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St James’s Hospital celebrates 40th anniversary of Ireland's first bone marrow transplant
Home to the National Adult Stem Cell Transplant Centre, over 3,750 stem cell and bone marrow transplants have taken place at the hospital since 1984
10 Jun 2024
Community|Health|Innovation|Research
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Are Ireland’s tuna in hot water? Ocean warming pushes giant Atlantic bluefin northwards
A new study led by Irish scientists has found giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are moving further north in response to marine heatwaves off the Irish coast.
11 Jun 2024
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity awards honorary degrees to four exceptional individuals
The European Council’s first president and the pioneering woman who runs the National Ploughing Championships are among this summer’s recipients of honorary degrees.
14 Jun 2024
Awards and Funding|Community|Society
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Trinity pair receive Fulbright awards for 2024/25
Two researchers from Trinity – Abdulbaset Alazhare and Mairéad O'Donnell – are among the 21 Fulbright Irish awardees for 2024/25, who were presented with awards this week at Iveagh House.
14 Jun 2024
Awards and Funding|Research|Students
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New study reveals urgent need for region-specific models to improve brain health in diverse settings
Researchers outline the requirement for comprehensive and harmonised data collection efforts to capture the diverse factors influencing healthy aging in Latin America.
17 Jun 2024
Research|Science|Society
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Partnership with Naas General Hospital adds nursing placements
NGH has been designated as an Academic Nurse Teaching Hospital in partnership with Trinity, serving as one of the primary clinical bases and parent hospitals for the Bachelor of Science in General Nursing programme. From September, 12 Trinity nursing students will have the opportunity to complete clinical placements there.
19 Jun 2024
Health|Students
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European leaders converge at Trinity to tackle AI's greatest challenges and opportunities
From healthcare to human rights, today's landmark conference organised by the ADAPT Centre at Trinity is driving global dialogue on AI's transformative power.
19 Jun 2024
Culture|Health|Research|Science
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Scientists devise algorithm to engineer improved enzymes
The new method has wide-ranging applications across a suite of industries, from food production to degrading plastics, and in drug design and human health.
20 Jun 2024
Research|Science
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Reimagining the Jews of Ireland: new book launched at Trinity
The book looks as key areas such as Irish Jewish historiography, communal traditions, antisemitism, nationalism (Jewish and Irish) and representations in popular media.
21 Jun 2024
Arts|Research|Society
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Challenging Stasis: Managing Chronic Disease with Exercise
The inaugural lecture of Professor Juliette Hussey will take place on Thursday 27th June at 6pm in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin 8.
24 Jun 2024
Health|Research
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Secondary school students prepare for iGeo in Trinity
Ireland will host the International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) for the first time from the 19-24 August.
24 Jun 2024
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From politicians to the public, hundreds gather to reimagine the concept and role of economic growth in Ireland
Politicians, policymakers, researchers, thought leaders and members of civil society from around the island of Ireland are coming together to reimagine the entire concept and role of economic growth at the Rethinking Growth Conference.
25 Jun 2024
Business|Environment|Society
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New study unveils formation secrets of tiny rare earth elements
Researchers from Trinity’s School of Natural Sciences have revealed a novel route to the formation of bastnäsite, a crucial mineral for the extraction of rare earth elements (REEs).
25 Jun 2024
Environment|Research|Science
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Shirley Jackson: celebrating 75 years of taut, ambiguous, disturbing stories
Three quarters of a century on, The Lottery and Other Stories remains the perfect showcase for one of the 20th century’s most original, and now, most justly celebrated, authors, writes Bernice Murphy, in The Conversation.
26 Jun 2024
Culture|Research
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What's the economic impact of changing how healthcare is delivered to older people in the emergency department?
The proposed addition of a specialised team to the existing care in ED increases a patient’s quality of life and presents, according to Trinity and UL researchers, a potential national saving of €2.4 billion.
26 Jun 2024
Health|Research
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Trinity staff recognised with Excellence in Teaching Awards
Nominated by students, staff and alumni for their outstanding contribution to teaching in the university this year, the winners were announced by Provost Linda Doyle who applauded their commitment to teaching.
26 Jun 2024
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Trinity Student Counselling receives prestigious accreditation
Trinity Student Counselling Services has become the first European university service of its kind to be accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS), which sets benchmarks for professional counselling on college and university campuses worldwide.
27 Jun 2024
Community|Health|Students
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Prof Joseph Keane recognised by the American Thoracic Society
The recent award was in appreciation of his exemplary support and commitment to the pulmonary infection and tuberculosis assembly.
27 Jun 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research
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25,000 new historical records released by Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
25,000 new historical records have been made freely available to the public to mark the 102nd anniversary of the destruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland.
1 Jul 2024
Culture|Research|Science|Society
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Three-day hackathon set to spark new ideas for quantum technologies
The hackathon is organised by the Trinity Quantum Alliance, which comprises a group of researchers from academia and industry working together on research and education projects in quantum science and technology.
1 Jul 2024
Innovation|Research|Science|Society
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Dr Martin Worthington wins €2.5m ERC Advanced Grant
Dr Martin Worthington of Trinity’s School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies has won a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advance Grant.
2 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Culture|Research
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New research finds Dublin second most expensive European city to build apartments
Dublin is the second most expensive place to build apartments in Europe, according to a new construction cost report published today by Trinity College Dublin and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland.
3 Jul 2024
Research|Society
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Low-dose aspirin could help prevent pregnancy complications caused by flu infections
The study - a collaboration between Trinity College, Royal Melbourne Institute (RMIT), Australia and University of South Australia - has been published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology.
3 Jul 2024
Health|Research
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Why politicians may find it hard to understand ordinary voters
The 2024 election has seen party leaders strain to present themselves as being in touch with the struggles ordinary people are facing in the cost of living crisis. And yet they don’t appear to be convincing anyone, writes Dr Emma Otterski, Department of Philosophy, in an article originally published in The Conversation.
3 Jul 2024
Research|Society
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What have we learned from the Troubles that can help provide a roadmap to peace in Gaza?
Prof Jan de Vries, School of Nursing and Midwifery writes for the Irish Independent on the resolution of 'the conflict within' for those involved in brokering peace in times of war.
11 Jun 2024
Research|Society
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Docs, Clocks and a Fox: New book tells Trinity’s tale in 50 objects
Trinity in 50, The Story of a University, was launched this week. From the works of Samuel Beckett to the busts that line the Old Library, this book depicts Trinity’s many treasures, material and abstract, the meanings they hold and the stories they tell about the university’s history.
4 Jul 2024
Community
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Tree of the Month - Dawn Redwood
This month we are featuring the Dawn Redwood or Metasequoia glyptostroboides, which is significant to have in our collection due to its status as an endangered species. One can be found in New Square in front of the Book of Kells experience, and another specimen can be found in Trinity’s Botanic Gardens in the Western arboretum.
4 Jul 2024
Community|Sustainability
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Operation of the ‘in camera’ rule in Irish family law system to be examined
A new research project being undertaken by social policy experts in the School of Social Work and Social Policy and legal experts in University College Cork will uncover how the 'in camera rule' works in practice in Ireland.
8 Jul 2024
Research|Society
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Scientists discover how to improve vaccine responses to potentially deadly bacterium
The researchers from Trinity have taken a leap forward in understanding how we might fight back against the potentially deadly MRSA bacterium.
8 Jul 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Great white sharks in Ireland? International team plots September search
A group of Irish shark scientists will this September host OCEARCH, a US-based great white shark research non-profit, with the goal of documenting the first records of the famous species in Irish waters.
10 Jul 2024
Environment|Research|Science