Research

Trinity's trees - featuring the Southern Magnolia

This month we are bringing you Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the Southern Magnolia. It is located just behind the 1937 Reading Room in the Provost’s Garden. This is a mature specimen of M. grandiflora and measures 16 m in height with a girth of 1.2 m, but they can grow to 35 m in height.

28 Sep 2023

Environment|Sustainability

Provost expresses significant concern regarding forthcoming budget

College community urged to contact public representatives.

28 Sep 2023

Does AI have a right to free speech?

Granting AI free speech rights would both support and undermine our freedom of thought, writes Dr Simon McCarthy-Jones, Psychiatry, in this piece originally published in The Conversation.

28 Sep 2023

Innovation|Research|Science

Academy of the Near Future wins Silver at Seoul Smart City prize

Academy of the Near Future (ANF) has been awarded silver in the ‘Human-Centricity’ category at the Seoul Smart City Prize in South Korea. ANF is a collaborative initiative between Dublin City Council and CONNECT, the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks at Trinity.

28 Sep 2023

Awards and Funding|Innovation|Sustainability

Cuireann an Propast imní shuntasach in iúl faoin mbuiséad atá le teacht go luath

Agus í ag rá go raibh an earnáil “tearcmhaoinithe go mór” de réir chaighdeáin idirnáisiúnta, leag an Propast béim ar an éifeacht ollmhór atá ag an staid reatha airgeadais ar mhic léinn agus ar an bhfoireann.

29 Sep 2023

Community|Society