Goal 1.5 of UCC’s strategic plan 2023 – 2028 is to ‘Create an innovation culture and entrepreneurial campus, underpinned by an ethos of creativity and discovery’. Central to this, is research informed teaching to develop future entrepreneurs from UCC’s diverse student population.
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Researching innovation to empower an entrepreneurial ecosystem
12 Mar 2026
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New study reveals early healthy eating shapes lifelong brain health
24 Feb 2026
Eating unhealthy foods early in life leave lasting brain and feeding changes but gut bacteria can help restore healthy eating, a new University College Cork (UCC) research study finds.
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New research aims to transform breastfeed preparation and improve outcomes from birth
12 Feb 2026
A new research project aims to strengthen how parents prepare for breastfeeding, addressing a critical gap in antenatal care.
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Gut Microbes Play a Role in Early Brain Development
20 Jan 2026
A new international research study has uncovered a previously unknown role that our gut plays in regulating early brain development.
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World-first tool reduces harmful engagement with AI-generated explicit images
16 Jan 2026
A new evidence-based online educational tool aims to curb the watching, sharing, and creation of AI-generated explicit imagery.
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New study reveals that AI cannot fully write like a human
19 Dec 2025
A world-first study shows that AI-generated writing continues to display distinct stylistic patterns that sets it apart from human prose.
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New fossil study illuminates on the evolutionary success of frogs
18 Dec 2025
A new study lead by UCC palaeontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years.
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Major EU project to investigate the rise of commercial cattle farming
09 Dec 2025
A major project has received significant European Union (EU) funding to investigate how commercial cattle farming first emerged in Europe, setting in motion economic, social and environmental shifts that shaped the continent from the medieval period to the modern era.
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UCC launches the Sustainability Institute
01 Dec 2025
University College Cork (UCC) marks a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to a sustainable future with the official launch of the Sustainability Institute.
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Cobh Harbour to Host Ireland’s First Living Sea Wall
28 Oct 2025
University College Cork (UCC), through the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences and the UCC Sustainability Institute, has announced the installation of the Living Seawalls in Cork by Marine Ecologist Dr Louise Firth, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability.
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