• €4.9 million awarded by Horizon Europe to scale a digital health system for maternal and child health in East Africa.

A University College Cork (UCC) researcher has been announced among the Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2025-2026.

Dr Lisa Kiely MD is a Dermatology Specialist Registrar and an Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Fellow at the INFANT Research Centre at UCC.

• Research highlights how the shift to remote, technology-mediated trials is reshaping how research staff coordinate and deliver trials.
• The study reveals concerns about how remote trials are changing how staff support and engage with patients, raising questions about impact on the overall experience, connection and care.

• The immersive exhibition draws on the treasures of the Richard Harris Archive, donated by the actor’s family to University College Cork.
• The exhibition offers a glimpse into the life of an artist who captivated audiences across generations.

A new study by researchers at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland found that 60% of pregnant women had suboptimal iodine status, highlighting a need for increased nutritional awareness to support maternal and child health.

New methods of creating climate action solutions across Cork City, the development of a framework to advance Ireland’s strategic capacity in quantum energy technologies, and the investigation of new methods to prevent and treat childhood brain cancer are amongst the University College Cork (UCC) projects to receive funding.

Professor Anita Maguire, a synthetic organic chemist at University College Cork, is the recipient of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2025 Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry.

Astronomers from across Europe descended on Cork today for the largest astronomical conference ever held in Ireland.

University College Cork (UCC) has risen twenty-seven places in one of the world’s leading education rankings, the QS World University Rankings, which are published today.

• Professor Stephen Graham will join UCC in September 2025.