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Honorary degrees conferred at Trinity
Journalist Susan McKay, musician Fergus Sheil, Judge Mary Irvine and scientist Michael Coey received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.
1 Dec 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Students
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Long Room echoes with medieval chant to launch manuscript project
The Library of Trinity College Dublin celebrated the launch of the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies Project which is making precious medieval manuscripts freely available to the public for the first time.
1 Dec 2023
Arts|Culture|Research
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Darndale urban forest collaboration led by Trinity and Dublin City Council
The Dublin suburb of Darndale has today become the location of a new innovative ‘urban forest’ as part of an EU funded city tree-planting initiative. It has joined Milan, Barcelona and the Romanian city of Brasov as one of four forests being planted in the ‘UForest’ project.
1 Dec 2023
Community|Environment
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Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language
New research shows that babies learn from rhythmic information – the changing emphasis of syllables in speech – which, unlike phonetic information, can be heard in the womb.
1 Dec 2023
Research|Science
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Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations
A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees – Ireland’s most important wild pollinators. In a huge study spanning 106 sites across eight European countries, researchers have shown that despite tightened pesticide regulations, far more needs to be done.
29 Nov 2023
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity tree of the month - the Himalayan Dogwood
November’s tree of the month is the Cornus capitata, or Himalayan Dogwood located in the Provost’s garden. It is just over 11 m tall with a short trunk about one metre in girth. Currently the tree is estimated to store 333 kg of carbon.
29 Nov 2023
Environment|Sustainability
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Trinity students and staff attend COP28
The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place for the next two weeks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). This year, Trinity has gained observer status which means representatives access seminars, panels and networking opportunities, but not the negotiations.
29 Nov 2023
Environment|Society|Sustainability
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The Health-Wealth Divide in Ireland: Leaving no one behind
Over 1,000 delegates including health professionals, researchers and policymakers, from across Ireland and Northern Ireland and beyond, will come together online today for the 2023 Joint North South Public Health Conference.
29 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Hidden reality of hygiene poverty in Ireland revealed
Hygiene poverty is a pervasive and hidden problem in Ireland and cuts across all income levels, according to new research from the School of Social Work and Social Policy.
29 Nov 2023
Research|Society
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Research on ageing with an intellectual disability overwhelmingly positive but concerns also found
People ageing with an intellectual disability are in better health, living in their communities, with more opportunities, and having greater control in how they live their lives but women’s health, oral health and dementia findings are concerning
28 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity to headquarter Climate+ Co-Centre
The new €41.3 million research centre will be the home of research, innovation, and policy development across the interlinked challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and water degradation on the islands of Ireland and Britain.
28 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Deoxygenation levels similar to today’s played key role in marine extinctions during major past climate change event
Newly published research serves as a further warning that present day marine ecosystem stability is likely more fragile than apparent. And marine deoxygenation is projected to significantly increase in response to global warming and increased nutrient run-off from continents.
27 Nov 2023
Research|Science
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Trinity welcomes Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf
Mr Yousaf greeted the special Scottish gathering with a "Dia dhaoibh" and went on to talk about how vital the friendship was between Scotland and Ireland, noting that 23,000 Irish citizens live in Scotland.
27 Nov 2023
Community|Environment|Society
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What were they thinking? The logic of the cuneiform script, our earliest writing system
The mysterious logic of the world’s first writing systems will be explored by ancient language expert Dr Martin Worthington at a free public talk this week organised by Trinity Centre of the Book.
27 Nov 2023
Arts
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Booker prize 2023: shortlisted novels are a ‘golden age’ of Irish writing
Booker short list authors Paul Murray and Paul Lynch are part of a “golden age” of Irish writing, writes Orlaith Darling, School of English, for The Conversation.
24 Nov 2023
Arts|Culture|Research
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Update on Dublin unrest for the Trinity community
Update at 7.10 pm Friday: A message from Provost Dr Linda Doyle
23 Nov 2023
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Trinity celebrates its 25 year relationship with Tallaght University Hospital
Academics from the Faculty of Health Sciences joined colleagues at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) to celebrate their 25 year relationship and reflect on their shared journey.
23 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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The Hesitant Fiancée: the story of a TikTok phenomenon
The reluctant bride’s unwavering gaze has been lauded for its accurate depiction of feminine rage, a concept historically difficult for male artists to capture.
23 Nov 2023
Arts|Culture|Society
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Trinity pair win European Research Council Consolidator Grants
Professors Kate Maguire and Michael Monaghan will use the funding from the EU Horizon Europe programme to better understand how and why stars explode, and to create a new cardiac patch to regenerate heart muscle.
23 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Minister Harris Launches Jane Ohlmeyer's "Making Empire" book
Ireland’s complicated and contradictory relationship with imperialism is examined in a major new publication by Prof Jane Ohlmeyer.
22 Nov 2023
Culture|Research|Society
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Giving voice to children in refuge from domestic violence
Trinity report evaluates a child-centred and trauma informed project to support children in refuge from domestic violence at Meath Women’s Refuge and Support Services (MWRSS). The study represents the first time that research has been conducted with children in refuge in Ireland.
21 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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How do we learn? Neuroscientists pinpoint how memories are stored in the brain
New work by a team led by Dr Tomás Ryan shows that learning occurs through the continuous formation of new connectivity patterns between specific "engram" cells in different regions of the brain.
21 Nov 2023
Research|Science
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Seven Trinity researchers and staff receive IRC Research Ally awards
Irish Research Council honours supervisors, mentors, and research and technical support officers for their valuable contributions to research.
21 Nov 2023
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Professor Anne-Marie Healy wins SFI Mentorship Award
The award recognises Professor Healy’s commitment to over thirty years mentoring both students and graduate researchers working in the fields of formulation science and drug delivery.
21 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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Professor Anna Davies wins Irish Research Council Impact Award
Anna, Professor of Geography, Environment and Society at Trinity, has won the 2023 Irish Research Council Impact Award for her longstanding commitment to world-class research that focuses on facilitating action for a more sustainable society.
21 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Sustainability
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College Awareness Week Celebrates 10 years with the TY Challenge Finals in Cork!
To celebrate 10 years of College Awareness Week, MTU Cork hosted the launch to coincide with the TY Challenge finals.
20 Nov 2023
Community|Students
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Giving voice to children in refuge from domestic violence
Trinity study which represents the first time that research has been conducted in Ireland with children in refuge, will be launched by Ombudsman for Children, Niall Muldoon
20 Nov 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity hosts LERU Rectors’ Assembly
LERU is an association of research-intensive universities with common viewpoints on higher education and research.
20 Nov 2023
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Trinity launches Civic Engagement Action Plan
What is a civically-engaged university? Trinity now has a plan that sets out its goals.
20 Nov 2023
Community|Research|Society
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Building national capacity for open research
Three Trinity projects have received funding under the National Open Research Forum (NORF) as part of a drive to build national capacity and infrastructure for open research.
20 Nov 2023
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science|Society