College News
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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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Professor Aljosa Smolic wins prestigious innovator award
The award recognises pioneers of transformative technologies and showcases innovations that have had great impact on human experiences or are anticipated to do so in the near future.
17 Jul 2020
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Research highlights increased loneliness in lock-down for the over-70s
The joint report from TILDA and ALONE highlights the effects of COVID-19 measures on our older population.
14 Jul 2020
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Four Trinity researchers announced in the top twelve emerging new health researchers in the country
The fellowship awards were announced by the Health Research Board.
14 Jul 2020
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Trinity HSE contact tracing centre helps combat COVID-19
Up to 4,000 people were contacted by the 60 volunteers operating the Contact Tracing Centre in Trinity. Thirty of these volunteers were staff from the Faculty of Health Sciences while others were from the Department of An Taoiseach and the HPRA.
8 Jul 2020
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Astrophysicists invite young stargazers to explore the universe from their own homes
Stargazers will travel all around Ireland with virtual tours of historical and modern observatories and astrophysics research sites and chat to astrophysics researchers about exploring the universe for a career.
8 Jul 2020
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Transforming innovative research into practice to benefit older people
Novel collaboration between TILDA, NCPOP, HSE and RCPI is to benefit Ireland’s older people through innovative Frailty Education Programme.
8 Jul 2020
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Improving the learning experience for students with intellectual disabilities
The generous gift to the Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) has come from The Rory McDonagh Trust.
8 Jul 2020
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Professor Anna Davies wins ERC Public Engagement with Research Award for social media outreach
The success was linked to engagement around the ShareCity project, which assesses the practice and sustainability potential of city-based food sharing economies.
7 Jul 2020
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“We need those summer dollars!”: Why the COVID shark is out there still
In the Sunday Independent, Prof. Luke O'Neill wrote about the parallels between the film Jaws and COVID-19, casting Tony Holohan as Chief Brody
6 Jul 2020
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Trinity welcomes further investment in COVID-19 Research Project
Trinity College Dublin has welcomed the Government’s €4.8M investment into a collaborative partnership at the university researching the immune response to COVID-19.
3 Jul 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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Documenting the toll of COVID-19 on Ireland’s older people
Trinity researchers to study how people 50 years and older in Ireland have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
29 Jun 2020
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Navigating pregnancy in a global pandemic, Trinity researchers supporting women
The course offers support and trusted evidence-based information to women at a time when face-to-face antenatal classes are cancelled due to COVID-19.
29 Jun 2020
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Beyond 22 project marks 98th anniversary of Four Courts fire
The Trinity College Dublin-led Beyond 2022 project will mark the 98th anniversary of the fire that destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland at Dublin’s Four Courts with a virtual showcase and discussion.
29 Jun 2020
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Professor Mathias Senge awarded prestigious international fellowship
His collaborative research with the Technical University of Munich will advance molecular design and control of nanomaterials with tunable electronic, photonic, and chemical functionalities.
25 Jun 2020
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Prestigious Fulbright Awards Presented to Trinity Recipients
Two academics, three students, and three graduates from Trinity College Dublin are recipients of this year’s Fulbright Awards. This is the highest number of Awardees from Trinity in recent years.
19 Jun 2020
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Studies raise fresh concerns about contact tracing app technology
Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin have published new studies raising concerns on the technology of contact tracing apps
19 Jun 2020
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Pioneering research project explains “Natural Capital Accounting”
The project has launched a video explaining a standardised method to assess nature’s stocks and the flows of services that these assets contribute to humanity.
18 Jun 2020
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Trinity seeks wider footpaths and cycle tracks
Trinity College Dublin has asked Dublin City Council to widen footpaths and install bicycle lanes to enable its students and staff to walk and cycle safely during the reopening of the city.
18 Jun 2020
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Could lack of vitamin D and ultraviolet be linked to COVID-19 mortality in northerly latitudes?
The findings of a new study offer fresh insight into COVID-19’s impact across countries, and the factors that influence its severity.
18 Jun 2020
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Online engagement after COVID-19: a discussion
The accelerated integration of technology into our lives as a result of Covid-19 was the focus of a fascinating recent online-discussion by Trinity College Dublin on the 11th June 2020.
18 Jun 2020
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First CHARM-EU Knowledge Creating Team session kicks off
The webinar introduced CHARM-EU’s innovative new approach to transdisciplinary staffing, KCTs, bringing multiple disciplines together to face global challenges and are organised not by discipline, research or educational activity but by key themes.
16 Jun 2020
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Digital CBT can significantly relieve anxiety and depression, Trinity study finds
Digital mental health interventions can have a significant long-term impact on anxiety and depression recovery, newly published research undertaken in collaboration with the School of Psychology has found.
16 Jun 2020
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Trinity Business School MSc ranked 27th globally
Trinity Business School has been ranked 27th in the 2020 Global Masters in Finance (pre-experience) rankings by the Financial Times.
15 Jun 2020
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Hallucinations in people with seizures may point to suicide risk
Study finds that of those who have reported hallucinations, about 50% had one or more suicide attempt.
11 Jun 2020
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Testing for COVID-19 antibodies in frontline healthcare workers
The Trinity research project is one of eleven awarded funding under the government's COVID-19 Rapid Response Research and Innovation programme.
11 Jun 2020
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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
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Trinity Global Engagement Awards 2020
The awards honour staff members who have distinguished themselves in their work, and acts as an inspiration to others and a means of highlighting the value of this work to both internal and external audiences.
10 Jun 2020
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Where technology meets the human being: Trinity launches Human+
Trinity College Dublin today launches Human+, a groundbreaking fellowship which places the human at the centre of technology innovation to serve the long-term and collective needs of society. Co-funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, the programme was ranked 2nd in Europe among dozens of applications for its unique approach to driving technological innovation from the human perspective. An […]
9 Jun 2020