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Dr. Éilish Burke wins international award for engaged research with people with intellectual disabilities

Dr Burke’s research enables and empowers people with intellectual disability to be involved in research which informs the research picture in a more meaningful and inclusive way.

17 Nov 2021

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Pandemic experiences of older people brought to life through Poemathon

The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity collaborated with Poetry Ireland and Neuroscience Ireland to create a poem of 355 contributors which captures the mood of our older population.

24 Mar 2021

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Trinity secures three more Athena SWAN awards for commitment to gender equality

Trinity's Schools of Histories and Humanities, Computer Science and Statistics, and Engineering have secured Athena SWAN Bronze awards in the latest round of awards to recognise commitment to gender equality.

31 Mar 2021

Derek Mahon: Conference and online exhibition to celebrate poet’s life and work

The two-day conference and online exhibition are being held in advance of what would have been the poet’s 80th birthday and bring together distinguished poets and critics from Ireland and beyond to highlight the many aspects of Mahon’s work.

18 Nov 2021

Trinity researchers join international experts in pioneering digital mental health treatments

Scientists from the E-mental Health Group at Trinity's School of Psychology were among 23 international partners exploring mental health care and psychological/ psychiatric services innovation.

27 Jan 2021

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Three ways to move more while working from home

Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy at Trinity, has some easy tips for anyone working from home. The article was originally published by The Conversation.

8 Jan 2021

Legal experts find significant lack of transparency around key COVID-19 decisions taken in Ireland

In the report (Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland), the experts address many different facets of life impacted by such decisions, including the impact on people living in prisons and direct provision centres, and on Ireland’s approach to counting deaths from COVID-19.

4 Aug 2021

Trinity spinout OneProjects secures $17 million in new financing to advance development of 4D cardiac imaging technology

OneProjects' technology is designed to improve the treatment of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias and can also be applied to benefit structural heart procedures.

15 Oct 2021

New hope for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: World COPD Day 2021

To coincide with World COPD Day today, Dr Suzanne Cloonan, Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine in Trinity’s School of Medicine and Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) describes her laboratory’s research investigating how cellular iron metabolism is regulated in the lungs of patients with COPD, and how dysregulation of iron uptake, release, or turnover contributes to the […]

17 Nov 2021

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Opinion: Adele 30 – the psychology of why sad songs make us feel good

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, explains why hearing sad music feel so good in this piece for The Conversation.

18 Nov 2021

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The Irish Childhood Cancer Survivorship Project: Trinity research

To coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we look at how Trinity researchers are designing an electronic Irish childhood cancer survivorship database.

7 Sep 2021

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National Arthritis Week: spotlight on Trinity-led rheumatoid arthritis research

To coincide with National Arthritis Week (April 12 – 16) we caught up with Trinity’s Professor Ursula Fearon to shine the spotlight on her research into rheumatoid arthritis.

15 Apr 2021

Nobel Prize winner Professor William C Campbell awarded SFI St Patrick’s Day Science Medal

Nobel Prize-winner and Trinity alumnus, Professor William C Campbell, was today awarded the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) St Patrick’s Day Science Medal for Academia

16 Mar 2021

Trinity academic provides Babylonian translations for Marvel Studios’ ‘Eternals’

Translations into the long-dead language were provided by Trinity Assyriologist Dr Martin Worthington.

9 Nov 2021

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Spotlight on: Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

In the first of a brand-new Spotlight On series which will highlight some of the great research underway at Trinity, we meet Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution, and hear about his research into the Palestinian Bedouin communities who many believe are at risk of forced displacement around Jerusalem.

13 Jul 2021

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Mark Little to launch Schuler Democracy Forum as Media Fellow

"More than ever, we need a conversation about media and democracy that is grounded in the reality of human lives rather than short-term rows between big tech and traditional gatekeepers."

14 Sep 2021

New €7 million sustainable crop production project focuses on underutilised crops

The €7 million funding will be used to promote underutilised crops in Europe. The Trinity team will develop a toolkit to assess these production systems in terms of nutritional, environmental and ecological impact.

18 Jan 2021

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Comhdháil lae ar líne in onóir do Damian McManus

“Táimid thar a bheith sásta go mbeidh togha na scoláirí linn chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar a bhfuil déanta ag an Ollamh McManus do léann na Gaeilge le breis is ceathracha bliain, mar thaighdeoir, mar léachtóir, mar eagarthóir agus, thar aon ní eile, mar chrann taca i gcónaí do scoláirí óga.”

21 May 2021

New report into ableism in academia in Ireland outlines significant hurdles faced by disabled people

The Forum for Disabled Staff and Postgraduate Students in Trinity today launched 'Ableism in Academia Ireland' to mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities.

3 Dec 2021

Window to My World: A Celebration of World Poetry Day, 2021

To celebrate World Poetry Day 2021, the Trinity Centre for Post-Conflict Justice in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub has released a series of videos showcasing poetry from refugees, asylum seekers and exiled poets in Ireland.

23 Mar 2021

Spioradáltacht agus feasacht spioradálta ina gcuid lárnach de dhea-chleachtas cúraim sláinte

Lucht acadúil ó Scoil an Altranais agus an Chnáimhseachais ag éileamh ardú feasachta maidir leis an spioradáltacht

17 Jun 2021

Rapidly diversifying birds in Southeast Asia – the Sulawesi babblers are teaching us fresh things about evolution

The work, led by zoologists from Trinity, makes new connections between animal behaviour, geology, and evolution – and underlines that species can diversify surprisingly quickly under certain conditions.

20 Jul 2021

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Trinity researchers and Inclusion Ireland bridge gap in playground communication

Researchers from the School of Psychology have collaborated with Inclusion Ireland to lead an innovative community initiative to assist children with communication difficulties to interact with their peers.

29 Jul 2021

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Trinity researchers tackle the spiders from Mars

Researchers at Trinity have been shedding light on the enigmatic “spiders from Mars”, providing the first physical evidence that these features on the planet’s surface can be formed by the sublimation of CO2 ice.

19 Mar 2021

Creativity and Ageing: new TILDA report explores benefits of creativity in later life

New research from scientists at The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing at Trinity shares fascinating insight to show how creative activity positively impacts the lives of older adults.

22 Nov 2021

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Science Gallery launches IN THESE STRANGE TIMES: a response to the global pandemic

IN THESE STRANGE TIMES features a new series of podcasts, hosted by RTE DJ Tara Stewart and with appearances by researchers and artists working at the cutting edge of biomedical, environmental, behavioural and robotics science.

12 Mar 2021

Science Gallery to reopen with BIAS, an exhibition exploring machine learning thics

BIAS the exhibition will interrogate how prejudice can move quickly from human to machine as algorithms and artificial intelligence systems are encoded by humans with very human values, preferences and predispositions.

15 Oct 2021

Trinity remembers Dr Aoibheann Gaughran

Aoibheann was a research fellow in the School of Natural Sciences, where her positivity, energy and passion for her work proved an inspiration to all who knew her.

17 Dec 2021

Severe-COVID patients risk an increase in mortality rate when cared for outside of an ICU

Study points to Ireland having one of the lowest numbers of ICU beds in Europe and prompts calls from critical care consultants for urgent investment in critical care beds

15 Dec 2021

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Professor Anna Davies announced as new Chair of The Rediscovery Centre, Ireland’s National Centre for the Circular Economy

Anna will play a critical role in cultivating connections, ideas and resources to support greener low-carbon living. Her work will further a core goal of the College's commitment to deeper civic engagement and a climate-first Trinity.

18 Oct 2021