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Áine Griffin appointed as new Director of Trinity Communications
A highly experienced communications professional, Áine has held senior positions across strategic communications, media relations, outreach and engagement, and internal communications in the public service.
4 Sep 2024
Community|Culture
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Learnovate plays key role in new diversity project for EU semiconductor sector
The European Chips Diversity Alliance (ECDA) project brings together a consortium of 11 partner organisations from industry and education with the aim of helping the sector retain and grow its existing workforce by developing a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across its entire value chain.
2 Sep 2024
Innovation|Research|Society
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Trinity bioengineer secures Wellcome funding to develop new tissue engineering approach
Dr Josephine Wu, from Trinity’s School of Engineering and the Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, has secured a Wellcome Early Career Award to pursue a tissue engineering project that could provide an exciting new approach to regenerative medicine.
30 Aug 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Sarah Hamill: Why Ireland’s housing crisis may force some students to put their education on hold
Some students will face the choice of dropping out or pausing their education simply because they cannot find affordable housing, writes Sarah Hamill, School of Law, in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.
28 Aug 2024
Research|Society
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TILDA study reveals crucial insights on loneliness and death ideation among older adults
The research shows that loneliness in later life is associated with an increased risk of individuals wishing for their own death, but protective effects may include attending religious services and secular social activities.
28 Aug 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Trinity’s 2024 CAO offers hit record high
There has been a modest fall-off in points, with an average drop of nine points across Level 8 Single Honours courses, and an average fall of six points for Joint Honours courses.
28 Aug 2024
Students
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AI-powered, big data research revolutionises understanding of autoimmune disease
New research, which uses semantic web and big data approaches thanks to a connection of patient registries across Europe, and which has just been published in The Lancet Rheumatology, provides evidence for improved diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases.
27 Aug 2024
Health|Research|Science
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Research reveals environmental and disease factors can speed up the brain’s biological age
By integrating advanced brain clocks and deep learning models, researchers at Trinity have uncovered how environmental, socioeconomic, and health conditions can either accelerate or protect against brain aging, offering new directions for personalised health interventions.
26 Aug 2024
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Trinity welcomes International Geography Olympiad
Over 300 young geographers from across the world came to Trinity yesterday to close out the 2024 International Geography Olympiad (iGEO).
24 Aug 2024
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Widespread fragmentation of services, no information, no support for tuberous sclerosis complex
Researchers call on policymakers, decision-makers, and ‘those who hold the purse strings’ to listen to the evidence and take action to enable individuals with TSC to receive the internationally recommended coordinated care they require to live full lives.
23 Aug 2024
Health|Research
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New blood test for Alzheimer’s Disease could change how the disease is detected and diagnosed
Research undertaken in the Institute of Memory & Cognition at Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and published in the Alzheimer's Research and Therapy journal could change the way Alzheimer’s Disease is detected.
22 Aug 2024
Health|Research
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School of Medicine podcast cuts through the noise on health science
The Off-Script’ podcast is an intersection of medicine, science and society and explores deep questions about the health and well-being of Ireland and the world through conversations with a host of Trinity College experts.
22 Aug 2024
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Trinity students win European Universities Debate Championships
The victory marks the second time in three years that a Trinity team has won, and the first time that an Irish woman has won the Championships.
21 Aug 2024
Students
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Bioengineers develop hybrid grafts to combat cardiovascular disease
Researchers from AMBER and Trinity, led by Dr David Hoey, have successfully replicated the behaviour of a blood vessel and its guiding structure to regenerate damaged tissue.
20 Aug 2024
Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Trinity welcomes Professor Karen Wiltshire as first CRH Chair of Climate Science
An expert in coastal research and a Trinity alumna, Professor Wiltshire returns to the university from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, where she served as Vice-Director in combination with a professorship in Shelf Sea Ecology at the University of Kiel.
19 Aug 2024
Environment|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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Scientists revolutionise microscopy by reimagining the logic of imaging
Their new method significantly reduces the time and damaging radiation used to image fragile specimens.
2 Aug 2024
Innovation|Research|Science
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Trinity researchers to receive Grow Phase funding under the National Challenge Fund
Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, announced the first nine teams to receive Grow Phase funding under the €65 million fund to work on solutions to major environmental and societal issues.
31 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Innovation|Research|Science|Sustainability
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ADAPT Centre and University of Pittsburgh sign MOU on AI Safety
The partnership will focus on advancing research, AI safety assessments, and best practices for the development of AI technologies.
31 Jul 2024
Innovation|Research
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ELPIS study brings hope to patients of rare genetic condition, CDD
Trinity College spin-out company (2019), Ulysses Neuroscience is bringing hope to patients of a rare genetic condition: CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), through an award funded project, ELPIS,
30 Jul 2024
Health|Innovation|Research
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UKCRF Poster Prize winning entry from the Wellcome-HRB CRF at St James’s Hospital
The prize is an acknowledgment of the hard work and continuous efforts of the CRF to improve its processes, and validates the dedication that the CRF put into enhancing the quality of their work and patient care.
30 Jul 2024
Awards and Funding|Health|Innovation