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Is reaching zero COVID-19 possible?
Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity, asks one of the most pertinent questions facing the world today in a piece originally published by The Conversation.
20 Oct 2020
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Trinity Walton Club STEM summer camps go virtual
Do you know a teenager who loves science and maths? Trinity College Dublin’s Trinity Walton Club is excited to announce that its STEM enrichment programmes have gone virtual this summer. The first of seven 10-day camps began today [Monday June 8th]with curious teenagers from every corner of Ireland meeting in the Nucleus, our virtual landing hub. These remote learners will be part of a community of STEM enthusiasts from […]
8 Jun 2020
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Professor Eve Patten announced as new director of Trinity Long Room Hub
A Professor in modern literature and culture, Professor Patten is also a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin. She has served as Head of School, Director of the Oscar Wilde Centre and Co-ordinator of the MPhil in Irish Writing.
1 May 2020
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People with an intellectual disability vulnerable to adverse outcomes of COVID-19 warns Trinity expert
Professor Mary McCarron, Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disablity has highlighted her concerns on the impact of the crisis on those with an intellectual disability.
24 Mar 2020
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How tech billionaires’ visions of human nature shape our world
Trinity's Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Simon McCarthy-Jones, writes his latest thought-provoking piece, first published by The Conversation.
15 Sep 2020
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How bacterial evolution of antibiotic arsenals is providing new blueprints for drug designers
By blueprinting how the antibiotics function against MRSA, the scientists have provided new options for drug designers seeking to hold back the global threat that antimicrobial resistance poses humanity.
9 Jan 2020
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Derek Mahon 1941-2020: A tribute
Derek Mahon, the gifted Belfast-born poet whose poem ‘Everything is Going to Be All Right’ struck a chord with many this year, has died aged 78. Nicholas Grene, Professor of English Literature, has written a personal tribute to a man whose loss is especially sharply felt at Trinity College Dublin.
2 Oct 2020
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AMBER to educate and entertain with new digital experience for kids at home
Through fun educational videos children from the ages of 10 to 12 can learn about science at home during the current lockdown.
7 May 2020
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Coronavirus: how physiotherapists are helping patients recover
Assistant professor in physiotherapy at Trinity, Julie Broderick, with a jointly written piece about the importance of physiotherapy for people who are critically ill with COVID-19.
8 May 2020
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Watch Trinity’s Strategic Plan launch livestream – 10 March at 11.30am
Join us online for Trinity College Dublin’s Strategic Plan 2020-25 which will be launched on Tuesday 9th March, 2020, at 11.30am. Due to the ongoing situation around Covid-19, the physical launch has been cancelled and instead is being livestreamed on www.tcd.ie/strategy from 11.30am tomorrow. You can also view a short highlight video of the Strategic […]
9 Mar 2020
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Trinity research outlines cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure due to Covid-19 crisis
Exits bear significant and lasting economic and social costs and therefore any measure to prevent widespread closures of businesses in the midst of a crisis ought to factor in the enormous cost of not supporting firms in danger of closure.
7 Apr 2020
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Studying the cancer patient’s immune system to predict their response to treatment
The team is researching new ways to improve current treatment strategies for gastrointestinal cancers at the Trinity St James Cancer Institute (TSJCI).
30 Sep 2020
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Studies raise fresh concerns about contact tracing app technology
Prof. Doug Leith and Dr Stephen Farrell at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin have published new studies raising concerns on the technology of contact tracing apps
19 Jun 2020
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‘Borderless business’ in the spotlight as Trinity Business + Technology Forum 20 addresses coronavirus, digital business and climate change
The unifying theme – borderless business – will be discussed as a force for change with those present set to assess its impact and identify consequences for managers, business, and society. Special focus will centre on the issues of climate change, digital transformation, finance, Brexit and the new Europe, with coronavirus also featured.
4 Mar 2020
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Trinity joins consortium to empower person-centred healthcare
The new research consortium aims to bring innovative digital health information tools to patients and empower person-centred healthcare.
19 Nov 2020
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Hist250 exhibition celebrates the ‘Greatest of all Schools of Oratory’
Chancellor of the University, Professor Mary McAleese is opening the exhibition and is also launching a history of the Society by Trinity’s Professor Patrick Geoghegan.
6 Mar 2020
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End-of-life care needs will nearly double over next 30 years
New research highlights the urgent need for funding and workforce in palliative care.
10 Feb 2020
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Trinity to commission four new sculptures of women for display in Old Library
The scientist Rosalind Franklin, the folklorist, dramatist and theatre-founder Augusta Gregory, the mathematician Ada Lovelace and the writer and pioneering women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft have been chosen from a list of more than 500 suggestions.
26 Nov 2020
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Biodiversity survey reveals Áras an Uachtaráin site is “extremely diverse”
Ecologists from Trinity discovered that the 130-acre Dublin site contains 14 distinct habitats that provide homes to more than 800 different species of plant, animal and fungus.
17 Nov 2020
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Shared Island? There’s hope for British-Irish intergovernmental relations
With the UK's exit from the EU nearing, Trinity's Professor Etain Tannam reflects on whether the Shared Island document marks a new beginning or a false dawn for British-Irish and cross-border relations.
2 Jul 2020