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John Creedon, broadcaster and author, awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts during UCC's autumn conferring ceremonies. Photo: Provision.
04 Nov 2025

John Creedon awarded honorary doctorate by University College Cork

Broadcaster and author John Creedon awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts. Ceremony honoured Creedon’s outstanding contributions to Irish culture through his broadcasting, writing, and celebration of place and people.
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Artist Tom Climent, Professor Maria McNamara, Professor of Palaeontology at University College Cork, artist Angela Gilmour and Professor Fiona Kearney, Director of the Glucksman Gallery at the Glucksman Gallery in UCC, which is set to host The Domain of the Dinosaurs. A new exhibition which will run from Sunday November 16 until April 12 2026, The Domain of the Dinosaurs will feature over 250 real fossil specimens from land, sea and air, new artworks by Irish artists inspired by the collection, and eight-metre-long skeletons of the only dinosaurs known to have existed on the island of Ireland. Photograph: Clare Keogh
29 Oct 2025

New UCC exhibition showcases life-sized Irish dinosaurs

Over 250 original fossils on display in new UCC exhibition – including bones from the only known dinosaurs from Ireland.  The Domain of the Dinosaurs will also feature nine life-sized skeleton casts, including the Irish dinosaurs Megalosaurus and Scelidosaurus plus the dinosaur Iguanodon, marine reptiles and pterosaurs, the flying cousins of dinosaurs.  Fossils to be displayed alongside newly commissioned Irish art, with special curated events planned. 
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Programme Director at Ignite at University College Cork Eamon Curtin with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland Mr James Lawless TD.
17 Oct 2025

UCC business incubation programme awarded €1M by Higher Education Authority

IGNITE, the award-winning business incubation programme run by University College Cork (UCC) is among five Irish higher education institution initiatives to have been allocated a performance funding award of €1M, in recognition of the programme’s exemplary performance in working towards the achievement of national strategy and policy priorities.
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are (l-r) Tara Woulfe, Parent Advocate, Pregnancy Loss Research Group at the UCC INFANT Research Centre, Dr Avril Hutch, Director of EDI at UCC, Prof. John O’Halloran, UCC President, Dr Marita Hennessy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Pregnancy Loss Research Group and Prof. Keelin O’Donoghue, Consultant Obstetrician/Senior Lecturer at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) and UCC.
10 Oct 2025

UCC launches Irelands first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for University staff

The first Pregnancy Loss Support Policy for staff in an Irish university was launched today by University College Cork (UCC), marking a significant step forward in workplace wellbeing and inclusion.
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