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Trinity to feature in ‘My Uni Life’ series on RTÉ

This exciting series returns to our screens for a second season as cameras capture life across a busy year on campus, beginning on Friday February 16th at 8pm on RTE One or RTÉ Player.

13 Feb 2024

Community|Society|Students

Referendums on family and care: No place like home?

This week Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute hosted a "Behind the Headlines" expert panel on the upcoming referendum proposals and the meanings of ‘home’ in contemporary Ireland.

12 Feb 2024

Culture|Research|Society

Trinity welcomes STEMM community to ItsHer Summit

The summit (March 7 and 8) will bring the STEMM community together to share ideas and celebrate achievements in support of International Women’s Day.

9 Feb 2024

Community|Research|Society

The Conversation: Five signs that you might be rightwing

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity College Dublin writes in The Conversation about what being "rightwing" actually means and why people become rightwing.

8 Feb 2024

Health|Research|Society

“It might sound like science fiction fantasy, but AI urbanism is not far away”

An international group of researchers is warning against the creation of AI-led autonomous cities, outlining fears that diverse AIs may eventually perform social and managerial functions in an unsupervised manner without human input.

6 Feb 2024

Culture|Research|Society|Sustainability

Ar smaoinigh tú riamh ar an ní a d’fhéadfadh tarlú ach nár tharla?

Ar smaoinigh tú riamh ar an ní a d’fhéadfadh tarlú ach nár tharla? Sraith nua léachtaí a chuideoidh leis an bpobal an fhealsúnacht atá iontu féin a thapú agus a chothú

6 Feb 2024

Research|Society

Ever wondered what could have been?

A new lecture series hosted by the Department of Philosophy aims to help the public channel their inner philosopher.

31 Jan 2024

Research|Society

Hope for ‘the most common form of dementia that no-one has heard of’

Trinity research team awarded €2.49m by the Health Research Board to investigate Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) which accounts for 20% of the nearly 65,000 people with dementia in Ireland, but fewer than 5% of those affected receive a formal diagnosis.

29 Jan 2024

Health|Research|Society

Rape has been outlawed for 1,400 years, yet we’re still arguing about how to define it

Directives on combating violence against women have a long history as does wrangling over what defines rape, writes Prof Jane Ohlmeyer in a piece first published in the Irish Independent.

29 Jan 2024

Culture|Research|Society

Dave Fanning’s AI defamation case is at a new frontier of litigation

The Achilles’ heel of generative AI is its pervasive tendency to spoof. This is giving rise to mind-bending legal issues - along with complaints from authors and artists, writes Deirdre Ahern, School of Law, in a piece originally published in The Irish Times.

26 Jan 2024

Research|Society