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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
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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
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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
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AI could make cities autonomous, but that doesn’t mean we should let it happen
Trinity's Prof Federico Cugurullo believes we should be very careful before handing control of our cities to AIs. He writes about AI urbanism and the challenges ahead in this piece for The Conversation.
4 Jan 2024
Culture|Science|Society|Sustainability
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Trinity welcomes six new campus companies
Collectively Trinity campus companies have raised over €400 million in this period, as well as creating more than 800 jobs. A total of 24 have become Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start Ups.
27 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Business|Innovation|Research
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Smart Docklands funds four pilot projects to address community need
The winning teams received seed funding of €12,500 each to tackle pressing challenges across environmental monitoring, community development, and antisocial behaviour, and to create a more sustainable, inclusive, and enjoyable Docklands for all.
6 Dec 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Environment|Society
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Abuse survivors’ experience of family law focus of new research
The research is being undertaken by the School of Social Work and Social Policy in conjunction with Women's Aid and University College Cork.
8 Jan 2024
Research|Society
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Trinity hosts major world conference on school effectiveness
More than 500 delegates will attend the conference from 9-12 January, reflecting on strategies to support and enhance the functioning of schools.
5 Jan 2024
Research|Society
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New funding for EU University Alliances
CHARM-EU receives additional €391,300 in government funding
18 Jan 2024
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Central banks should be fighting the climate crisis – here’s why
Professors Martin Sokol, Trinity, and Jennie Stephens, Northeastern University, argue the case for central banks catalysing a more just, equitable and climate-stable future in this piece for The Conversation.
5 Jan 2024
Environment|Society|Sustainability
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The Conversation: Freedom of thought is under threat. Here’s what we can do to protect it
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity College Dublin, writes in The Conversation about what we can do to protect freedom of thought against the threat posed by states, big tech and even ourselves.
9 Jan 2024
Society
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New €2.3 million project seeks to deliver next-gen, sustainable 6G networks
The collaborative ENERGISE project, led by researchers from CONNECT at Trinity College Dublin, and involving Intel and other key industry partners targets significant energy reduction in mobile networks.
15 Jan 2024
Awards and Funding|Research|Sustainability
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The power and potential of forgiveness, right now
Professor Brian Lawlor of the Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity writes how forgiveness is crucial in resolving human conflict and bringing relief to the forgiver and the forgiven.
15 Jan 2024
Health|Society
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Are Irish nuns facing extinction?
In an article for The Irish Times, Dr Bronagh Ann McShane, School of Histories and Humanities, provides historical context for a new RTE documentary that asks if the nuns in Irish convents today are the last of their kind.
15 Jan 2024
Culture|Research|Society
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Embracing ‘virtual dark tourism’ could help heritage sites at risk of degradation
Nicole Basaraba, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, writes about her research on virtual dark tourism for The Conversation.
15 Jan 2024
Culture|Research
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Scientists reverse amnesia caused by head injury in early model study
A model (mouse) study designed to shed light on memory loss in people who experience repeated head impacts, such as athletes, suggests the condition could potentially be reversed.
16 Jan 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity team secures SFI Infrastructure Programme funding for brain health research
Researchers from Trinity hope to improve brain health for people of all ages after securing approximately €1.7 million in funding via the Science Foundation Ireland Infrastructure Programme. The money will buy a next-gen, powerful computer and associated equipment that will open doors to new research approaches.
17 Jan 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Trinity offers PhD Scholarship award to student of sanctuary
Applicants must be resident in Ireland, and be either in the international protection system, temporary protection, seeking asylum, or have refugee status or permission to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds.
17 Jan 2024
Awards and Funding|Society|Students
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Gaza war: how South Africa’s genocide case against Israel is shaping up
Carlo Aldrovandi, Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, writes in The Conversation about how South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague is developing.
17 Jan 2024
Arts|Research|Society
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Half of Ireland’s biggest firms still underperforming on human rights
New research published by the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation finds that corporate uptake of the UN Guiding Principles for Business & Human Rights remains a work in progress.
18 Jan 2024
Business|Research|Society