President Guo Jianhua of Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), along with his staff, were recently welcomed to UCC.

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.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) annual Heritage Week Touch Tank event at Lough Hyne Marine Reserve in West Cork on 24th August, saw over 250 attendees exploring a variety of common marine life found in Lough Hyne and along the coastline.

Artificial Intelligence can be used to make drug production more efficient, economical, and sustainable, according to the international research team behind a groundbreaking new collaboration.

UCC researchers will lead a €4 million European-wide project aimed at sourcing new mineral deposits to assist the European Union’s (EU) climate objectives and targets in the mining of materials within the EU and will partner in three other cutting-edge projects to receive funding under the HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks programme.

A new study that has discovered the presence of microplastics in the North Atlantic's deep waters and cold-water corals highlights the pollution of the ocean's most remote and ecologically vital regions, researchers have warned.

The 2024 BOC Postgraduate Bursary was awarded to Arindam Samanta, PhD student at Tyndall National Institute. BOC Gases is the largest supplier of industrial gases, speciality gases and gas equipment in Ireland, and the BOC Postgraduate Bursary is presented annually to outstanding Tyndall students.

Ira Magaziner recently visited campus as a guest of the UCC President’s Task Force on Precision Fermentation. Ira Magaziner is an esteemed strategy consultant and former Senior Advisor for Policy Development to President Bill Clinton, with a longstanding connection to Ireland.

Three UCC-led projects have received a combined €2.4m from the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) ‘Thematic Research Call’ to deliver solutions to address significant challenges in the agri-food sector.

Investigating the link between the microbiome and the development of stress-social circuits, the development of novel self-powered eco-friendly supercapacitors, and new approaches to the development of potential anti-viral drugs are amongst the University College Cork projects to receive a combined €2.9 million funding under the SFI-IRC Pathway Programme awards announced by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Patrick O’Donovan TD.