Articles
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Researchers Pinpoint When Our Brains Convert Speech Sounds into Meaning
This is the first identification of a brain signal associated with this moment. It may help us develop technology for the hearing-impaired and better understand speech disorders.
24 Sep 2015
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Hall of Honour Memorial Stone to Remember Trinity WWI War Dead
In honour of the Trinity College Dublin students, staff and alumni who lost their lives in World War I, a memorial stone at the Hall of Honour, Front Square will be unveiled at a special ceremony on Saturday 26 September 2015.
17 Jul 2015
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Trinity Professor Raises Awareness of Engineering in Primary School Children
Professor Roger West from the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin visited St Oliver Plunkett National School as part of Engineers Ireland’s 'Engineer’s Week'
20 Feb 2015
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Africa Day Conference Assesses Global Progress Towards Gender Equality
'Inspiring Change: Empowering Women’s Futures in Africa' was the theme of Trinity’s Africa Day Conference.
26 May 2015
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Neonicotinoids are Harmful to More Than Just Honeybees
Professor in Botany, Dr Jane Stout, believes a paradigm shift is needed in agricultural pest control to safeguard bees and other pollinators that provide an incredibly valuable ecosystem service.
27 Apr 2015
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Sunlight Exposure and Latitude Linked to Development of Dystonia Symptoms
People who inherit genetic risk factors for dystonia and who live closer to the equator are more likely to develop the form of dystonia that causes involuntary contractions of the eye muscles (blepharospasm).
4 Jun 2015
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Trinity College Dublin Showcases Leading Research in Boston
Trinity’s collaborators in research, industry, education and Irish and American alumni from Boston and Massachusetts were in attendance.
30 May 2015
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Samuel Beckett Summer School 2015
Public Programme
31 Jul 2015
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Trinity Launchbox Alumni win Enterprise Ireland Pitch Night in Silicon Valley
Graduates of Trinity’s startup accelerator programme, Launchbox, have achieved recognition from Enterprise Ireland and Silicon Valley investors.
9 Dec 2015
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Prestigious Fulbright Awards Presented to Four Trinity Recipients
One Trinity College Dublin student and three Academics were recently honoured with renowned Fulbright Awards.
9 Jun 2015
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Thinking & Feeling About the Migrant Crisis
Emotional reactions are essential to a moral response to the migrant crisis, according to Professor Paul O'Grady, who says that the groundswell of public opinion has been generated by peoples' emotional responses to the images of the migrant crisis.By Professor Paul O'Grady, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
29 Sep 2015
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Video: “Trinity in War and Revolution: 1912-1923”
A new book by Dr Tomás Irish reveals how Trinity students, staff and alumni experienced this tumultuous period which transformed Dublin, Ireland, and the wider world.
21 Dec 2015
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The Interrogator’s Soul : The Neuroscience of Torture
An ordinary person becomes a torturer with surprising ease, the hard part comes when it’s time to be human again, according to Professor of Experimental Brain Research Shane O'Mara
1 Dec 2015
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Plastic Not Fantastic – Discarded Carrier Bags Smother Marine Life
The global production of plastic is still soaring, but this study shows even 'biodegradable' bags have negative impacts in marine environments.
22 Apr 2015
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Minister Humphreys Launches Trinity’s 1916 Centenary Programme
The programme of events organised by staff, students and alumni of Trinity to mark the 100th year anniversary of the Easter Rising will form part of the official State programme for next year.
2 Dec 2015
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Teaching Awards Recognise PhD Students Commitment to Teaching and Learning
The Dermot McAleese Teaching Awards were presented to teaching assistants in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy in recognition of their commitment to achieving excellence in teaching and learning.
29 May 2015
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Scientists Sequence First Ancient Irish Human Genomes
A team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin and archaeologists from Queen’s University Belfast has sequenced the first genomes from ancient Irish humans, and the information buried within is already answering pivotal questions about the origins of Ireland’s people and their culture.
28 Dec 2015
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Scientists Fill in the Gaps of Human Hunter-Gatherer History
By sequencing ancient genomes from the Late Upper Palaeolithic for the first time, a new strand of European hunter-gatherer ancestral history has been written.
16 Nov 2015
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Trinity and the Rising
Read our Changed Utterly Blog which explores the Library’s research collections on the 1916 Easter Rising, featuring extraordinary items including diaries, letters, photographs, even items of clothing.
2 Mar 2016
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‘After Charlie Hebdo: A Public Forum on Religion, Freedom and Human Rights’
Trinity College Dublin hosted 'After Charlie Hebdo: A Public Forum on Religion, Freedom and Human Rights' on February 16th last.
27 Feb 2015