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Provost delivers mid-term address
Trinity is almost half way through the lifespan of the university’s strategic plan and half way through the Provost’s tenure. The Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast gave a mid-term address on October 14th.
19 Oct 2016
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Violent winds collide in one of the heaviest stars in our galaxy
These are the first ever images to show the collision between two winds on a star. This data helps astronomers understand how stars evolve and die in our galaxy.
19 Oct 2016
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Brexit, Brussels and the Big Apple: Where to now for Ireland?
Trinity Long Room Hub’s 'Behind the Headlines' series discusses implications of 'Brexit, Brussels and the Big Apple'
19 Oct 2016
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Cancer Week 2016 opens with optimistic outlook on new era in treating cancer
Cancer Week Ireland 2016 kicks off today with a conference at Trinity College Dublin to explore new frontiers in personalised cancer care. Scientists and clinicians will discuss the future of treating cancer and how personalised and targeted therapy using the latest techniques in immunotherapy, surgery and genomic profiling are fundamentally changing the way we approach this disease.
17 Oct 2016
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Book highlights Trinity’s theatrical influence
Strong School of English involvement in the first Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre
17 Oct 2016
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Trinity and St James’s Hospital announce plans for new cancer institute
The intention to develop a new cancer institute was jointly announced by Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital at the launch of Cancer Week today [October 17th]. The first of its kind in Ireland, the new cancer institute will set a new standard for cancer care nationally, integrating medicine and science in cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship. Based on similar leading international models, it will be located in one designated facility at St James’s Hospital.
17 Oct 2016
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Trinity College Dublin turns sod on new business school
Minister Richard Bruton and Provost Patrick Prendergast mark landmark new building.
14 Oct 2016
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Sports medicine programme set to continue
Plans to roll out successful pilot programme to more students
14 Oct 2016
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Ketamine trialled as new hope to prevent recurrent depression
Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin are trialling a potential new treatment option for people who suffer from repeated episodes of depression. The team are investigating whether the children’s anaesthetic ketamine, which has recently been shown to have antidepressant effects, could help people who recover from severe depression to remain well.
13 Oct 2016
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Intensely painful trigeminal neuralgia illuminated “from bench to bed”
World experts will discuss treatments as patients share their own experiences at a symposium dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most painful conditions known to science.
7 Oct 2016
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Global team to fight dementia begins pioneering training programme at Trinity
Amongst those beginning their studies at Trinity College Dublin this Autumn, a small and highly experienced team of individuals will begin specialist training to become the first of an international network of 'change agents' in the global fight against dementia.
6 Oct 2016
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Trinity salutes Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Sir Fraser Stoddart
Honorary degree recipient from Trinity, Sir Stoddart, received the prize along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Bernard L Feringa for work in producing tiny molecular machines.
5 Oct 2016
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‘What has nature ever done for us? Global experts on natural capital explain…
Economists, accountants and environmentalists come together in Dublin this week to put nature at the heart of future political and economic decision-making.
4 Oct 2016
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SHARECITY team launches first global database on ICT-enabled food-sharing
Dublin has 42 ICT-enabled food-sharing enterprises while London leads the way globally with 198.
4 Oct 2016
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‘Trinity Access 21’ students aim to reduce voting age
Along with senators Lynn Ruane and Fintan Warfield, students aim to reduce voting age to 16
3 Oct 2016
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Does having mixed ancestry help protect you from motor neurone disease?
Could the key to unlocking the secret of motor neurone disease lie in the collaboration between two small island nations, Ireland and Cuba? Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are heading to Latin America to begin a major new research project which will examine whether the likelihood of developing motor neurone disease (MND/ALS) is reduced in people with mixed ancestral backgrounds.
3 Oct 2016
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Nobel Prize Winner William Campbell returns to his alma mater
Professor Campbell’s interest in parasitology first started in Trinity where he studied zoology.
30 Sep 2016
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What we can learn from the 1950s
Public lecture hears how entertainers Little Richard and John Wayne enable us to understand American politics, culture and society past and present
28 Sep 2016
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Examine your brainwaves and listen to the sun at PROBE
It features music, debate, comedy, storytelling, screenings, and live experiments.
27 Sep 2016
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Scientists make major breakthrough in understanding inflammation
The action of cells that spark inflammation causes a 're-wiring' of their mitochondria, which amplifies the inflammation response.
23 Sep 2016