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The climate-neutral, biodiversity-friendly farm offering blueprint for sustainable dairy industry
The Farm Zero C team, which includes Trinity's Professor Jane Stout, has been awarded €2 million to help deliver the climate-neutral farm in Cork after winning the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize.
21 Jun 2021
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Three ways to move more when working from home
Stand up more; use lunchbreaks for exercises and add "exercise snacks"; bthree ways to move more while working from home from Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
7 Jan 2021
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Healthy Trinity launches its first Impact Report
Highlights included: upgraded bike parking; funding for a European mental and physical health programme, installation of condom dispensers and Trinity’s first ever misuse of drugs policy.
9 Dec 2021
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Dr Sheila Cannon wins Trinity’s Civic Engagement Award
Dr Cannon has worked for Trinity for the past five years. She has worked with and supported 80 social enterprises in Ireland and internationally in various ways through teaching, research, and engagement.
15 Jun 2021
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Frailty identification can positively impact Ireland’s future health and social care policy
The new TILDA study contains pertinent information for healthcare providers and planners to help prepare and improve the future of overall care for Ireland’s growing ageing population, using targeted interventions.
6 Jul 2021
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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar delivers Trinity Monday Discourse honouring Dr Noel Browne
The Trinity Monday Discourse detailed the life and career of Dr Noel Browne and the important role of Trinity College throughout his lifetime.
28 Apr 2021
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Trinity announced as Basketball Ireland Centre of Excellence
Basketball Ireland announced Trinity College Dublin and Limerick Institute of Technology as the latest Basketball Ireland Centres of Excellence.
16 Jun 2021
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Trinity College researchers make breakthrough in understanding motor neuron disease
This breakthrough will be extremely valuable in identifying patients for clinical trials and will assist in finding new treatments for this devastating disease.
22 Nov 2021
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Louise Grubb appointed Chair at Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace
A graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Louise holds a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from the university, as well as an MBS in International Marketing from DCU. She succeeds Brian Caulfield as Chair.
9 Jun 2021
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Growing Up in Ireland: Work, study, leisure – and living with parents
Growing Up in Ireland published a new report on the lives of 20 years old provides valuable insights into the health and well-being of young people
14 Dec 2021
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Quantum chemists conjure recipe to turn gold, silver and copper into vessels of green energy
Compounds based on these metal elements and hydrogen are very promising candidates for hydrogen storage. Such hydrogen could be used on board vehicles, for example.
8 Sep 2021
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Building brain healthy communities through creativity
With a growing understanding of the life-course risk factors for brain health, how do we take an integrated approach to building and supporting brain healthy communities for all ages?
9 Dec 2021
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NatPro Centre unlocks the power of natural products to benefit human health and society
The Centre will advance research and innovation of naturally derived products to deliver human health benefits and innovative life science solutions across sectors.
26 May 2021
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‘Wish to die’ linked to loneliness and depression in older adults
New TILDA study outlines greater need for mental health support to tackle ‘wish to die’.
18 Feb 2021
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Coronavirus: will immunity rapidly fade or last a lifetime?
Luke O'Neill, Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity, assesses one of the most pressing questions on most lips with regard to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in this piece in The Conversation.
8 Mar 2021
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Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals
Professor in Social Policy at Trinity, Eoin O'Sullivan, with a co-authored piece first published by The Conversation, considering Ireland's grim legacy of coercive confinement.
26 Jan 2021
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Trinity hosts first in-person graduation ceremonies since COVID-19 closure
Trinity is the first university in Ireland to proceed with an in-person graduation event. In keeping with COVID-19 protocols the events are held outdoors and attendance is limited to 200.
11 Aug 2021
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Public invited to enjoy VR Ulysses Live to celebrate Bloomsday 2021
Part of the opening scene of Joyce’s classical modernist work of literature will be performed live in AltSpaceVR for the first time.
14 Jun 2021
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Innovative masters programme on sustainability launched
A new international Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability accredited jointly by five leading universities of the CHARM-EU Alliance has been launched.
24 Mar 2021
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Éigse na Tríonóide agus Seachtain na Gaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide
Beidh Éigse na Tríonóide, féile bhliantúil na Gaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide, agus Seachtain na Gaeilge, á gceiliúradh ar líne ón 1-5 Márta 2021.
1 Mar 2021
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Trinity’s biodiversity audit highlights urgency of placing it central to all our actions
The just-published report delivers 10 specific recommendations including the development of a biodiversity strategy and outreach programme to involve the wider community.
15 Oct 2021
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Taoiseach attends ceremony as Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute names co-directors
The Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, jointly operated by Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital, has named Professor Maeve Lowery and Professor John Kennedy as joint directors.
3 Jun 2021
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Business experts seek European SMEs interested in diversifying company age structure
The engagement is driven by a Horizon 2020-funded research project (DINNOS), which aims to address the challenges of age heterogeneous team composition via an innovation support programme.
18 Jun 2021
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New Toolkit to Transform Collaborative Research Approaches
For more than 2 years, the EU-funded SHAPE-ID project at Trinity College Dublin has been working with European partners with a particular focus on how to strengthen the integration of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) in inter-and transdisciplinary research
10 Jun 2021
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Pop up vaccination centre to open on campus
The walk-in clinic will be open on campus on Monday 27 September and Wednesday 29 September from 8.30am – 8pm in the Marquee at New Square.
23 Sep 2021
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Trinity Research Stories campaign shines a spotlight on our research
The eye-opening new video-based campaign kicks off today to showcase the variety and quality of research taking place at Trinity, to raise awareness of its importance and foster a deeper understanding of how research impacts our day-to-day lives.
19 May 2021
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Secondary infections inflame the brain and further disrupt cognition in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than 5% of those over 60 and this distressing, debilitating condition causes difficulties for a huge number of people across the globe.
3 Jun 2021
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Researchers tag basking sharks to learn more about Ireland’s gentle giants
The tags accumulate data about the sharks’ behaviour and physiology as they cruise around the coast feeding on plankton. The goal is to learn more about the anatomy and physiology of these ocean giants – information that will guide conservation efforts for an endangered species.
6 May 2021
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Overcoming the challenge of digital inclusion for adults with intellectual disability
The Digi-ID project, in the Trinity Centre for Ageing with an Intellectual Disability (TCAID) aims to address the challenge of digital inclusion and low usage of digital technologies amongst people with intellectual disability (ID).
21 Dec 2021
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Scientists pinpoint our most distant animal relatives
Their work finds strong evidence that sponges – not more complex comb jellies – were our most distant relatives.
31 Mar 2021
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