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Trinity welcomes Prof. John D. Kelleher as Chair of Computer Science and Director of ADAPT

The combined position will see Prof. Kelleher taking responsibility for further enhancing Trinity’s leadership in the fundamentally important ICT area of AI and providing long-term strategic leadership and vision for the ADAPT Centre to achieve and sustain research excellence.

14 Feb 2024

Research|Science

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

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

€4.88m SFI research award for leading cell therapy scientist

Professor Sakis Mantalaris, a leading figure in cell therapy research, has been awarded €4.88 million as part of the prestigious Science Foundation Ireland Research Professorship Programme.

7 Feb 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

“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

New lab allows scientists to test impacts of climate change in precisely controlled infrastructure

Scientists in Ireland are now able to study the impacts of past, current and future climate change in precisely controlled climatic and atmospheric conditions.

6 Feb 2024

Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability

Anxiety, cognition and emotion in the human brain

The Inaugural Lecture of Prof Sonia Bishop will take place on Tuesday 13th February at 6.15pm in the Robert Emmet lecture theatre.

6 Feb 2024

Arts|Research

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