Leadership and Strategy
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UCC News and Views
01 Jul 2025
60% of Pregnant Women in Irish Study Show Signs of Iodine Deficiency, UCC Research Finds
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.
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25 Jun 2025
€3.8m funding awarded to six UCC early career researchers in Research Ireland Pathway Programme awards
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.
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25 Jun 2025
International recognition awarded to leading UCC organic chemist
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.
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23 Jun 2025
Largest Astronomical conference ever held in Ireland gets underway
Astronomers from across Europe descended on Cork today for the largest astronomical conference ever held in Ireland.
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