Articles
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Political bravery required to reconcile cybersecurity and rights to privacy
An overhaul of our approach to making technology law is required to achieve cybersecurity while safeguarding privacy and data protection, according to Dr Maria Grazia Porcedda, School of Law, in a new publication launched this week.
20 Apr 2023
Research|Society
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‘Totalitarianism and the Humanities’ focus of Trinity Long Room Hub’s Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture 2023
“What do oppressive political cultures find so upsetting about books and reading?” asked Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge, Interdisciplinary Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, as she delivered the 2023 Trinity Long Room Hub Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture on the subject of ‘Totalitarianism and the Humanities’ to a packed audience in Trinity’s Thomas Davis Theatre.
21 Apr 2023
Arts|Society
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360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood
An international team of scientists, co-led by Dr Carla J. Harper, Assistant Professor in Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity, has discovered the oldest evidence of plant self-defence in wood in a 360-million-year-old fossil from south-eastern Ireland.
21 Apr 2023
Environment|Research|Science
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Trinity Week 2023
Trinity Week starts at 10am on Trinity Monday, 24 April, when Trinity College Dublin celebrates the announcement of new Honorary Fellows, Fellows and Scholars of the College.
21 Apr 2023
Community
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Information for New Scholars 2023
Congratulations to those of you who have been elected to Scholarship.
21 Apr 2023
Community|Students
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Medical device and digital health startups pitch for their places on Medtech Innovator’s Showcase and Accelerator programme
The programme supports the development of the most promising innovations in the field. Partners, Trinity College Dublin and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, play host to the event.
24 Apr 2023
Awards and Funding|Business|Health|Innovation
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Trinity celebrates new Scholars and Fellows
In total, 62 new Scholars, 37 new Fellows, seven new Professorial Fellows and two Honorary Fellows were announced across a range of disciplines.
24 Apr 2023
Awards and Funding|Students
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mRNA vaccine pioneer Dr Katalin Karikó receives 2023 Dawson prize in Genetics
Dr Katalin Karikó, whose work was central to the development of the mRNA based COVID-19 vaccines used all over the world, received the 2023 Dawson prize in Genetics in Trinity.
25 Apr 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Trinity is a Living Lab with 79% less observed smoking
Healthy Trinity Tobacco Group worked with staff and students to support the smoke-free campus policy. A review of the college’s vaping policy is planned for the coming months.
25 Apr 2023
Health|Research|Sustainability
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Trinity tree of the month - Willow Leaved Beech
This month we are featuring a very rare and newly planted tree in Botany Bay, Fagus sylvatica Ansorgei or Willow Leaved Beech. Currently this tree stands at three metres, and will stand at roughly five metres when fully grown.
26 Apr 2023
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Glossaries for Forwardness: Museum Building exhibition launch
Glossaries for Forwardness is a multi-platform project by Marie Farrington, examining convergences between landscape and memory through the architecture of the Museum Building in Trinity College Dublin.
26 Apr 2023
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Trinity Men’s Basketball Team Complete a Sensational Season
Trinity Men’s Basketball team completed a sensational season, winning the Division Two Basketball Ireland League final, guaranteeing them promotion to division one next year, and more recently winning the Basketball Intervarsity’s Title at University of Limerick.
26 Apr 2023
Community|Students
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Trinity College Dublin to dename the Berkeley Library
The name has been judged inconsistent with the University’s core values. Trinity is to dename the Berkeley Library while adopting a retain-and-explain approach to a stained-glass window commemorating George Berkeley.
26 Apr 2023
Community|Culture|Society
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‘Through the Eyes of the Child’ – children’s experiences of Tusla services documented
Trinity College Dublin and Tusla – Child and Family Agency announce the launch of a research report entitled, ‘Through the Eyes of the Child: A Study of Tusla Child Protection and Welfare Intervention’.
26 Apr 2023
Research|Society
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Three Trinity researchers awarded SFI Industry RD&I Fellowships
Dr Abdulla Sukhananazerin, Dr Brian Jennings, and Dr Srikanth Kolagatla have each been awarded fellowships under the SFI Industry RD&I Fellowship Programme.
27 Apr 2023
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Abortion services review: Little has changed in some parts of the country
Catherine Conlon, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Dr Deirdre Duffy, Lancaster University, write about their research about service users and providers of abortion service in Ireland. This piece was first published by The Irish Times.
2 May 2023
Health|Research|Society
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Tackling the problem of safe participation in women’s rugby union
Trinity researchers highlight the complexity of tackle skill learning and tackle injury mitigation in women’s rugby union by uncovering how rugby culture and interactions with teammates, coaches, clubs and wider society shape player behaviours and experiences.
2 May 2023
Health|Research
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Trinity raises Green Flag for commitment to sustainability
Last week, Trinity once again raised a Green Flag in recognition of our increasing effort to reduce our impact on the environment. When presenting the flag, An Taisce emphasised Trinity’s student involvement, green labs programme, sustainable procurement initiatives, retrofitting projects and Provost’s strong commitment to sustainability as key factors in their decision to renew the flag.
2 May 2023
Environment|Sustainability
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Victoria Adukwei Bulley wins Pollard International Poetry Prize
Administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre in the School of English the prize is awarded to an outstanding debut collection of poetry in the English language.
3 May 2023
Awards and Funding|Culture
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Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason delivers Henry Grattan Lecture
The School of Social Sciences and Philosophy lecture series has been running since 2013, featuring speakers including former Taoiseach Mr John Bruton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese and Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank.
3 May 2023
Society