Five trailblazing alumni will be honoured with an Alumni Achievement Award from their alma mater University College Cork (UCC).

• World’s most-consulted university ranking places UCC in top 100 internationally for four subjects
• UCC ranked first in Ireland for Nursing, Agriculture & Forestry, Anatomy & Physiology, and Law

A delegation of over 60 city, municipal, community, student, research and university leaders from across Europe gathered in Cork this week to discuss agreeing a joint declaration on a collaborative approach to tackling issues such as inclusion, societal transformation and sustainability.

The School of Microbiology has earned its first Athena SWAN award and the School of Pharmacy at UCC has successfully renewed its Athena SWAN accreditation. 

Today is Daffodil Day, Ireland’s annual national fund raising day for cancer care and UCC is highlighting staff and a patient advocate who have been playing a significant role in a unique cancer care study.

UCC Bystander Intervention has contributed to Moving Parts - a series of new short animated and motion graphic videos tackling the topic of consent and telling the stories of survivors of sexual violence and image-based abuse.

• 106-year-old Honan Chapel restored for future generations
• Iconic Harry Clarke windows among the collection restored for generations to come
• €1.2m raised to fund extensive refurbishment works
• Special public Mass today, Monday 21st March, to celebrate its unveiling

• New self-guided tour of UCC Arboretum is free to the public.
• Audio guide via app is in development.
• Free brochure developed following Science Foundation Ireland funding.

University College Cork (UCC) energy researchers at its Science Foundation Ireland MaREI Centre have put together a ten-step practical guide to how Ireland can reduce fossil fuels by 10%

This year on International Women's Day (IWD) the United Nations (UN) is highlighting “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. Advancing gender equality in the context of the climate crisis and disaster risk reduction is one of the greatest global challenges of the 21st century. Women are increasingly being recognized as more vulnerable to climate change impacts than men, as they constitute the majority of the world’s poor and are more dependent on the natural resources which climate change threatens the most.

On IWD we spoke to Dr Jean O’Dwyer, Deputy Director of iCRAG, lead of the iCRAG-GSI Environmental Geoscience PhD Programme,  Deputy Head of Environmental Science and Lecturer at the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences in UCC.