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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TCPID announce new scholarship programme

The new programme for incoming students to the 2-year Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice in Trinity College Dublin has been announced.

8 Jun 2020

Trinity Walton Club STEM summer camps go virtual

Do you know a teenager who loves science and maths? Trinity College Dublin’s Trinity Walton Club is excited to announce that its STEM enrichment programmes have gone virtual this summer. The first of seven 10-day camps began today [Monday June 8th]with curious teenagers from every corner of Ireland meeting in the Nucleus, our virtual landing hub. These remote learners will be part of a community of STEM enthusiasts from […]

8 Jun 2020

Who has been infected with COVID-19 and why?

Dr Nollaig Bourke's research was awarded funding through the Rapid Response Call for Covid-19 from the Health Research Board and the Irish Research Council.

8 Jun 2020

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Trinity 2020/21 teaching to start on September 28th

Orientation for all new students will take place in the week before teaching resumes, starting from September 21st, and there will be some face-to-face teaching for all students.

3 Jun 2020

Internet access and use by older adults in the ‘new normal’

The TILDA report delves into the internet habits and behaviours of adults aged 50 and over in Ireland.

3 Jun 2020

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Brain health research is leaving the lab and coming to your smartphone

The new 'neureka' app from scientists at GBHI presents a seismic shift in the direction of research in the field of brain health.

2 Jun 2020

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