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Green Week kicks off with launch and new sustainability awards

The launch of Trinity’s 21st annual Green Week: ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’ took place Monday morning with a 21st birthday theme at Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace. We heard from Former President and Adjunct Professor of Climate Justice Mary Robinson, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy, Provost Linda Doyle, Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout and Students’ Union Environmental Officer Erin O’Dowd.

21 Mar 2023

Sustainability

Trinity joins EIT Urban Mobility to create liveable urban spaces

Trinity College Dublin and Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace have announced membership of Urban Mobility (UM), an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Trinity's membership of EIT UM will be officially launched at an event in Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace today, Wednesday 22nd March from 12pm during Green Week.

22 Mar 2023

Sustainability

Introducing Trinity tree of the month - the Ginkgo

This month we are featuring our two Ginkgo biloba trees, commonly known as Ginkgo which were planted in Library Square in 2019. The north side Ginkgo is 45cm wide and 9 metres tall while the south side tree is 47cm wide and almost 8 metres tall. When these trees are mature, they will store up to 4,954 kilograms of carbon.

23 Mar 2023

Environment

Eclipsing of older people in the pandemic: ageist approaches must not underpin guidance for future crises

A new qualitative study from researchers at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin provides, for the first time, a depth of understanding of the everyday experience of the COVID-19 pandemic for older people in Ireland.

28 Oct 2021

Research

Níor cheart frithdhúlagrán coitianta a úsáid a thuilleadh mar chóireáil do dhaoine a bhfuil néaltrú orthu

Níor cheart frithdhúlagrán coitianta a úsáid a thuilleadh mar chóireáil do dhaoine a bhfuil néaltrú orthu, dar le staidéar.

27 Nov 2021

Research

National Brain Awareness Week: Let’s get moving on Parkinson’s disease

Professor Andrew Harkin discusses transforming research and discovering promising directions for new treatments for Parkinson's disease, as part of our week-long series showcasing Trinity's brain research.

15 Mar 2021

Research

Left-hooks, doorings, poor road surface conditions, LUAS tracks and kerbs often involved in Irish cycling collisions

New research into cycling road traffic collisions has identified a list of common collision scenarios for Ireland and underlined previously underappreciated issues on our roads.

1 Sep 2021

Research

Three Trinity researchers win European Research Council Advanced Grants

Professors Jennifer McElwain, Seamus Martin and Daniel Kelly will pursue research projects in botany, immunity and inflammation, and bioengineering. Their awards bring the total number of ERC Investigator Grants awarded at Trinity under the Horizon 2020 funding programme to 44, with a total value of €83 million.

22 Apr 2021

Research

Scientists develop new strategy that rapidly quantifies transmissibility of COVID-19 variants

Their technique provides a new tool for tracking infection immunity over time and for analysing new vaccine candidates.

13 Oct 2021

Research

Trinity and Ryanair launch sustainable aviation research centre

A €1.5m donation will seed a multi-disciplinary team to engage in research around 1) sustainable aviation fuels, 2) zero carbon aircraft propulsion systems and 3) noise mapping. Ryanair has committed to 12.5% of its flights using sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.

29 Apr 2021

Research

Young adults vastly more affected by COVID pandemic than older people

“We’re meant to be crossing over … but the bridge is broken”: 2020 university graduates’ experiences of the pandemic in Ireland. A new study from Trinity College Dublin investigating the impact of the COVID pandemic on young adults finds that they are vastly more affected than older people, and the reverberations of the disruption to […]

13 May 2021

Research

Scientists secure €1 million grant to develop synthetic tendon and ligament implants modelled on embryonic tendons

Torn ligaments and tendons are the bane of athletes and runners. They are difficult to heal and often require months or years of rehab, meaning existing approaches are very costly and inefficient.

21 Sep 2021

Research

Aistriúchán Gaeilge déanta ar óráid stairiúil 7 Márta tugtha ag Bunaitheoir na Banglaidéise

Thug bunaitheoir na Banglaidéise, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman, óráid fhíorthábhachtach ar an 7 Márta 1971 a spreag muintir na tíre chun éirí amach ar son an neamhspleáchais.

