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Traube Installed as Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington…
Dorian E. Traube, an expert on early childhood development, was installed as the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis during a Feb. 15 ceremony in Brown Hall.
Traube…
Epilepsy Drug Shows Promise in Preventing Brain Tumors in NF1 Mice
A drug used to treat children with epilepsy prevents brain tumor formation and growth in two mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. NF1…
WashU’s Bear Cubs Running Team: Empowering Kids with Disabilities
It’s a sunny Sunday, and the WashU Bear Cubs Running Team is warming up on Mudd Field at Washington University in St. Louis. Up first: butt kicks. Then jumping jacks. And finally, Frankenstein walks. Ten-year-old Carter Hoffman extends his…
Deciphering the Birth of our Cellular Skeleton, Frame by Frame
Cells contain various specialised structures - such as the nucleus, mitochondria or peroxisomes - known as “organelles’’. Tracing their genesis and determining their structure is fundamental to understanding cell function and the…
Trinity College Dublin: Computer Scientists Launch Pytch Web-App to Aid Students in Programming
The new version of the free “Pytch” app is the fruit of a development process in which a community of young coders and educators around the world have worked to create and improve a fantastic resource for students and new programmers.…
Trinity College Dublin Excels in QS World University Subject Rankings 2024
Trinity College Dublin has performed well in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
Trinity has five subjects in the top 50 globally in the latest ranking:
English (21)
Nursing (26)
Pharmacy (=26) …
Patrick James Errington Wins Pollard International Poetry Prize at Trinity College Dublin
Patrick James Errington has been announced as the winner of the 2024 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for his debut poetry collection the swailing. He was presented with the prize at an award ceremony in Trinity College…
AI Helps Uncover Hidden Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland
A ground-breaking research project will harness powerful new digital technologies to uncover women’s experiences of extreme trauma and civil war in early modern Ireland.
The €2.5 million VOICES project, being launched at an event in…
Study Finds Previous Care Experience Doesn’t Increase Nursing Students’ Compassion
A new study has found that nursing students’ compassion is not increased by previous paid care experience, which discredits the idea that they should have care experience before embarking on training.
In the new study, published in…
University of Nottingham Creates Comic Exploring Issues of Forced Marriage for School Children
A new comic book has been designed to help children aged 13 to 16 understand the risks and signs of forced marriage and how they can help prevent it and protect themselves and their loved ones, based on research from the University of…