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Ancient ocean sediments link changes in currents to cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 million years ago
New research from an international group has for the first time shown a strong correlation between the two. Differences in sediment composition imply profound changes in the circulation of deep water currents occurred at this time in Earth's history.
16 May 2025
Environment|Research|Science
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Professors Jennifer McElwain and Jonathan Coleman elected Fellows of the Royal Society
Prof. McElwain’s research on fossil plants has shaped our understanding of how the atmosphere has changed over millions of years, while Prof. Coleman developed a transformative technique for producing 2D nanomaterials like graphene from layered solids such as graphite.
20 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity Walton Club celebrates 10 years of transforming STEM education in Ireland
Trinity Walton Club (TWC) has delivered STEM learning experiences to over 7,000 students in its first decade of operation. TWC launched its new impact report as club leaders, educators and alumni gathered to mark the milestone.
20 May 2025
Science|Students
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Professor Patrick Geoghegan announced as new Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub
Professor Patrick Geoghegan, School of Histories and Humanities, will succeed Professor Eve Patten whose term as Director ends in June.
21 May 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Book of Leinster on display in Long Room following conservation project
Written in Old and Middle Irish in the 12th century, the Book of Leinster, or Leabhar Laighean, is an important source of Irish literature and history from the medieval period.
21 May 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Leabhar Laighean le cur ar taispeáint i Seomra Fada tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe
Tá leathanaigh ó cheann de na lámhscríbhinní is tábhachtaí a scríobhadh i nGaeilge sna meánaoiseanna agus atá againn go fóill, Leabhar Laighean, le cur ar taispeáint inniu [Dé Céadaoin an 21 Bealtaine] mar chuid de thaispeántas nua i Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath tar éis mórthionscadal caomhnaithe.
21 May 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research reveals possible new target for therapies
An international group of scientists has identified a key molecular process that drives a deadly form of childhood brain cancer, potentially offering a much-needed, new therapeutic target.
21 May 2025
Health|Research|Science
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Trust in scientists in Ireland lower in younger generation
Trust in scientists in Ireland is ahead of global averages, but lower among younger people, according to new research from the School of Education.
22 May 2025
Research|Science|Society
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Trinity-Columbia Dual BA graduate delivers valedictorian speech
Peter Gorman, a graduate of the Dual BA Program between Trinity and Columbia University, recently delivered the Columbia GS Class of 2025 valedictorian speech.
22 May 2025
Research|Science|Students
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Doris Alexander receives EARMA Lifetime Achievement Award
Doris Alexander, Associate Director of European Engagement and Co-Director of CHARM-EU, has been awarded the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) Lifetime Achievement Award 2025.
22 May 2025
Community|Society
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In Camera Rule Report published by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan
The report was authored by social policy experts in Trinity's School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts in University College Cork.
22 May 2025
Research|Society
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Geography PhD candidate wins 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award
Kevin O’Leary, a second-year PhD candidate in Geography in the School of Natural Sciences, is the co-winner of the 2025 Mary Mulvihill Award – a science media competition that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).
23 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Students
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2025 Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Awards
The awards recognise outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching across the disciplines of Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology.
26 May 2025
Research|Society
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Trinity trio elected Members of the Royal Irish Academy
Profs. Orla Sheils, Jane Farrar and Holger Claussen have been elected as new Members of the Royal Irish Academy for their exceptional contribution to the sciences.
26 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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IrelandQCI launches mobile quantum engagement trailer
The innovative mobile engagement unit, designed to bring quantum technologies to life for the Irish public, was launched in Trinity's Front Square by IrelandQCI with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
29 May 2025
Research|Science|Society
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Trinity Innovation and Enterprise collaborates on South African region project
Trinity is one of three European universities partnering on the UNIICo-create project, which is tackling graduate unemployment in the Southern African Development Community region.
30 May 2025
Community|Innovation
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Conference celebrates 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s collection North
The 50th anniversary of Seamus Heaney’s landmark collection 'North' will be marked at a conference hosted by the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with Trinity’s School of English.
3 Jun 2025
Arts|Culture|Research
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Pioneering Sea-Scan project aims to detect and classify “dark vessels” in Irish waters
Researchers from Trinity are developing a system that uses undersea telecommunications cables for advanced maritime surveillance, with the aim of enhancing Ireland’s ability to detect and classify vessels operating without active transponders.
30 May 2025
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Immunotherapy before surgery improves lung cancer survival in global clinical trial
Study published in New England Journal of Medicine shows that the use of immunotherapy with chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery reduces the risk of cancer returning and improves long term survival for patients.
4 Jun 2025
Health|Research
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Irish family law system causes ‘secondary victimisation’
The report was authored by social scientists from the School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts from University College Cork.
4 Jun 2025
Research|Society