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Trinity receives DFHERIS funding to conserve the Robert Fisk Archive

The Archive, spanning Robert Fisk’s 50-year journalistic career, was donated to the Library of Trinity College Dublin by Nelofer Pazira-Fisk.

5 Nov 2024

Community|Culture|Society

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

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

Awards and Funding|Culture|Society

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

School of Medicine hosts 'Farming is Medicine' event

School of Medicine and Faculty of Health Sciences welcomed physician and author Professor Rupa Marya for public event.

28 Oct 2024

Environment|Health|Research|Society|Sustainability

Intimate partner abuse leaves disabled women feeling hurt, disbelieved and isolated

New research from the School of Social Work and Social Policy has found that 98% of abused disabled women feel that having a disability has major impacts on seeking help and coping with intimate partner abuse.

24 Oct 2024

Research|Society

Time to reboot how we think about human and machine interactions

We need a radical overhaul of our understanding of human and machine interactions to combat new and urgent social challenges, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, including a researcher from the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

24 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society

Businesses to fund wildlife ponds, hedgerows and woodlands as part of ReFarm project

Launched by Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, the ReFarm project is a collaboration between Trinity, Burrenbeo Trust and local and international businesses.

22 Oct 2024

Business|Society|Sustainability

Drowning in disinformation? Can we train social media to meet our needs?

As an election looms, David Landy writes that when it comes to social media, people aren’t “sociological dopes”, blindly reacting to online prompts and unable to understand and change their own behaviour.

18 Oct 2024

Research|Society

New patient safety research network welcomes 100 delegates to Trinity

A new national patient safety research network, led by the School of Psychology, welcomed over 100 patient partners, academics and healthcare professionals to Trinity for the EQUIPS network's first in-person event.

17 Oct 2024

Research|Science|Society