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Trinity joins worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance committed to reversing biodiversity decline
Through the Alliance, 111 Universities, including Trinity, have taken an official pledge and begun assessing their environmental impact, in order to make tailored actions to improve their ecological footprint on our planet.
8 Dec 2022
Environment|Research|Society
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Professor Luke O’Neill appointed to ERC Scientific Council
Composed of 22 distinguished researchers representing the European scientific community, the Council is the independent governing body of the European Research Council (ERC). Its main role is setting the ERC strategy and selecting the peer review evaluators.
8 Dec 2022
Research|Science
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Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked
Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods – amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years ago – preserved in one of Ireland’s most important fossil sites seemingly had their bones cooked after they died.
7 Dec 2022
Environment|Research|Science
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Five students receive first Three Ireland Connect to STEM scholarships for women
Administered by the Faculty of STEM and Trinity Access and worth €20,000 each over a four-year undergraduate degree programme, the scholarship scheme to benefit 25 students in total aims to attract women from Ireland to study STEM subjects at Trinity.
6 Dec 2022
Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Students
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Genetic causes of bone tumours discovered in 1,000-year-old Irish skeletons
Two men buried long ago in a medieval graveyard in Co. Donegal had a genetic condition called Multiple Osteochondromas, which causes benign bone tumours. One of the disease mutations is a new discovery, so this is the first time such information has been unlocked from ancient genomic data.
5 Dec 2022
Health|Research|Science