UCC is pleased to announce that its new riverside walkway has been named The Cavanagh Way.

At a recent event on campus, members of the Cavanagh family officially opened The Cavanagh Way in memory of the late Tom and Marie Cavanagh. The naming recognises the Cavanagh’s generous philanthropy to the university, which has had a transformative effect on the campus, staff and students.

The Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD, today launched a new €11.6 million research programme focused on Cerebral Palsy at University College Cork (UCC).

• UCC study assessed the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland.
• The care co-operative model provides an alternative option to supporting older people to age well at home.
• In Ireland, most older people prefer to remain in their own homes, or, at least, in their own communities rather than in institutional settings, as they age.
• Study recommends the development of state-supported pilot actions to trial the development of care co-operatives.

• UCC Journal recognised for its original and impactful contribution to film and screen media by the Irish Open Access Publishers.

Leading Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald LLP and University College Cork (UCC) today announce the introduction of a new sustainability focused curriculum for students at UCC’s School of Law.

• Four UCC researchers receiving a combined €890,000 funding in the Marie Skłodowska -Curie Actions (MCSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship awards 2023.
• Dr Lorena Morales García to investigate the changes in brain development due to altered early life microbiota in newborns who have undergone a C-section birth.

• Two Choctaw-Ireland scholars Skylee Glass and Aurianna Jewell Joines graduate from UCC.
• The scholarships foster and deepen the ties between Ireland and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
• The scholarships recognise the act of generosity and humanitarianism shown by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma towards the people of Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid-Nineteenth century.

• Drug commonly used to treat HER2-positive breast cancer sees tumour shrinkage in several other cancer types.
• Cancer treatment combination may have more uses than previously thought.

• Review finds no increase in suicide rate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• A range of factors during the pandemic served as protective effects to the risk of suicide.
• Study also highlights the need for high-quality and timely data on suicide deaths worldwide.

• Archives of the SoundEye Festival and Meshworks donated to the UCC.
• The Archives feature an extensive collection of materials related to contemporary poetry.
• The acquisition marks an important step the development of contemporary cultural collections at the university.