Fundamental insights into the evolution of life on earth, reconstructing the fascinating news environment of an entire lost world, taking inspiration from nature to develop the next generation of batteries and examining the vellum of medieval Irish manuscripts, are the four UCC research areas that were awarded funding under the prestigious Irish Research Council’s 2019 Advanced Laureate Awards Programme today.

UCC honoured its leading young sports stars at our annual Sports Star Awards last night, in what has been an incredible year for sport for the university.

The European Commission has launched its next steps for building trust in artificial intelligence by taking forward the work of its High-Level Expert Group in AI.

The Irish economy benefitted by €8.9 billion last year from Ireland’s seven universities newly published research has confirmed. 

University College Cork (UCC) has been ranked as one of the leading universities in the world for sustainable social and economic impact, in the inaugural 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact rankings.

Irish small businesses are content to keep their business to their current scale, with only 1 in 4 looking to grow into a national or international business, a University College Cork (UCC) study, finds.

“We need to become a leader on climate change because we were a leader in the world and still are perceived to be on hunger. Now you cannot be a leader on tackling hunger if you are a laggard on climate change, the two don't fit.” stated Mary Robinson on the first episode of UCC’s new podcast – ‘Plain Speaking’.

Experts from more than 30 countries gathered at University College Cork this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating sustainable universities.

An Irish Studies Centre has been established in China through an agreement between University College Cork (UCC) and Shanghai University (SHU). 

Cork’s third level education research institutions have come together to call for safer conditions for their staff and students who commute by bicycle. The institutions join several local businesses already signed up to the CyclingWorks Cork initiative.