8 Mar 2021

Trinity researchers and staff honoured in IRC Research Ally awards

Seven Trinity researchers and members of staff were honoured in the inaugural ‘Research Ally’ awards at this year’s Irish Research Council Researcher of the Year awards.

8 Dec 2021

Research

Growing Up in Ireland report documents mental health outcomes for 13-year olds

16% of 13-year-olds rated themselves as having symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of ‘depression’, according to the new Growing Up in Ireland report written by Trinity's Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology

11 Mar 2021

Public invited to create, share and interact with unique COVID-19 stories via “Virtual Field Trips”

People will create their stories by using open-source tools, ambient noise and photos taken from their chosen locations, and a free-to-use social virtual reality (VR) platform.

27 Jan 2021

Extremely high burden of physical and mobility problems for people who are homeless: research

The study found that people homeless in their 20s, 30s and 40s are physically comparable to those housed in their 70s and 80s

10 May 2021

Research

Tánaiste to deliver Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse on Noël Christopher Browne

Trinity graduate and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD will deliver this year’s Trinity Memorial Discourse on 26 April.

22 Apr 2021

Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

Averaged across the two years of the trial, mixtures with all six species - grasses, legumes and herbs - produced the highest yields, and yielded more than the best of the six monocultures.

17 Aug 2021

Why are some fish warm-blooded? Research points to a crucial speed advantage

Warm-blooded fish, like the white shark, swim faster than cold-blooded relatives. This ability does not, however, allow them to live in broader temperature ranges – so they are likely just as vulnerable to rising ocean temperatures

1 Jul 2021

Research

Four researchers win new UK-Ireland Social Sciences Networking Grants

Four researchers from Trinity College Dublin have won ESRC-IRC UK-Ireland Social Sciences Networking Grants from the Irish Research Council. The new awards, designed to foster the development of long-term relationships between social science researchers in the UK and Republic of Ireland have been given to Fiona Newell, Joe Barry, Martine Smith and Yekaterina Chzhen.

19 Jan 2021

Believing that willpower is limitless makes your workday more productive after a bad night’s sleep

Lack of sleep negatively affects daily work performance by reducing willpower and emotional as well as motivational resources, according to new research from Trinity Business School.

7 Dec 2021

Research

Research offers virtual support for MND patients during pandemic

The pandemic highlighted the need for remote monitoring and delivery of highly specialised care for patients with MND.

25 Feb 2021

Research

New study raises fresh privacy concerns about Apple and Google mobile phones

Apple iPhones and Google Android phone share data with Apple and Google on average every four and a half minutes, even when the phone is not being used.

29 Mar 2021

Research

Tangent launches the Open Incubator, a next-generation innovation platform

"This dynamic entrepreneurial network will further Trinity’s reach and consolidate its innovation efforts by creating a digital platform for the best and brightest innovators Ireland has to offer."

4 Nov 2021

Immunologists discover new trick used by MRSA superbug – may aid vaccine development

They found that the bacterium interferes with the host immune response by causing toxic effects on white blood cells, which prevents them from engaging in their infection-fighting jobs.

24 Jun 2021

Research

Researchers publish first ever detailed description of Sierra Negra eruption

A volcanic eruption in the Galápagos Islands has given scientists a fresh insight into how volcanoes behave and provided vital information that will help to predict future hazards on the islands.

2 Mar 2021

Research

Alzheimer’s: exercise may reduce brain inflammation, helping to protect us from the disease

Professor in Physiology at Trinity, Áine Kelly, writes a fascinating piece for The Conversation, which may stimulate more of us to get active.

6 Dec 2021

Dr Michelle Browne secures L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland For Women in Science 2021 Rising Talent fellowship

Dr Browne’s research is focused on the production of green (clean) hydrogen in water electrolysers for the generation of electricity.

17 Sep 2021

Research

Trinity welcomes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

The President and First Lady Elke Büdenbender were greeted by Trinity Provost Linda Doyle and her partner Simon Tonge. President Steinmeier paid a visit to Trinity’s Long Room in the historic Old Library, under the guidance of Deputy Librarian Mrs Jessie Kurtz.

27 Oct 2021