College News
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Reduction in brain tissue oxygenation placing older adults with multiple health conditions at risk of faints and falls
Researchers from Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Department of Medical Physics at St James’s Hospital and Trinity College have discovered that brain tissue oxygenation is lower in frailer older adults with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity), putting them at risk of faints and falls. Brain oxygenation - the measure of oxygen in brain tissue - reflects the balance between oxygen delivery and consumption and is vital for the maintenance of normal brain function and tissue integrity.
17 Aug 2022
Health|Research
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Minister Simon Harris visits Disability Hub and Health Centre
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris visited Trinity College Dublin today to view the university’s soon-to-open Disability Hub and Health Centre.
17 Aug 2022
Students
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Engineering students win global additive manufacturing competition
Brothers Tadhg-Lorcan and Eoin H. Oude Essink won the nTopology Responsible Part Challenge 2022 while representing Trinity College Dublin and TU Dublin in the competitive international event.
17 Aug 2022
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Students
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Trinity hosts 16th International Gothic Association Conference
From Bram Stoker to Oscar Wilde to J.S. Le Fanu, the history of gothic literature is entwined with Trinity College Dublin. So, it was only a matter of time before the International Gothic Association (IGA) made its way to the city.
11 Aug 2022
Arts|Research
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Formula Trinity takes Silverstone by storm
Students from Trinity recently bagged three awards at the Formula Student competition held at the famous Silverstone race circuit in the UK.
3 Aug 2022
Innovation|Research|Students
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VIDEO: Travellers share experiences of third-level education
To coincide with Traveller Pride Week 2022, Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) at Trinity College Dublin have released a new video to raise awareness about routes for Travellers in higher education.
21 Jul 2022
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Mendel at 200: Aoife McLysaght honours the Father of Genetics
Gregor Johann Mendel – the “Father of Genetics” – was born 200 years ago this July. The first person to join the dots regarding the mechanism of heredity, Mendel shone a focused light on the workings of what we now know to be genes.
20 Jul 2022
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Beyond 2022 Artist in Residence Mairéad McClean presents a preview of her film in progress, The Nick of Time, in the Trinity Long Room Hub
On June 30, the Trinity Long Room Hub’s Decade of Centenaries Artist in Residence, Mairéad McClean, presented extracts from her film in progress as part of the Beyond 2022 Project.
27 Jun 2022
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Arts and Humanities researchers and civil society organisations come together
Finding practical ways to share knowledge and work together, with mutual benefits.
23 Jun 2022
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Trinity launches ‘Trinity Trails’ campus walking tours
Trinity College Dublin launches Trinity Trails; a new in-person guided and multimedia self-guided walking tours of Trinity.
21 Jun 2022