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Trinity launches consent education tools and website

The new website offers information about consent, positive sexual experiences, supports for survivors of sexual violence, trauma-informed approaches for staff and information and training for students, staff and other institutions.

15 Sep 2021

Scientists create 3D-printed, microscopic gas sensors—painters’ pallets without even a hint of pigment

The sensors could be used in connected, low-cost devices for homes, or integrated in wearable devices used to monitor human health.

15 Sep 2021

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Mark Little to launch Schuler Democracy Forum as Media Fellow

"More than ever, we need a conversation about media and democracy that is grounded in the reality of human lives rather than short-term rows between big tech and traditional gatekeepers."

14 Sep 2021

Legal experts raise data-protection red flags around key COVID-19 decisions taken in Ireland

In common with previous reports from the Observatory is the concern that there is a general lack of transparency in Ireland’s response to the pandemic and, as a result, it isn’t easy to ensure important decisions satisfy various legal requirements.

14 Sep 2021

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Trinity secures four more Athena SWAN awards for commitment to gender equality

Trinity’s School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Trinity Business School, the School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, and the School of Biochemistry and Immunology join ten previous Athena SWAN awardees at the university.

8 Sep 2021

Quantum chemists conjure recipe to turn gold, silver and copper into vessels of green energy

Compounds based on these metal elements and hydrogen are very promising candidates for hydrogen storage. Such hydrogen could be used on board vehicles, for example.

8 Sep 2021

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Trinity to welcome record numbers of new students as 195 places added

Amid unprecedented interest in third-level courses, Trinity hit a new high in terms of first preferences in 2021 with 10,711 students naming Trinity as their top choice.

7 Sep 2021

The Irish Childhood Cancer Survivorship Project: Trinity research

To coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we look at how Trinity researchers are designing an electronic Irish childhood cancer survivorship database.

7 Sep 2021

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Trinity welcomes Prince Albert II of Monaco

An unveiling ceremony took place during his visit, marking a major donation Prince Albert II has made to the conservation of the iconic Old Library at Trinity College.

3 Sep 2021

Trinity rises to 146th in THE World University Rankings

Trinity has risen to 146th in the 2022 rankings, up from 155th in 2021. This year’s result was helped by strong performances in research and citations (two of the main categories on which the overall score is based).

2 Sep 2021

Left-hooks, doorings, poor road surface conditions, LUAS tracks and kerbs often involved in Irish cycling collisions

New research into cycling road traffic collisions has identified a list of common collision scenarios for Ireland and underlined previously underappreciated issues on our roads.

1 Sep 2021

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Trinity Board approves new senior leadership team

The Board of Trinity College Dublin has today approved the appointment of a new senior leadership team. All new officers take up their positions with immediate effect.

1 Sep 2021

Tech startup Field of Vision wins LaunchBox 2021

Field of Vision offers a groundbreaking handheld device, which allows visually impaired individuals to feel the action of live sport. Those behind the startup comprised one of 10 student entrepreneur teams, who sought investment from venture capitalists and angel investors at the conclusion of LaunchBox 2021.

30 Aug 2021

Trinity welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron

President Macron visited the Book of Kells and met students to discuss topics that included post-COVID Europe, climate change and digital equality for all citizens. President Macron’s discussions with students took place in Trinity’s beautiful Public Theatre, which was designed by George III’s architect Sir William Chambers and completed in 1786.

26 Aug 2021

Trinity Ability Co_op launches project to make clubs and societies more inclusive

Students with disabilities are often excluded from the social aspect of the student experience and this project will make real changes in the individual lives of Trinity students.

25 Aug 2021

Understanding the variability in responses to COVID-19 illness in older adults

Researchers from the School of Medicine and Tallaght University Hospital are represented amongst an international consortium of leading clinical research institutes investigating the variability in older people's responses to COVID-19.

19 Aug 2021

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Sleepy Surgeons: The effect of sleep deprivation on surgical performance

Researchers say that the way we deliver emergency healthcare work alongside normal work in Ireland has to change. The study is published in the Journal of Surgical Research.

18 Aug 2021

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Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

Averaged across the two years of the trial, mixtures with all six species - grasses, legumes and herbs - produced the highest yields, and yielded more than the best of the six monocultures.

17 Aug 2021

New TILDA report reveals hopes and resilience of older adults through COVID

Research gives voice to those most affected by policy restrictions during the COVID pandemic and calls into question society's attitudes to ageing.

17 Aug 2021

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Trinity hosts first in-person graduation ceremonies since COVID-19 closure

Trinity is the first university in Ireland to proceed with an in-person graduation event. In keeping with COVID-19 protocols the events are held outdoors and attendance is limited to 200.

11 Aug 2021

Cancer-killing cells are diverted into fat and away from tumours in obese cancer patients

Scientists have, however, discovered a key biological pathway that – when targeted with drugs – can reduce the extent to which the cancer-killing cells are erroneously diverted.

9 Aug 2021

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Trinity to welcome Royal Society Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellows

Two researchers – Dr Michael Gibbons and Dr Michelle Browne – will join Trinity after winning University Research Fellowships to pursue research addressing issues of sustainability.

5 Aug 2021

Trinity launches new, flexible micro-credentials for future-fit, agile learning

Trinity’s first ever micro-credentials lead the way with cutting-edge content in the fields of leadership, sustainability, social impact and health.

4 Aug 2021

Legal experts find significant lack of transparency around key COVID-19 decisions taken in Ireland

In the report (Public Health Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland), the experts address many different facets of life impacted by such decisions, including the impact on people living in prisons and direct provision centres, and on Ireland’s approach to counting deaths from COVID-19.

4 Aug 2021

Researchers find inappropriate and unnecessary vitamin D testing in Dublin

Researchers found that one in four patients have their vitamin D frequently checked by their GP, and yet some remain deficient after several tests. Young adults and males were most likely to have low vitamin D but were retested the least.

4 Aug 2021

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The music of silence: imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence

Researchers have discovered that our brains encode musical predictions even without music. These new insights into sensory prediction also have implications in clinical settings.

3 Aug 2021

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“That’s not another dogfish…” Researchers film large, prehistoric looking shark off Co. Clare coast

In what is a European first, a team of marine biologists from Trinity, Queen’s University Belfast and Fjordstrong have filmed a giant sixgill shark swimming in Irish coastal waters.

30 Jul 2021

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Three Ireland launches new STEM scholarship with Trinity to fund diversity and inclusion initiatives

The new partnership will fund the creation of 25 Three Ireland Scholarships for Women in STEM over five years and two Three Ireland Trinity Access Teacher Fellowships for three years.

30 Jul 2021

Trinity begins work to add 1,600 student places to tackle society’s problems

Work will now begin on the Martin Naughton E3 Learning Foundry which will be built on the university’s existing historic campus. The 7,300m2 buildings will enable the university to teach in new ways which encourage teamwork, design, and project-based activities.

29 Jul 2021

Trinity researchers and Inclusion Ireland bridge gap in playground communication

Researchers from the School of Psychology have collaborated with Inclusion Ireland to lead an innovative community initiative to assist children with communication difficulties to interact with their peers.

29 Jul 2021

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