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Study finds athletes fear being judged as weak when they experience pain or injury
Researchers have undertaken the first multi-centred, international, qualitative study exploring the rower experience of sporting low back pain (LBP).
15 Oct 2020
Research
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Trinity first in Europe for producing entrepreneurs for sixth successive year
Since 2006, Trinity alumni produced 277 entrepreneurs, formed 254 venture-backed companies, and raised capital of approximately US 4.8 billion.
12 Oct 2020
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3Set delivers Ireland’s first student mental health and suicide prevention framework
3Set is a collaborative project led by Trinity and supported by UCD and AIT. The launch of the national framework coincides with World Mental Health Day.
10 Oct 2020
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Dublin City Council gives greenlight to redevelopment plans for the Old Library
The redevelopment project will draw on the best 21st-century design and technology to safeguard the Old Library building and conserve its precious collections for future generations.
8 Oct 2020
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Zoologists uncover new example of rapid evolution in Southeast Asia – meet the Sulawesi Babblers
The zoologists have discovered that male and female Sulawesi Babblers (Pellorneum celebense, a species of bird) have evolved to attain different sizes on small islands, and in quick-fire time.
8 Oct 2020
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Derek Mahon 1941-2020: A tribute
Derek Mahon, the gifted Belfast-born poet whose poem ‘Everything is Going to Be All Right’ struck a chord with many this year, has died aged 78. Nicholas Grene, Professor of English Literature, has written a personal tribute to a man whose loss is especially sharply felt at Trinity College Dublin.
2 Oct 2020
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Researchers develop global consensus on sustainability in the built environment
The Global Consensus on Sustainability in the Built Environment (GLOBE) highlights the global challenges associated with the built environment as a main contributor to climate change.
1 Oct 2020
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Trinity’s commitment to gender equality recognised by five new Athena SWAN bronze awards
The Schools of Social Work and Social Policy, Physics, Genetics and Microbiology, Pyschology and Law have all secured bronze Athena SWAN awards in the latest round.
28 Sep 2020
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New €2.3 million EU research project will use big data toolkit to study debilitating condition of Vasculitis
The project will link vasculitis registries across Europe into a single European dataset, and thus open the door to new research into these challenging diseases.
25 Sep 2020
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New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women
The pre-clinical study has overturned current scientific thinking on the reasons why flu infections affect pregnant women and their babies so severely, suggesting the virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother’s body.
22 Sep 2020
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