Creating industry-ready simulation tools for the semiconductor industry and advancing the understanding of how ageing increases an individual’s risk of Parkinson’s disease are amongst the five University College Cork (UCC) projects to receive a collective €4.1m funding under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme.

Twelve researchers from the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences have secured significant backing across seven pioneering projects under a new €37.5 million national research investment. 

The School of Chemistry, University College Cork (UCC) has achieved their first Silver Athena Swan Award. 

In 2026, three academics from the School of Engineering and Architecture, University College Cork (UCC) are being honoured with prestigious “Qualcomm Faculty recognition awards”. 

Student innovation was celebrated on 15 April, as AxisBIC presented its annual Entrepreneurship Award at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Cork.

Peatlands are increasingly central to climate action in Ireland, yet some of the most basic questions about how they function, recover, and respond to change remain unresolved. 

Scientists at University College Cork (UCC) have achieved a significant breakthrough in sustainable plastic recycling by engineering baker’s yeast to break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), one of the world’s most widely used plastics.  

Students from the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science were presented with Quercus Scholar Medals for 2024-25 at a special ceremony in the Aula Maxima on 22 April.

UCC's latest Lilly PhD Scholars have officially embarked on their research journey with an inspiring visit to the Eli Lilly and Company Kinsale site.

Ground‑breaking new study, involving Ben O'Donoghue from the McGlacken Group, School of Chemistry, University College Cork (UCC) reveals how ‘earth‑abundant’ metals like manganese work to speed up chemical transformations, which could aid the sustainability of drug manufacture.