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Ian Robertson receives Trinity honorary degree
Neuroscientist Prof. Ian Robertson, geologist John Feehan and former European Commission Secretary General Catherine Day received Trinity’s highest honour from Chancellor Dr Mary McAleese at a ceremony conducted in Latin in the historic Public Theatre.
29 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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Céim onórach de chuid Choláiste na Tríonóide bronnta ar Ian Robertson, Néareolaí
Bhronn an Seansailéir, an Dr Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa, an gradam is airde atá le bronnadh ag Coláiste na Tríonóide ar an Ollamh Ian Robertson, néareolaí, ar John Feehan, geolaí, agus ar Catherine Day, Ard-Rúnaí Choimisiún na hEorpa tráth, ag searmanas arna riar i Laidin sa Téatar Poiblí.
29 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Society
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Trinity's Dept of Political Science collaborates on national exit poll
The Department of Political Science is collaborating with RTÉ, TG4 and The Irish Times on an exit poll for general election 2024.
29 Nov 2024
Research|Society
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Trinity project Climate Smart showcased at Climate Education Day 2024
Professor Anna Davies has been working for the past three years developing resources with and for Transition Year students in Ireland to help them get to grips with the wicked problem of climate change adaptation.
28 Nov 2024
Environment|Science|Students|Sustainability
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Trinity establishes AI Accountability Lab
The AI Accountability Lab, led by Dr Abeba Birhane, will be housed in the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics.
28 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Society
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Europe’s largest companies embrace AI disclosures, but governance gaps remain
Europe’s largest companies are increasingly responding to investor, regulatory and public demand for transparency in AI practices new research by Trinity Business School and FTI Consulting.
27 Nov 2024
Business|Research|Society
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80-year experiment put in the hands of Ireland’s young scientists
The National Pitch Tar Drop Event, run by Trinity's School of Physics in collaboration with the AMBER Research Ireland Centre and the Institute of Physics. will see a School in every county participate in Citizen Science.
27 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Students
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Herodotus' theory on Armenian origins debunked by first whole-genome study
Researchers also shed light on the population structure and genetic variation of different Armenian groups, finding that populations from the eastern, western, and central parts of the Armenian highlands show a relatively high level of similarity.
25 Nov 2024
Culture|Research|Science
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Research programme focuses on early-detection and PREVENT-ion of dementia and Alzheimer’s
The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) recently hosted the PREVENT General Assembly where 50 global experts in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease came together to discuss and present on research findings into the prevention and early-detection of these diseases.
25 Nov 2024
Health|Research
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Rising heat exposure threatens maternal and newborn health, requiring urgent interventions
Largest review of evidence shows that heat exposure poses serious and wide-ranging health risks for pregnant women and their babies, including preterm birth, diabetes, hypertension and congenital anomalies
25 Nov 2024
Environment|Health|Society
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AIB commits €10m investment to AIB Trinity Climate Hub
The AIB Trinity Climate Hub will bring researchers together to address challenges around maintaining a stable and liveable climate, securing biodiversity and the ecosystem services provided by nature, adapting to climate change, and reversing water degradation.
25 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Business|Community|Environment|Sustainability
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Professor Seamus Martin awarded 2025 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal
Prof. Martin MRIA, Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics within Trinity’s School of Genetics and Microbiology, won the Medal in Life and Medical Sciences. He was recognised for making a demonstrable and internationally recognised outstanding scholarly contribution in his field.
22 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Six Trinity researchers recognised as future research leaders in HRB awards
Trinity researchers have received awards for 6 projects out of a total 13 projects in the most recent call, and €5.3 million out of a €12.5 million investment from the Health Research Board (HRB)
22 Nov 2024
Arts|Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Trinity celebrates its innovators and entrepreneurs at 2024 Awards
The Provost's Innovation Award was presented to Professor Jane Farrar, a transformative figure in the field of inherited ocular diseases, advancing innovation and commercialising research at Trinity College Dublin.
