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Books written and illustrated by Dublin schoolchildren join Book of Kells Exhibition
An exhibition of 61 handmade books written and illustrated by Dublin primary school students was unveiled in the Long Room. The exhibition marks the culmination of the Trinity Access Programmes' Bookmarks initiative.
30 Mar 2023
Arts|Community|Society
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Jane Ohlmeyer wins prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant
Professor Ohlmeyer's €2.5 million VOICES project will recover the lived experiences of women in early modern Ireland
30 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Culture|Research|Society
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Researchers tackle parasitic worms that infect millions worldwide
A new study published in the journal Immunity, by researchers at Trinity College and the University of Manchester has cast new light on how our immune system deals with parasitic worm infection.
29 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Jo-Hanna Ivers to advise Citizen’s Assembly on Drugs Use
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction and Associate Dean of Civic Engagement & Social Innovation at Trinity College has been appointed a member of the Advisory Support Group to the Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use.
28 Mar 2023
Health|Society
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Prison oversight project wins ERC Proof of Concept grant
Dr Rogan, School of Law, has won a highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grant to continue her work on human rights and prison oversight.
27 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Society
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New nurse-driven Irish TB smartphone study published on World TB Day
The study from the HIHI Trinity Hub at St James’s Hospital shows remarkable health system savings, increases treatment access and supports self-management in the community.
24 Mar 2023
Health|Innovation|Research
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Speeding up labour: what do women think?
Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery say that clinical guidelines and hospital policies for speeding up labour must change to be informed by research that includes women’s views and experiences, Their research is published in the journal ‘Midwifery’.
22 Mar 2023
Health|Research
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Dr Susan Murphy wins highly prestigious ERC Starting Grant award
The funding of €1.5 million will help Trinity team transform the field of international development governance theory and practice.
21 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Attitudes to conscientious objection in abortion services investigated by Trinity researchers
The survey forms part of Trinity’s CORALE Study, which brings together researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, the School of Law and the School of School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies.
21 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Green Week kicks off with launch and new sustainability awards
The launch of Trinity’s 21st annual Green Week: ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’ took place Monday morning with a 21st birthday theme at Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace. We heard from Former President and Adjunct Professor of Climate Justice Mary Robinson, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Caroline Conroy, Provost Linda Doyle, Vice President for Biodiversity and Climate Action Jane Stout and Students’ Union Environmental Officer Erin O’Dowd.
21 Mar 2023
Sustainability
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Indigenous Ashaninka DNA helps geneticists write new chapters of pre-colonial history in South America
Geneticists have written new chapters in the reconstruction of pre-colonial Americas history after using DNA from the indigenous Ashaninka people from Amazonian Peru.
16 Mar 2023
Research|Science
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Rock stars solve long-standing diamond conundrum
Three researchers from Queensland University of Technology and Trinity College Dublin have solved a long-held geological conundrum about how diamonds formed in the deep roots of the earth’s ancient continents.
16 Mar 2023
Research|Science
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Trinity researchers compete in Sustainable Development Goals Challenge
The researchers, who aim to recycle heat from meat production in Zambia, have secured funding as one of six teams that will compete to chase a first prize of €1 million in the Sustainable Development Goals Challenge (SDG).
10 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Environment|Innovation|Research|Sustainability
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Trinity partners with World Food Programme on food insecurity and situations of risk
People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by acute food insecurity, according to a new study by researchers from Trinity’s Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies.
9 Mar 2023
Community|Research|Society
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16% of students give CAO first preference to Trinity in 2023
Trinity Vice-Provost Orla Sheils said: “We are delighted to see so many students selecting Trinity as first preference for their college experience. We have worked hard to ensure our students’ experience of college life is both challenging and fulfilling, notwithstanding the disturbances of recent years."
9 Mar 2023
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Profs Jane Ohlmeyer and Jonathan N. Coleman receive RIA Gold Medals
The Trinity Professors were presented with Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals by Senator Malcolm Byrne at a ceremony in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.
8 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Research
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Fresh understanding of ageing in the brain offers hope for treating neurological diseases
Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have shed new light on ageing processes in the brain. By linking the increased presence of specialised immune cells to conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury for the first time, they have unearthed a possible new target for therapies aimed at treating age-related neurological diseases.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity and Cambridge scientists unearth potential new therapeutic target for inflammatory diseases
Scientists working in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity have made an important breakthrough in understanding what goes wrong in our bodies during the progression of inflammatory diseases and – in doing so – unearthed a potential new therapeutic target.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity supports Harvard University in global tuberculosis research consortium
Trinity researchers provide unique human model to help unpick the mechanism of human lung immune corruption by the tuberculosis bacterium.
8 Mar 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity College Dublin named EU Gender Equality Champion
Trinity Provost Dr Linda Doyle said: “I am very proud that Trinity has won this award. Gender equality is a cornerstone of the deep-rooted fairness that we want Trinity to always embody. We have more to do and this wonderful award reminds us that we are on the right track."
8 Mar 2023
Awards and Funding|Community|Culture|Society