College News
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Trinity and Microsoft join forces to accelerate next-generation quantum technologies
Microsoft will provide significant funding to support PhD students working on cutting-edge quantum research at Trinity and the establishment of a female scholarship programme for Trinity’s MSc in Quantum Science and Technology
11 Jun 2021
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New Toolkit to Transform Collaborative Research Approaches
For more than 2 years, the EU-funded SHAPE-ID project at Trinity College Dublin has been working with European partners with a particular focus on how to strengthen the integration of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) in inter-and transdisciplinary research
10 Jun 2021
Research
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Astrophysicists bring partial solar eclipse to Irish public
There will be solar telescopes with cameras and you can join leading researchers live on YouTube for the watch party, which will showcase a close-up of the Sun so that we can see the eclipse as it happens.
9 Jun 2021
Research
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Trinity researchers team up with ONK Therapeutics to seek improved cancer therapies
The work will be led by Trinity's Dr David Finlay to optimise the metabolism and engineering of NK cells for improved cancer therapies.
8 Jun 2021
Research
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TCIN awarded Platinum Green Lab certifcation
We are excited to announce that Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (TCIN) has been awarded Platinum Level Green Lab certification from My Green Lab, the first in Trinity and second in Ireland to achieve this status.
4 Jun 2021
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New book gives ‘Perspectives on the Person with Dementia and Family Caregiving in Ireland’
The newly published book is an introductory Irish guide that brings together local and international research to help dispel some of the myths and stigma surrounding dementia.
1 Jun 2021
Research
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Trinity student wins 2021 Mary Mulvihill judges’ highly commended award
Trinity's student Matthew Thomas wins 2021 Mary Mulvihill judges’ highly commended award for his essay 'Compromised: Lessons learned from the AIDS epidemic’.
27 May 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
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Plean Bee – documentary examines how All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is reversing pollinator declines
Plean Bee, screens this Thursday, 20th May [World Bee Day], at 9:30 pm on TG4. It showcases the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, which was developed by a cross-sectoral group of stakeholders and co-founded by Jane Stout, Professor in Botany in Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences.
20 May 2021
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The return of the morning commute will ruin productivity, Trinity research reveals
New research from Wladislaw Rivkin at Trinity Business School, Fabiola Gerpott and Dana Unger demonstrates that commuting reduces productivity at work by draining mental energy, effecting our ability to fully focus on what we’re doing when we finally arrive at work.
28 Apr 2021
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College Health Centre set to administer onsite vaccinations
First delivery of COVID-19 vaccines arrives on campus.
27 Apr 2021
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New Scholars and Fellows Announced
The new cohort of Fellows and Scholars has been announced today, on Trinity Monday. Staff, students, friends and families are unable to celebrate on campus this year due to COVID-19 restrictions and yet all are united in their appreciation for the exceptional achievements of the students and academics who have been elected.
26 Apr 2021
Research
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Revisiting the Fourth Estate: does the media still serve democracy?
To mark the announcement of the Trinity Long Room Hub’s new Schuler Forum for Democracy, an online event tomorrow (Tuesday 27 April), will convene a panel of journalists and academics to look at the media as the “fourth estate” and ask how the media can effectively support democracy.
26 Apr 2021
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E3 marks 51st anniversary of Earth Day
To mark the 51st anniversary of Earth Day, hear from Trinity academics in E3 schools on the climate crisis through lectures, presentations and talks.
22 Apr 2021
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Tánaiste to deliver Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse on Noël Christopher Browne
Trinity graduate and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD will deliver this year’s Trinity Memorial Discourse on 26 April.
22 Apr 2021
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Trinity places in top 50 in 7 categories for THE global impact rankings
Trinity College Dublin has been named 6th best university in the world in terms of Gender Equality and ranks in the top 50 in 7 total categories in the 2021 University Impact Rankings from Times Higher Education (THE).
21 Apr 2021
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Humanities Horizons Lecture, The Age of the Technocene: Why we need the Arts and Humanities in the 4th Industrial Revolution
This evening, Wednesday 21 April, the Long Room Hub's annual Humanities Horizons Lecture will take place online.
21 Apr 2021
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Diane Louie wins 2021 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
Diane Louie has been announced as the winner of the 2021 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for her first book of poems Fractal Shores.
21 Apr 2021
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Tangent launches new mentoring programme for student startups
Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace, has launched a new mentoring programme supporting Trinity students and their startups.
9 Apr 2021
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Augmented reality game promotes multilingualism in schools
Trinity and other academic partners in Europe have launched an augmented reality game ‘Babelar’ to show primary school pupils the value of the languages they possess and support teachers in becoming more aware of multilingualism and the value of a multilingual education.
8 Apr 2021
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Eight Trinity researchers receive Irish Research Council Awards
Eight Trinity researchers have received awards from the Irish Research Council. The funds will support projects across diverse issues, including those affecting carers, senior citizens and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on wellbeing.
7 Apr 2021
Research
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Major climate change themed artwork planned near Grand Canal
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin Theatre Festival and Brokentalkers have unveiled plans for a major public artwork, ‘Rising’, which will be located near the Grand Canal, Dublin in Autumn 2021 on the subject of climate change and climate action.
31 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
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Professor Alan Irvine elected as a Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow
Professor Irvine joins the RSE’s current roll of around 1,600 leading thinkers and practitioners from Scotland and beyond, whose work has a significant impact on the world.
30 Mar 2021
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Pandemic negatively affecting children and young adults from low-income families
Pandemic affects children and young adults from low-income families negatively in terms of internet access, quiet places to study and higher likelihoods of living with someone vulnerable to severe COVID-19 disease.
26 Mar 2021
Research
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Innovative masters programme on sustainability launched
A new international Master’s in Global Challenges for Sustainability accredited jointly by five leading universities of the CHARM-EU Alliance has been launched.
24 Mar 2021
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Why we should turn meatballs green – new research underlines significant environmental benefits
As part of a major EU study in promoting sustainable diets and food products in Europe, researchers at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick compared the environmental impacts of plant-based and beef meat balls over 16 impact criteria.
23 Mar 2021
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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
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Trinity testbed connects with Manhattan in transatlantic telecoms research partnership
The OpenIreland telecoms testbed at the CONNECT Centre in Trinity and COSMOS in New York City are to connect physically as part of a new transatlantic research partnership.
22 Mar 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