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Student groups urged to apply for Trinity Trust Special Fund
The Trinity College Dublin Trust is inviting applications from student groups for grants from a special fund of €100,000 to support student life during the pandemic. This fund has been established to assist societies, sports clubs and other organised student groups to develop new projects.
27 Nov 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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Health expert consortium calls for vitamin D policy in battle against COVID-19
Experts outline compelling evidence for health professionals and policymakers to revise guidance on vitamin D supplementation amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
26 Nov 2020
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Stephen Sexton awarded Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020
Irish poet, Stephen Sexton, has been awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature 2020, for his first collection of works, Oils & If All the World and Love Were Young.
26 Nov 2020
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Sustainability-minded ReFunk wins Provost Innovation Challenge
The team is building a platform that allows users to list unwanted belongings and materials, which another user can then collect and upcycle.
26 Nov 2020
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Interim report released: Unification Referendums on island of Ireland
Referendums on the future of the island of Ireland should only be held with a clear plan for what follows, the interim report from the Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland has found. There were three Trinity members of the Working Group: Oran Doyle, Dr Etain Tannam and Dr David Kenny
26 Nov 2020
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Scientists develop new gene therapy for eye disease
The new approach offers promise for one day treating an eye disease that leads to a progressive loss of vision and affects thousands of people across the globe.
26 Nov 2020
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Trinity commissions four female busts for Long Room
Trinity College Dublin is to commission four new sculptures representing women scholars for display in the Long Room of the Old Library.
26 Nov 2020
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Trump’s legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden
Professor Padraig Carmody and Ricardo Reboredo from Trinity, along with Francis Owusu from Iowa State University, consider the US election's implications for Africa in this piece first published by The Conversation.
25 Nov 2020
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Increased access to mental health services vital for survivors of sexual violence
The research from Trinity and Maynooth University is the first to study the incidence and effects of sexual violence in Ireland, since the SAVI Report of 2002.
25 Nov 2020
Research