• Former President of Ireland among international speakers from the worlds of international development, business, and the media to attend first Sustainable Futures Forum in UCC.
• Free-to-attend event will host discussions on climate justice, urban and rural sustainability, and the role that the media plays in climate action.
• Event to be live-streamed online on the eve of COP28.

• UCC researchers awarded a combined €700,000 funding in Health Research Board Applied Programme awards.
• The projects will address key national public health priorities.
• UCC researchers will lead projects that aim to drive a step change in practice and improve population health outcomes.

Science at the Marina Market and a food demonstration by Chef Catherine Fulvio are among the community events that University College Cork (UCC) researchers have organised for Science Week which runs from November 12-19th.

• Four UCC researchers awarded a combined €1.725 million funding in SFI-IRC Pathway programme awards.
• Funding will support the development of a model to reduce the risk associated with weather events caused by climate change.
• Project investigating a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also receives funding.

• UCC to co-lead the National Chapter for Ireland, bringing together ten higher education institutions and three research funding organisations.
• The creation of National Chapters in different jurisdictions is a key action of the European Union’s Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) and underpins their strategy for implementing and embedding Responsible Research Assessment (RRA), a key element of the Open Research agenda.
• €200,000 awarded to UCC under the National Open Research Forum (NORF) Research Fund 2023 to embed Open Research practices in Ireland.

• Mr Sean O’Driscoll announced as Chair of UCC's Governing Authority.

• The extensive archives track the work of Adi Roche and charity she set up in 1991 in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
• Artefacts chart CCI's development from a grass-roots movement to a international UN recognised NGO. 
• The charity has saved the lives of generations of children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

• International team of researchers discover evidence of heavy elements created in violent cosmic explosion.
• Major astronomical explosion observed with James Webb Space Telescope provides first evidence supporting long-held theory.
• UCC astronomer’s discovery led to James Webb Space Telescope observations, announced globally Wednesday.

• Deepfakes are artificially manipulated audio-visual material.
• This new study examined tweets about deepfakes during the Russo-Ukrainian war, UCC researchers demonstrated that deepfakes undermine peoples trust generally in news media.
• This study is the first empirical analysis of the use of deepfakes in wartime misinformation and propaganda.

• Bobby Gardiner presented with Honorary Masters Degree in Music.