21 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Innovation|Research|Students
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Researchers discover new cognitive blueprint for making and breaking habits
Cognitive neuroscientists in the School of Psychology have published new research describing a brand new approach to making habit change achievable and lasting.
19 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Society
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Four Trinity scientists named on Highly Citied Researchers list for 2024
The researchers from the Schools of Computer Science, Immunology and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Physics feature on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2024 list from Clarivate, which has been announced today.
18 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Research|Science|Society
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Medical Gerontology celebrates 25 years of excellence
The celebratory occasion honoured the discipline’s history and achievements, and recognised outstanding contributions from undergraduate and postgraduate students.
18 Nov 2024
Community|Health|Research
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An féidir le féinfhostaíocht moill a chur le scor? Is féidir má tá do shláinte agus saibhreas agat
Tá féinfhostaíocht ábalta athrú gairme malartach a chur ar fáil go dtí scor, ach sin dóibhsean amháin a bhfuil dea-shláinte agus gairmeacha ar phá ard acu, de réir taighde a rinne Scoil Ghnó Choláiste na Tríonóide.
18 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Society
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€3M TechConnect project sets sights on transforming human-tech collaboration in the digital era
How emerging technologies like AI and robotics can be harnessed to enhance human work, rather than replace it, is the focus of the new €3M TechConnect research project led by Trinity Business School.
14 Nov 2024
Business|Health|Research|Society
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Misinformation really does spread like a virus
How misinformation gets around can be effectively described using mathematical models designed to simulate the spread of pathogens, writes David Robert Grimes from the School of Medicine, and Sander Van Der Linden at University of Cambridge.
14 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Genetic legacy of Jomon hunter-gatherers linked to increased BMI in modern Japanese
New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher BMI, underlining that ancient human ancestors can leave a genetic legacy with impacts on health in modern day populations.
14 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Can self-employment delay retirement? Only if you are healthy and wealthy
Self-employment can provide an alternative career transition to retirement, but only for those in good health and in high-paying careers, research from Trinity Business School reveals.
14 Nov 2024
Business|Research|Society
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Genetic changes linked to testicular cancer offer fresh insights into the disease
Scientists have identified new gene faults and evolutionary patterns contributing to testicular cancer. Their findings offer profound insights into the development of the disease and into potential treatment strategies.
13 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Researchers team up with CKDelta to take AI approach to tackling key challenges of utilities sector
Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Centre, funded by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, are partnering with CKDelta to take an AI-driven approach to addressing some of the key efficiency and sustainability challenges..
12 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Sustainability
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Ian Robertson: how to cope when the world is in turmoil
Taking action in spite of adversity is a powerful antidote to uncertainty, writes Ian Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, in an article first published in The Irish Times.
12 Nov 2024
Research|Society
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Top ten priorities for future research on reducing and stopping psychiatric meds
Study hopes to inform the research agenda and help future research to focus on the questions that are most important to key stakeholders.
11 Nov 2024
Health|Research
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Biodiversity COP: Global climate efforts and gains made, but no clear agreement
Dr Siobhan McQuaid writes about her experience of COP16, the latest biodiversity summit, in an opinion piece for the Journal. She says there are many reasons to have hope.
11 Nov 2024
Business|Environment|Society|Sustainability
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Trinity Celebrates its 2024/25 Sport Scholars
Trinity's new batch of Sport Scholarship students for 2024/2025 will be celebrated tonight at an event in the Dining Hall. During the event Trinity Sport student athletes will take part in a panel discussion on the ‘high-performance mindset’.
11 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Students
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New insights into the Denisovans – the new hominin group that interbred with modern day humans
Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered “hominin” group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding events that helped shape early human history.
8 Nov 2024
Research|Science
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TCIN artist-in-residence set for show at Molesworth Gallery
The show is the culmination of a year-long collaboration between the artist and the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, supported by Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland, formerly Science Foundation Ireland.
8 Nov 2024
Arts|Research|Society