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University alliance to foster impactful translational research

The Translational Medicine Alliance Ireland (TMAI) brings together the strengths of multiple institutions, creating a collaborative ecosystem to address the complex hurdles associated with translating scientific discoveries into practical healthcare applications and interventions.

3 Dec 2023

Health|Innovation|Research

How AI can decode ancient scripts – from medieval manuscripts to hieroglyphics

The ethics and dangers of AI have received important attention over the past year, but its power to make legible and navigable our cultural heritage also deserves attention, writes Dr Mark Faulkner in this piece for The Conversation.

5 Dec 2023

Arts|Culture|Science

Even a brief experience of poverty is enough to harm a child's development

A one-off experience of poverty is enough to impact on a child’s development, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Dept of Sociology.

11 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Trinity Corporate Governance Lab launched

Tech integrity and the governance of frontier technology are among pressing issues in the corporate world to be investigated at a new governance research and innovation lab launched by Trinity Business School.

6 Dec 2023

Society

Paul Murray appointed Trinity Long Room Hub 2024 Rooney Writer Fellow

The fellowship, beginning in January 2024, will see the author engage with the themes and community of TLRH and partner schools in the Arts and Humanities.

7 Dec 2023

Culture

SandboxAQ funds two Quantum Science and Technology MSc scholarships for under-represented students

As part of an ongoing collaboration these scholarships, available to students from the Global South, will help train the future quantum workforce and bring greater diversity to the quantum ecosystem.

6 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Students

Students receive 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships

Trinity this week announced five student recipients of the 2023 Three Ireland Connect to STEM Scholarships for Women at an evening ceremony hosted by Three Ireland.

6 Dec 2023

Seti: how we’re searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies

Is there life beyond Earth? The question has turned out to be one of the hardest to answer in science. Find out how astrophysicists from Trinity are seeking ET in this piece published by The Conversation.

7 Dec 2023

Research|Science

School of Social Sciences & Philosophy holds Student Prize Ceremony

The ceremony concluded with a special presentation by Francis O'Toole and Paul O'Grady to Professor John O’Hagan to mark his substantial contributions to the Department of Economics, spanning an impressive six decades to date.

7 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Students

Revolutionising urban futures: Trendhunters reimagines Dún Laoghaire

Smart Dún Laoghaire is relaunching its futurism engagement programme, Trendhunters, which aims to integrate futures thinking more into Dublin’s smart city environment.

8 Dec 2023

Community|Research|Society

All the video games shortlisted for the 2023 Game Awards – reviewed by experts

David Stevenson, Assistant Professor in the School of Film, writes a review of one of the games up for a 2023 Games Award for The Conversation.

12 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

Blue Eye Samurai: historian explains what the Netflix series gets right and wrong about real Edo-period Japan

Ruth Starr, Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about what the Netflix series gets right and wrong about real Edo-period Japan.

12 Dec 2023

Culture|Research

Trinity researchers win distinguished IRC Advanced Laureate Awards

Seven researchers across a range of disciplines at Trinity have been announced as successful applicants to the Irish Research Council (IRC) Advanced Laureate Awards (ALA) programme.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society

Professor Viet Pham honoured with IEEE Best Young Researcher Award

Viet, Assistant Professor in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Communications Society award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

12 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Research

Who should pay the bills if the State pension age stays at 66?

Keeping State pension age at 66 is unfair to younger generations, writes Barra Roantree, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in a piece first published in The Irish Times.

13 Dec 2023

Research|Society

Crucial role of behavioural sciences in policy decisions identified

A new global study, involving over 80 collaborators, including Trinity researchers, provide a comprehensive evaluation of behavioural science policy recommendations on COVID-19.

14 Dec 2023

Research|Society

1 in 7 people over 50 have chronic kidney disease in Ireland, and 98% don’t know they have it

Findings from the largest study to date in Ireland to characterise the population affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), over the age of 50 years, have been published. The research was undertaken in collaboration with the National Renal Office (Health Service Executive (HSE)) who also part funded this project.

14 Dec 2023

Health|Research

Christmas greetings – Trinity holiday closure arrangements 2023/2024

Trinity College Dublin will be closed from the end of business hours on Thursday December 21st 2023 to the start of normal business hours on Tuesday January 2nd 2024.

14 Dec 2023

Seven Trinity projects awarded Irish Research Council ‘New Foundations’ funding

New Foundations awards bring researchers, civic society organisations and policy makers together to enhance the evidence base for policies and practices.

14 Dec 2023

LUMA Vision secures US $22 million in new financing

The Bioinnovate Ireland and Trinity spinout will use the funding to secure FDA approval and advance development of its 4D cardiac imaging and navigation platform.

18 Dec 2023

Awards and Funding|Business|Health|Innovation