The ‘All Right, All Night’ Bystander Intervention campaign aims to drive awareness of new training supports to educate and support young people to stand up, speak out and stay safe when socialising in the evening and at night.

• Professor Colm O’Dwyer of UCC appointed President of the Electrochemical Society (ECS).
• ECS has over 8,000 members across more than 85 countries.
• 16 Nobel prize winners among current and past members.

• One-year bursary of €20k to provide an opportunity for a professional Theatre Artist who is also an international migrant, refugee or asylum seeker. 
• The residency aims to provide a supportive environment where the artist can freely explore their practice.
• 2025 Call for a Theatre Artist-in-Residence is supported by UCC’s University of Sanctuary programme.

• New series is inspired by award-winning Atlas of the Irish Coast published by Cork University Press.
• Narrated by Ciarán Hinds, the documentary will explore Ireland’s constantly changing coast.
• The series will show advances in marine and coastal science to understand and protect Ireland’s coastal and marine spaces.

• New entry in the Atlas Series is first book to list fatalities of the Irish Civil War
• Previous award-winning entries in the Series spawned RTÉ documentaries
• Demand has seen new Atlas sell out first print run with book trade before publication date

• University College Cork’s support to Dance Cork Firkin Crane’s Inclusive Dance Cork celebrated for promoting inclusivity and accessibility in the arts.
• The Community Foundation of Ireland Creative Access Award recognised the partnership’s work to enrich the lives of diverse communities.
• Inclusive Dance Cork is the only university accredited introduction to inclusive dance in the Republic of Ireland.

Writing in a personal capacity in today’s Irish Examiner, the Chair of UCC’s Governing Authority, Sean O’Driscoll, argues that Ireland’s higher education sector urgently needs a multi-annual model of funding.

A leading researcher in biomedical science, based at University College Cork’s flagship Tyndall National Institute, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant award, to support his groundbreaking research that aims to eliminate skin colour bias in healthcare.

UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and School of Public Health have successfully renewed their Bronze Athena SWAN awards, recognising both Schools commitment to advancing gender equality and representation through good employment practices and promoting equality in higher education.

• UCC researchers, artist Spicebag and community partners unveil art project to mark International Overdose Prevention Day.
• Ireland has the highest rates of drug deaths in the EU.
• The impact of drug-related bereavement is a significant and often overlooked public health issue.