Articles
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Brigit of Ireland: Saint or goddess?
Ireland's new public holiday to celebrate the icon Brigit has been greeted with widespread enthusiasm. In this comment piece, Dr Mary Condren, Trinity’s Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, asks “who is Brigit, goddess or saint?”
30 Jan 2023
Culture|Research
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ChatGPT: our study shows AI can produce academic papers good enough for journals
Publishers and researchers should not necessarily see ChatGPT as a threat but rather as a potentially important aide for research argue Dr Brian Lucey, School of Business and Michael Dowling, Dublin City University, in this piece that was originally published in The Conversation.
30 Jan 2023
Business|Research|Society
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Novel gene therapy shows promise for treating multiple eye diseases
The gene therapeutic approach, which shows promise for treating age related macular degeneration (AMD), may also be effective in treating other eye conditions such as glaucoma. It provided benefit in three additional models of mitochondrial dysfunction, including cells taken from patients living with an optic neuropathy.
30 Jan 2023
Health|Research|Science
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St Brigid at home and on tour with Cuala
To celebrate St Brigid's Day, Dr Billy Shortall, research fellow at the Cuala Press Research Project, shows us how St Brigid was celebrated in the visual art of Cuala Industries, a female run arts and crafts cooperative in the early 20th century.
1 Feb 2024
Arts|Culture|Research
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Trinity researchers secure prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant awards
Drs Sarah Doyle and Marius de Leeuw have been successful in the latest round of results, which have been released today. They will explore how we can harness our immune system to fight blindness and seek models that could help us understand and explore uncharted sub-fields of physics.
31 Jan 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Professor Cliona O’Farrelly named 2022 AAAS Fellow
Cliona has been honoured for her outstanding achievements as a researcher in the field of comparative immunology.
31 Jan 2023
Awards and Funding|Research|Science
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Public lecture series on history and culture of Ukraine
As we approach the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia (Feb 24th) Trinity is launching a free public lecture series which aims to give an overview of Ukraine's complex history and rich cultural heritage.
2 Feb 2023
Culture|Research|Society
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First sculptures of women installed in Trinity's Old Library
The new sculptures, the first to be commissioned in more than a century, will be displayed among the 40 marble sculptures that line Trinity’s historic Long Room, which were hitherto all of men.
1 Feb 2023
Culture|Society
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World premiere of new opera by Trinity's Evangelia Rigaki and playwright Marina Carr
A new chamber opera, entitled 'Old Ghosts', will premier this week in MoLI - Museum of Literature Ireland. The production features music by Evangelia Rigaki, Head of Trinity's Dept of Music, and text by playwright Marina Carr.
1 Feb 2023
Arts|Culture
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Na chéad dealbha de mhná curtha i Sean-Leabharlann Choláiste na Tríonóide
Cuirfear na dealbha nua, arb iad na chéad dealbha a coimisiúnaíodh le breis agus céad bliain, ar taispeáint i measc na 40 dealbh bhrád mharmair ar an dá thaobh de Sheomra Fada stairiúil Choláiste na Tríonóide, ar dhealbha d’fhir iad ar fad go dtí seo.
1 Feb 2023
Culture|Research|Society