Articles
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Trinity team unearths potential secret to viral resistance
Researchers worked with women infected by hepatitis C following exposure to contaminated anti-D medication in the 1970s. Some of these women exposed to the virus never showed symptoms and now – over 40 years on – the researchers believe they know why.
4 Nov 2022
Health|Research|Science
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A magical day for PhD graduate and Harry Potter researcher Mary Pyle
Mary Pyle, at the record age of 84, graduated with a PhD for her thesis focused on JK Rowling’s famous Harry Potter book series.
4 Nov 2022
Arts|Research
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WATCH: Learning from major climatic events in the past
Professor Micha Ruhl, from the School of Natural Sciences, talks about his work. This video features as part of the Trinity Research Stories campaign.
7 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Rishi Sunak and Star Wars: what the UK prime minister can learn about governing from his favourite films
David Kenny, Associate Professor of Law at Trinity, with a piece about the new British PM first published by The Conversation.
4 Nov 2022
Business|Culture|Research|Society
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Incredible difference-making researchers and inventors honoured at Trinity Innovation Awards
Trinity’s leading researchers and inventors have been recognised for their innovative research and entrepreneurship at the 2022 Trinity Innovation Awards. Orla Hardiman, Professor of Neurology, received the headline Provost Innovation Award, while Werner Blau, Fellow Emeritus in the School of Physics, won the Lifetime Achievement Award.
8 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research
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Pond Life comes to Campus
There is a new habitat on campus this week in the form of a pond, which was facilitated by Provost Linda Doyle and created by colleagues from Estates and Facilities alongside Research Associate Collie Ennis.
14 Nov 2022
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15 ways to reforest the planet: international scientists call for decade of global action
Scientists are calling for a “decade of global action” to reforest the planet following the publication of new research involving botanists from Trinity. The landmark issue of the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions reveals the latest scientific advances in forest restoration with the aim of benefiting people as well as nature.
14 Nov 2022
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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From QAnon to The Sandman: how demons found a place in popular culture
In western culture today, demons exist as something of a paradox, argue Zohar Hadromi Allouche, Assistant Professor, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies and S. Jonathon O'Donnell, Queen's University Belfast in this piece first published in The Conversation.
15 Nov 2022
Culture|Research|Society
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Eight Trinity researchers among the most cited in the world
Eight researchers affiliated with Trinity feature on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from Clarivate, which identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.
15 Nov 2022
Research
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New study explores IL-25 as potential target for inflammatory disease
A new study, published recently in the journal Antibody Therapeutics, describes the discovery of a novel antibody which may have therapeutic potential by blocking the progression of inflammation caused by the cytokine interleukin-25 (IL-25).
15 Nov 2022
Health|Innovation|Research
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New project will equip police with advanced technologies to combat disinformation linked to crime
VIGILANT is a €4 million Horizon Europe project aimed at curbing the spread of disinformation and combating its negative effects such as promoting hate speech, human trafficking, and bogus medical cures.
16 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research
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Experiences of methadone service users explored in human rights-based study
The study - published in the International Journal of Drug Policy - found that people who want or need to recover often end up feeling more marginalised because of their experiences of methadone services.
17 Nov 2022
Health|Research
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Poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin celebrated to mark poet’s 80th birthday
Literary experts and leading Irish poets will gather in Trinity College Dublin this weekend for an event to mark the 80th birthday of the celebrated poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin later this month.
17 Nov 2022
Arts|Research
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Comóradh ar fhilíocht Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin agus breithlá 80 bliain an fhile á cheiliúradh
Baileoidh saineolaithe liteartha agus filí mór le rá na hÉireann le chéile i gColáiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath an deireadh seachtaine seo le haghaidh imeachta a dhéanfaidh ceiliúradh ar bhreithlá 80 bliain an fhile iomráitigh Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.
18 Nov 2022
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Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal recipients announced
The 2023 Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities has been awarded to Jane Ohlmeyer MRIA and the 2023 Academy Gold Medal in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences has been awarded to Jonathan Coleman MRIA.
18 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding
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30 tree-planting ceremonies to mark College Awareness Week 2022
The 9th annual College Awareness Week (CAW) launches today, with events running nationwide from the 21st – 27th November. The campaign seeks to show how college can and should be for everyone.
21 Nov 2022
Students|Sustainability
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland team awarded prestigious Ellis Prize
The Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) has awarded the prestigious Ellis Prize to the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. Considered the ‘Oscar’ for the recordkeeping sector, the award has been given for only the tenth time in 50 years.
21 Nov 2022
Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Orla Hardiman named 2022 SFI Researcher of the Year
Trinity researchers won three of nine awards at the 2022 SFI Summit event to celebrate the best of Irish research.
22 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation|Research
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Three Trinity researchers win prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants
Dr Kenneth Silver, Dr Colm Delaney and Dr Elaine Corbett were among just seven researchers in Ireland to receive the coveted awards worth up to €5 million from the ERC.
22 Nov 2022
Awards and Funding|Business|Research|Science
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The changing social worlds of Ireland's 9-year-olds
A Growing Up In Ireland study looks at how the lives of nine-year-olds have changed over a decade in terms of their relationships with family and friends, their pastimes and their school experiences.
22 Nov 2022
Research|Society