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Photo (L-R): Professor Suzanne Timmons, Professor Gillian Murphy, Professor Eugene Costello, Professor John Cryan (UCC Vice-President for Research & Innovation), Professor Paul O'Toole and Professor Maggie O'Neill. Image credit: Gerard McCarthy.
28 May 2026

UCC awards celebrate excellence in research and innovation

A researcher working on protecting democracy through her work on false memories, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories, a spin-out company developing next‑generation therapeutics using a microneedle patch platform and Ireland’s leading energy systems modelling team bridging research and policy were among the awardees honoured for their contributions to research and innovation at the 2025 University College Cork (UCC) Research and Innovation Awards, held at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery on Wednesday, May 27th.
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Photo (L-R): Saba Loftus, UCC Advancement Office and Cork University Foundation; Kevin Dalton, UCC Innovation; Eamon Curtin, IGNITE; Declan Fox, AxisBIC; Sarah Phelan, AxisBIC; Katie Flynn, Local Enterprise Office South Cork; Honor Moore, Cork University Foundation; and CraveShift founders Tiziana Racca and Aritra Sinha, winners of the UCC Student Entrepreneur Competition 2026 Postgraduate Category.
25 May 2026

Winners of UCC’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year Competition 2026 announced

Two food science PhD students with a concept to help people resist food cravings and a team of engineers and scientists developing next generation space propulsion systems were named UCC’s Student Entrepreneurs of the Year at an event held at University College Cork on Thursday, 21 May 2026.
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Photo (L-R): Saba Loftus, UCC Advancement Office and Cork University Foundation; Kevin Dalton, UCC Innovation; Eamon Curtin, IGNITE; Declan Fox, AxisBIC; Sarah Phelan, AxisBIC; Katie Flynn, Local Enterprise Office South Cork; Honor Moore, Cork University Foundation; and CraveShift founders Tiziana Racca and Aritra Sinha, winners of the UCC Student Entrepreneur Competition 2026 Postgraduate Category.
25 May 2026

Winners of UCC’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year Competition 2026 announced

Two food science PhD students with a concept to help people resist food cravings and a team of engineers and scientists developing next generation space propulsion systems were named UCC’s Student Entrepreneurs of the Year at an event held at University College Cork on Thursday, 21 May 2026.
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Photo (L-R): Professor Des MacHale, Professor Rosemary O'Connor and Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir.
22 May 2026

UCC scholarship recognised as four academics elected to Royal Irish Academy

Four senior academics from University College Cork (UCC) have been elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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