Articles
-
New Scholars and Fellows announced at Trinity
Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: "On behalf of the Trinity community, I offer my warmest congratulations to everyone who has been elected to Fellowship and Scholarship.These are fantastic academic achievements and the new Fellows and Scholars deserve to feel very proud today."
28 Apr 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Students
-
Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge
The ritual of conclave is ancient, but the stakes are unmistakably modern, writes Bronagh Ann McShane, School of Histories and Humanities, in a piece originally published in the Irish Times.
28 Apr 2025
Culture|Research
-
BNT162b2 vaccine not only targets COVID-19 virus, but may also help reduce and control innate inflammation
New findings suggest the vaccine may reduce the production of pro-inflammatory mediators to bacterial, fungal or viral infections by reprogramming innate immune cells to regulate inflammation
28 Apr 2025
Health|Research|Science
-
Law School receives gift to bolster Centre for Constitutional Governance
This gift will strengthen TriCON's role as a world-leading centre for constitutional scholarship, bringing together academics, legal practitioners, judges, and other stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing constitutional democracy today.
1 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Society
-
Trinity’s Campus Security team declared 2025 Team of the Year
The team was declared Estates/Facilities Team of the Year 2025 at the AUDE Conference Awards Dinner and also won a Bronze award in the EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) category for work on student mental health and wellbeing.
1 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
-
Mothers lead the way in their children's use of technology
A newly launched report shows the surprising impact of OurKidsCode family coding clubs, an initiative of Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, which offer a new way for parents to get involved in their children's computing education.
2 May 2025
Community|Science
-
Glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side – it can change the chemistry of our oceans
Drs. Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco and Kristina Petra Zubovic from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences write about some important research of theirs in this piece first published by The Conversation.
2 May 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
-
From ashes to concrete
Engineers have devised a means of transforming biomass ash byproduct into high-quality concrete, which reduces carbon emissions by over 50%.
6 May 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
-
‘MAGIC-I’ hopes to optimise treatment of child and adolescent cancer
Prof. Owen Smith hopes MAGIC-I project will lead to every child and adolescent with cancer in Ireland receiving deep genome analysis to determine best way to manage their illness
5 May 2025
Health|Innovation|Research
-
Winners of Christy Nolan inspired creativity competition announced
The creative competition was held to honour the legacy of Irish author, Christy Nolan, and to mark the 25th Anniversary of Trinity disAbility Service.
8 May 2025
Community|Culture|Research
-
Trinity projects awarded Research Ireland ‘New Foundations’ funding
Seven Trinity research projects have received funding from Research Ireland under its New Foundations programme.
8 May 2025
Research|Society
-
Gustav Parker Hibbett wins 2025 Pollard International Poetry Prize
Valued at €10,000, the prize is sponsored by the John Pollard Foundation and administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English at Trinity.
8 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Culture
-
Professor John G Byrne added to Royal Irish Academy Dictionary of Irish Biography
Prof. Byrne, founder of Trinity’s Department of Computer Science and Head for 32 years, who was known by many as the “Father of Computing in Ireland”, was a distinguished computer scientist, dedicated public servant and Senior Fellow at Trinity.
9 May 2025
Research|Science
-
Fat-rich fluid fuels immune failure in ovarian cancer
New research led by Irish scientists has uncovered how lipid-rich fluid in the abdomen, known as ascites, plays a central role in weakening the body’s immune response in advanced ovarian cancer.
9 May 2025
Health|Research|Science
-
Trinity Long Room Hub’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ series turns 10
10 years of public engagement on the pressing issues of our time will be celebrated this week by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.
12 May 2025
Culture|Research|Society
-
In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV
Leo XIV was a choice few saw coming, and is a figure of humility, steadiness and introspective strength, writes Bronagh Ann McShane in an opinion article first published by The Irish Times.
12 May 2025
Research|Society
-
The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts
Chris Morash, School of English, joins a panel of researchers to review the novels shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize.
13 May 2025
Culture|Environment|Research|Sustainability
-
Plastic manufacturing technologies jeopardise food safety and the environment
AMBER Centre researchers based in Trinity have discovered that the way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material—stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment.
13 May 2025
Environment|Health|Research|Science|Sustainability
-
Waste not: CHARM-EU students tackle real-world sustainability challenges
Trinity will today host the final day of XHIBIT, an intensive learning programme during which CHARM-EU students teamed up with local organisations to develop sustainability solutions.
16 May 2025
Environment|Students|Sustainability
-
Trinity Long Room Hub announces O’Mahony Music Research Fellowship
The new fellowship in music is dedicated to music and music-related research and will be awarded annually.
16 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Research