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New Dean elected at Trinity Business School

Laurent Muzellec steps into the role after many years at the Business School. He has made a significant contribution to the development of the school, setting up the Centre for Digital Business and Analytics, and establishing the Masters in Digital Marketing Strategy.

13 Apr 2023

Business|Research

400 years after publication, Ireland’s only copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio goes on display

Trinity’s copy of the first edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays is the centrepiece of a new exhibition in the Library of Trinity College Dublin entitled “Shakespeare the Irishman” marking 400 years since the Bard’s complete works were first published.

13 Apr 2023

Culture|Research

A cellular identity discovery with the potential to impact cancer treatments

A team of scientists led by those in Trinity has discovered new mechanisms involved in establishing cellular identity, a process that ensures the billions of different cells in our bodies do the correct job.

7 Apr 2023

Health|Research|Science

Trinity honorary degrees mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary

Senior political adviser Martin Mansergh, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell, activist Monica McWilliams, and American foreign policy strategist Nancy Soderberg received Trinity’s highest honour from Trinity’s Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre

6 Apr 2023

Awards and Funding|Community|Society

Pesticides detected in pollen and nectar may pose a long-term hazard for pollinators

Pesticides have been detected in flowers not targeted with the chemicals that could be an additional, underestimated threat to pollinators according to new findings by Trinity and DCU, published in the Science of the Total Environment.

6 Apr 2023

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Translation of Trinity research leads to FDA approval of Rett syndrome treatment

Dr Daniela Tropea’s story is an exciting example of success in translational research where findings in basic science translate into clinical applications, providing hope for patients and their families.

6 Apr 2023

Health|Research

How commercial actors influence and impact health and society

Trinity’s Dr Mélissa Mialon is co-author on two publications within the new Lancet Series that explores how companies shape our physical and social environments and highlights the need for clear frameworks to examine and differentiate among commercial entities, to understand how they help or hinder public health.

6 Apr 2023

Health|Research|Society

Rare 14-ft smalltooth sand tiger shark washes up on Wexford shore

A huge 14ft smalltooth sand tiger shark washed up at Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford, this weekend. Scientists believe it to be the first official record of the species being found in Ireland’s waters.

4 Apr 2023

Environment|Research|Science

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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