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New Trinity Taskforce to hold first meeting on November 22
The Taskforce will have 26 members, including three nominated by the Trinity Students Union, two by the Central Societies’ Committee and four nominated by the Group of Unions.
6 Nov 2024
Community|Research|Society|Students
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There’s a crisis in special educational needs provision
Joanne Banks, Assistant Professor in Inclusive Education at Trinity College Dublin, co-authored this piece in The Conversation about the situation across the UK and Ireland regarding special educational needs provision.
5 Nov 2024
Research
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Scientists identify immune molecule that keeps metabolism in tune and on time
The discovery hints at why shift workers and others with irregular work, eating, or sleep patterns driven by the demands of modern life fall out of metabolic sync.
5 Nov 2024
Health|Research|Science
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The evolutionary benefits of being forgetful
Why do we forget things? Is it simply a sign of memory impairment, or are there benefits? Sven Vanneste and Elva Arulchelvan from the School of Psychology share insights on the evolutionary benefits of being forgetful in this piece first published in The Conversation.
5 Nov 2024
Research|Science|Society
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Professor Ruth Britto among four researchers to secure €10 million ERC Synergy Grant
Prof. Britto, from Trinity’s School of Mathematics, will work with three colleagues in an international project that seeks to develop new algorithmic methods with applications in mathematics, particle physics and gravity.
5 Nov 2024
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Small Things Like These: Magdalene laundries drama a powerful rumination on compassion and its limits
The new film Small Things Like These prompts us to question the limits of compassion writes Ruth Barton, School of Creative Arts, in a piece for The Conversation.
4 Nov 2024
Culture|Research
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Suad Aldarra awarded 2024 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature
Suad Aldarra has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. The prize is administered by the Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre for Creative Writing in the School of English
4 Nov 2024
Research
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Ancient DNA brings to life history of the iconic aurochs
Geneticists from Trinity, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs – the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art, and whose tale is intertwined with climate change and human culture.
30 Oct 2024
Culture|Research|Science
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What animal societies can teach us about ageing
A collection of 16 studies have been published as part of a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, investigating ageing and society across the natural world, and co-edited by Dr Greg Albery, Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin’s School of Natural Sciences.
29 Oct 2024
Environment|Research|Society
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The case for broader accessibility to psychedelic therapies for mental disorders in Ireland
Dr John R. Kelly writes how easing regulatory constraints would facilitate the advance of the scientific evidence underpinning psychedelics and psychedelic therapy
28 Oct 2024
Health|Innovation|Research|Science