The IGNITE programme at UCC, which nurtures startups from ideas to commercial reality, is celebrating ten years of success this month. The IGNITE programme has supported more than 120 start-ups led by recent graduates since its inception in 2011. Over that time the companies have created 250 jobs and raised more than €16 million in funding. 

University College Cork (UCC) has unveiled a plaque acknowledging funding from one of Ireland’s leading cancer research charities, Breakthrough Cancer Research, to create a prestigious research position in memory of Professor Gerald O’Sullivan. The Professor Gerald O’Sullivan Chair in Cancer Research is named after the highly acclaimed surgeon, and founder of translational cancer research in the region.

A tireless patient advocate has today been awarded an honorary doctorate at University College Cork (UCC).

Dr Margaret Murphy’s 21-year-old son Kevin, died in 1999, suffering from hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood), a condition that is treatable in the early stages. When compiling the file in the hospital, a Post-It note containing vital calcium results was stuck to the back of a letter and was not seen until six weeks after Kevin’s death.

A University College Cork (UCC) academic has been awarded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in recognition of his international engagement and leadership in the the area of trustworthy artificial intelligence, and especially his work with the European Commission and other international organisations in developing Europe’s approach to human-centric AI.

Barry O’Sullivan, Professor at the UCC School of Computer Science & IT was one of eight winners at the SFI Awards, announced today the the annual Science Summit which was held virtually.

Chair Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Nabeel A. Riza of University College Cork (UCC), has been inducted as a 2021 International Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering, the UK’s National Academy of Engineering.

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) are part of a European consortium seeking to explore the largely unknown potential of the world’s oceans to protect people, animals and crops from disease.

Cork has another addition to its growing collection of street art, as University College Cork (UCC) unveils a mural on its campus as the global climate change summit, COP26, gets underway. 

The IGNITE programme at UCC held its Awards and Showcase this week. Among the start-ups showcased were Teleatherapy, a MedTech company that provides voice therapy to individuals with Parkinson’s disease and social enterprise firm, Da Silly Heads. 

University College Cork (UCC), as the only Irish university with official observer status at the United Nations COP26 conference, is sending a delegation of researchers and students to the upcoming global summit in Glasgow. 

University College Cork (UCC) welcomes the publication of the HEA Race Equality Report by Dr Marta Kempny and Dr Lucy Michael.