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Trinity goes plant-based for 20th anniversary of Green Week
The week-long series of events will focus on the problems with, and solutions to our food systems from farm to fork.
21 Feb 2022
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Scientists pinpoint genetic target with promise for treating many forms of blindness
The scientists have highlighted that a specific gene (SARM1) is a key driver in the damage that ultimately leads to impaired vision (and sometimes blindness), and—in a disease model—showed that deleting this gene protects vision.
17 Feb 2022
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Pollution and teenage mental health, researchers call for further investigation
A systematic review has been conducted by researchers from the Trinity Centre for Global Health on how pollution exposure impacts teenage mental health.
17 Feb 2022
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Substantial inequalities in children’s engagement with remote schooling during first lockdown
A new study has shown that Irish primary school children were more engaged with remote schooling during the first Covid-19 lockdown if they had access to adequate digital technologies and had help from parents and teachers.
16 Feb 2022
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Climate change and extreme weather will have complex effects on disease transmission
New research shows temperature variation affects pathogens and their hosts in distinct ways, and these organisms are influenced by the type of variation and the average background temperature it is applied to.
15 Feb 2022
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Behind the Headlines panel asks if we are ‘Falling out of Love with Dublin?’
A discussion held on the planning and civic issues threatening Dublin and its historic landscape took place online Wednesday, 9 February 2022, at the Trinity Long Room Hub as part of its latest ‘Behind the Headlines” discussion.
14 Feb 2022
Research
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Brain tumour related epilepsy: merging basic science with clinical practice
Professor Mark Cunningham, the Ellen Mayston Bates Professor of the Neurophysiology of Epilepsy in the School of Medicine, talks about his research to coincide with International Epilepsy Day.
14 Feb 2022
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17 candidates to contest University of Dublin Seanad bye-election
The bye-election is being held to fill the vacancy left by Labour TD Ivana Bacik after she was elected to the Dáil last year. This will be the first bye-election for the University of Dublin constituency since 1979.
11 Feb 2022
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Stress caused by poverty directly impacts both children and parents
A new study led by a sociologist at Trinity College Dublin has found that economic pressure and psychological distress caused by economic hardship leads to arguments about money between parents and children and between mothers and fathers in two-parent families.
10 Feb 2022
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‘Behind the Headlines’ panel discussion asks are we falling out of love with Dublin?
Entitled ‘Falling out of Love with Dublin?’ Trinity Loon Room Hub's latest ‘Behind the Headlines’ discussion asks: where next for the capital’s civic future?
9 Feb 2022
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Trinity receives Government funding for its European University Alliance
As a member of the CHARM-EU Alliance, Trinity will receive €442,000 which will help to implement and sustain a joint strategy with its fellow partner universities.
8 Feb 2022
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Five Trinity researchers win European Research Council Proof of Concept grants
Professors Valeria Nicolosi, Tríona Lally, Anna Davies, John Goold and Dr Matthew Campbell will each use funding of €150,000 to take their ground-breaking research ideas towards exciting, impactful innovations.
7 Feb 2022
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Trinity scientists hopeful for new lung cancer treatments
To coincide with World Cancer Day we spoke to Dr Martin Barr, from the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute, about his research into drug resistance and the development of new drug candidates for this disease.
4 Feb 2022
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Virtual recreation of 1922 art exhibition that launched the Irish Free State onto world stage
100 years on from the opening of the Exposition D’Art Irlandais in Paris, the 'Seeing Ireland: 1922' project recovers this foundational moment in Irish art history.
28 Jan 2022
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Science Gallery Dublin: Message from Provost
"The gallery needs to be totally reimagined and work very differently from the way it does now."
28 Jan 2022
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New research on famous “supertramp” birds offers fresh evolutionary insights
The beautiful birds, which live in Southeast Asia, are providing unique information on how evolution is linked to flight ability and competition. These birds settle down more readily than would be expected—once they have colonised an island they tend to stay there rather than searching for others.
27 Jan 2022
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Trinity to develop temporary exhibition during Old Library renovation
"We believe this choice of location offers the best possible solution for our staff, students and future visitors to College."
26 Jan 2022
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Careful assessment of patient needs can reduce costs in end-of-life care
A new policy brief, authored by Trinity researchers and collaborators, recommends supporting patients and families in making difficult decisions to improve their experiences and reduce costs of care in an ageing population.
24 Jan 2022
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NatPro Centre Awarded Green Level Certification
"Getting certified is a great feather in the cap of any laboratory, but achieving Green certification shows the depth and breadth of dedication that the team have for minimising the environmental impacts of lab practices."
20 Jan 2022
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Trinity named 12th most international university in the world: Times Higher Education
The international reputation metric draws on THE’s annual Academic Reputation Survey, which asks leading scholars to name the world’s best universities for teaching and research in their field.
19 Jan 2022