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New website to improve life experiences of autistic children and young people
Academics from the School of Psychology at Trinity have developed a new support website to empower autistic children and young people to reach their personal best.
11 Jun 2020
Research
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Trinity researchers explore patient engagement with digital mental health services
Could the impact of digital mental health interventions be improved by more personalised care? Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have just released a paper explaining their findings.
20 Jul 2020
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Trinity cancer research discovery leads to clinical trial in childhood cancer
The research, led by Dr Gerard Brien discovered an ‘Achilles heel’ in synovial tumours, which provided an opportunity to develop new treatment approaches.
28 Sep 2020
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Trinity student wins 2020 Mary Mulvihill highly commended award
Trinity student Aoife Kearins received this year’s Mary Mulvihill judges' highly commended award, a science media competition for third-level students that commemorates the legacy of science journalist and author Mary Mulvihill (1959–2015).
9 Jun 2020
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Professor Bruce Misstear wins prestigious hydrogeology award for societal and environmental impact
His research activities include the investigation of flow pathways of diffuse agricultural pollutants and the impacts of domestic wastewater systems on private wells.
24 Sep 2020
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AI is a totalitarian’s dream – here’s how to take power back
Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Simon McCarthy Jones on why we must not allow others to know more about ourselves than we do.
13 Aug 2020
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Trinity and AIB team up to deliver 450 laptops to schoolgoers
The Tech2Students initiative is part of Trinity's Access Programme and ensures the devices will be delivered to schools in the greater Dublin area within the next two weeks.
5 May 2020
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Landmark deal for UQ-Trinity inflammation startup
A Trinity College Dublin campus company developing treatments for inflammatory diseases based on Trinity research has been acquired in a landmark deal – one of the largest in Irish biotech history.
21 Sep 2020
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ADAPT and OSi enable open data access for COVID-19 app developers and researchers
Open access to the COVID-19 Health surveillance monitor via the Geohive’s Dataportal and the government’s Open Data portal will be a major help to researchers and app developers.
28 Apr 2020
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Trinity Business School ranked best in Europe for gender balance in Executive MBA rankings
Trinity Business School has risen to 11th position in Europe and 4th across the UK and Ireland in the 2020 Executive MBA rankings produced by The Economist.
29 Jun 2020
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Plant diversity makes West Africa’s shea trees bear more fruit
Aoife Delaney, from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, explains how ecosystem services provided by tree and shrub diversity support the well-being of millions of people in West Africa.
12 Oct 2020
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COVID-19 research projects at Trinity awarded government ‘rapid response’ funding
The eight research projects will further our understanding of COVID-19 and find solutions to the challenges the pandemic presents.
14 Dec 2020
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New €2.3 million EU research project will use big data toolkit to study debilitating condition of Vasculitis
The project will link vasculitis registries across Europe into a single European dataset, and thus open the door to new research into these challenging diseases.
25 Sep 2020
Research
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Palestinians will never be convinced a deal with Israel is worth making if annexation is packaged as peace
Writing for The Conversation, Trinity's Professor Brendan Browne responds to the so-called “deal of the century” for Israel-Palestine “peace” unveiled in Washington this week.
30 Jan 2020
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Taoiseach addresses future of Europe event as part of Hist250 celebrations
President Michael D.Higgins opened a week-long series of events to mark 250 years of Trinity College Dublin’s Historical society, more commonly known as The Hist, on Monday evening.
4 Mar 2020
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New discovery provides hope for improved MS therapies
The scientists' work highlights the significant potential of drugs targeting a specific immune molecule (IL-17) implicated in MS.
4 Feb 2020
Research
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Bottle-fed babies may consume millions of microplastic particles, our research suggests
A thought-provoking piece of research led to this article, written by Dunzhu Li and Yunhong Shi, from Trinity's School of Engineering.
30 Oct 2020
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Adults over 70 the fabric of their community, new findings released
The findings come at a time when the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on our older population are being discussed nationally.
25 Mar 2020
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New studies show Irish diet is unsustainable – nutritionally, financially and ethically
Multiple sources of animal protein in our diets score poorly from a nutritional-financial cost perspective, while alcohol consumption accounts for less than 7% of calorie intake but 25% of daily cost for Irish adults.
17 Apr 2020
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What drives zoo attendance and how does this impact conservation in the wild?
Zoos are making significant, positive impacts on our attempts to conserve biodiversity as our planet enters its sixth mass extinction.
5 Feb 2020
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