Ellie O'Connell, has been awarded a commendation for the RIBA Dissertation Prize for her dissertation titled, "Confining the Other: Gender and Architecture at the Limerick Magdalene Laundry".

Dr Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, School of Physics, UCC and researcher at Tyndall National Institute, has been elected as a Fellow of Optica, one of the most prestigious honours in the global optics and photonics community.

The inaugural Professorial Lecture by School of Chemistry Professor Melissa Hanna-Brown took place on 26 November, and was hosted by the College of Science, Engineering, and Food Science.

Sixteen outstanding UCC students have been announced as winners of the Johnson & Johnson Winning in STEM2D University Programme for the 2025/26 academic year.

Caoimhe McGrath was presented with the UCC Thermo Fisher Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry for 2025 at the School of Chemistry University College Cork Undergraduate Awards ceremony recently.

On 19 November, the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS), University College Cork hosted a special ceremony to celebrate the achievements of 41 exceptional students and researchers. The event highlighted academic excellence, innovation, and industry collaboration within the College. 

The installation of the first living seawall in Ireland, and the use of energy-efficient digital tools for community-led cultural preservation are among the University College Cork (UCC) projects to receive a combined €1.1 million funding under Research Ireland’s COALESCE 2025 programme.

Three researchers from the School of Mathematical Sciences, UCC have once again been named among the top 2% of most-cited academics in their fields worldwide in the 2025 Elsevier/Stanford University World Rankings of Researchers.