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Trinity celebrates renaming of Library after poet Eavan Boland
Librarian and College Archivist Helen Shenton said: "Under its new name, it provides an inclusive and inspirational space for current and future students, now bolstered by Eavan Boland’s scholarly and feminist reputation.”
11 Mar 2025
Arts|Community|Culture|Society|Students
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The future is bright for Down syndrome research
The research group 'DISCO' aims to progress research that will provide improved outcomes for children who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome
10 Mar 2025
Health|Research
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Leading mathematicians and physicists come to Trinity as conference honours Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Later this week Trinity’s Hamilton Mathematics Institute (HMI) plays host to the international research conference honouring one of Trinity’s (and Ireland’s) greatest ever mathematicians and scientists. The timing is fitting as 2025 marks the 220th anniversary of Hamilton’s birth, and the 20th of the HMI.
10 Mar 2025
Research|Science
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New advocacy group aims to develop cohesive concussion guidelines across all sporting codes
Trinity is today hosting the inaugural meeting of a new concussion advocacy group, which brings together researchers, medics, sportspeople and charities, and puts the burning issue of concussive brain injuries in sports such as rugby, GAA, football and boxing firmly in the spotlight.
7 Mar 2025
Health|Research|Science|Society
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Female contractors earn higher average daily rate than male counterparts
Female contractors in Ireland earn a higher average daily rate than their male counterparts, according to a new study from the Ireland’s Project Economy survey conducted by researchers in Trinity Business School.
5 Mar 2025
Business|Research|Society
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Trailblazer Aoife McLysaght stars on new Women in STEM stamp
Issuing just ahead of International Women’s Day 2025 on 8th March, An Post’s new stamps acknowledge the achievements of Women in STEM and the challenges.
5 Mar 2025
Culture|Science|Society
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Astrophysicists discover complex weather of starless “Super-Jupiter”
An international team of researchers has discovered that variations in brightness must be the result of complex weather, providing crucial new insights into the 3-D complexity of gas giant atmospheres within and beyond our solar system.
3 Mar 2025
Research|Science
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One-in-five people who use alcohol and other drugs have symptoms of ADHD
Professor Catherine Comiskey and a research team at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in partnership with the national Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign called for Immediate training in neurodiversity for drugs services’ staff at all levels.
28 Feb 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Untapped potential of seaweed farming the focus of new Irish Seaweed Association
Hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation at Trinity Business School and the School of Natural Sciences, the Irish Seaweed Association is a spin out from the C-FAARER research project.
28 Feb 2025
Business|Research|Science|Sustainability
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America is suffering from an epidemic of mass cowardice
The US is not yet a fascist society, but acting as if it is risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, writes Prof. Daniel Geary, School of Histories and Humanities, in a comment piece in The Irish Times
27 Feb 2025
Research|Society
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Trinity lays to rest human remains found during E3 works
“These remains, now entrusted to our care, are the remnants of real people, each with their own stories, who lived at a time when the study of anatomy was in its infancy."
27 Feb 2025
Community|Society
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Seven Trinity projects scoop Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future funding
Researchers from Trinity have scooped a combined €6.5 million to lead research projects tackling challenges that range from enhancing the performance of 2D nanomaterials to bioengineering corneas.
26 Feb 2025
Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science
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Cookies, identifiers “silently stored” on Android phones by Google apps
A recent measurement study by Prof. Doug Leith, Professor of Computer Systems in Trinity’s School of Computer Science and Statistics, shows that advertising and tracking cookies and other device and user identifiers are sent by Google servers and stored on a handset, even when no Google apps have ever been opened by the user.
25 Feb 2025
Innovation|Research
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Irish study identifies financial and canvassing barriers for disabled political candidates
The first Irish study of disabled political candidates was conducted by researchers in the School of Education and colleagues in the University of Galway.
25 Feb 2025
Research|Society
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Ireland’s protected dunes are thriving – thanks to well-managed tourism
Biodiversity is proliferating within one of Ireland’s Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) according to new research from Trinity, which is at odds with the often-held assumption that tourism and conservation make for poor bedfellows.
25 Feb 2025
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Shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize announced
The shortlist for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025 has been announced today by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre.
24 Feb 2025
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Trinity's iconic Campanile re-emerges after repairs
Trinity’s Estates and Facilities team have worked since the summer of 2024 towards a comprehensive upgrade of the 100-foot bell tower, which was constructed in 1853, and is the first major structure visitors to Trinity see after coming through the Front Arch.
21 Feb 2025
Community|Environment
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Researchers secure EPA funding to pursue seven “green living” projects
Seven researchers from Trinity have secured Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding totalling €4.4 million to pursue research projects with a focus in climate change, environmental and human health, and more sustainable living
20 Feb 2025
Research|Science|Sustainability
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Trinity and Dublin City Council launch Ireland’s first local government Generative AI Lab
The ADAPT Research Ireland Centre at Trinity is leading a new model of collaboration to support the safe and trusted adoption of GenAI opportunities within Dublin City Council.
20 Feb 2025
Business|Community|Innovation|Research
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Trinity welcomes significant step towards Ireland’s CERN membership
Ireland has been accepted in principle into the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) as an associate member, opening the door to next-gen research facilities and teaching opportunities for researchers, teachers and students alike.
19 Feb 2025
Research|Science