Trinity Highlights for 2023
Featured News
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Irish scientists unlock nature’s 500-million-year-old colour secrets with nano-tech breakthrough
Half a billion years ago nature evolved a remarkable trick: generating vibrant, shimmering colours via intricate, microscopic structures in feathers, wings and shells that reflect light in precise ways. Now, researchers from Trinity have taken a major step forward in harnessing it for advanced materials science.
30 July 2025
Health|Innovation|Research|Science
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Life and global legacies of Daniel O’Connell under the spotlight
Marking 250 years since the birth of ‘The Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell, Trinity Long Room Hub is hosting a two-day symposium looking at his life, legacy and global human rights challenges.
30 July 2025
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New research dispels myth of conspiracy theorists as isolated outsiders
Dr Stephen Murphy, from Trinity Business School, said: “The uncertainty and fear caused by the pandemic created the initial spark for conspiracy beliefs to prosper. In both places, there was a lot of anger around lockdown restrictions, vaccinations and the way that authorities were handling the situation.”
29 July 2025
Business|Community|Research
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Trinity names its first professor specialising in cerebral palsy
The first Associate Professor of Cerebral Palsy has been appointed at Trinity College, supported by philanthropic funding through the Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
28 July 2025
Health|Research|Society
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Trinity alumni receive Fulbright awards for 2025-26
Awardees will research, innovate and collaborate across a diverse range of fields including multimedia arts, philosophy, medicine, agriculture, education, art history, AI technology in medicine, AI technology in education, visual arts, and health.
25 July 2025
Awards and Funding|Students
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Seeing the unseen: Trinity team builds game-changing particle impact machine
The new machine, the first of its kind in Europe, allows users to visualise what happens when tiny particles hit a surface three times faster than a bullet. This information will enable engineers to make better materials and coatings for aircraft parts, medical implants, and help to simulate intergalactic collisions.
24 July 2025
Innovation|Research|Science
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Twenty-four Trinity labs earn sustainable certifications
The 24 have today been awarded sustainable lab certifications under a Research Ireland-led programme piloted in partnership with Impact Laboratories and My Green Lab.
16 July 2025
Environment|Research|Science|Sustainability
Trinity Highlights from 2023
21 Dec 2023