University College Cork (UCC) has presented its inaugural Agricultural Science Postgraduate Award to PhD researcher Samson Mwangi Ithagu, marking a significant milestone in the development of Agricultural Science at the university. 

A new study lead by UCC palaeontologists discovered that frogs have conserved their ecology in the last 45 million years. 

University College Cork (UCC) researchers have called for routine screening for iron deficiency in pregnant women, following new research that shows that iron deficiency in early pregnancy, even without anaemia, may be associated with lower language and motor development scores in children at two years of age.

UCC's annual ‘Agricultural Science Post Graduation Celebration and Awards Ceremony’ took place on 12 December in the glorious surroundings of the UCC’s North Wing Council room.

Ellie O'Connell, has been awarded a commendation for the RIBA Dissertation Prize for her dissertation titled, "Confining the Other: Gender and Architecture at the Limerick Magdalene Laundry".

Dr Sanathana Konugolu Venkata Sekar, School of Physics, UCC and researcher at Tyndall National Institute, has been elected as a Fellow of Optica, one of the most prestigious honours in the global optics and photonics community.

The inaugural Professorial Lecture by School of Chemistry Professor Melissa Hanna-Brown took place on 26 November, and was hosted by the College of Science, Engineering, and Food Science.

Sixteen outstanding UCC students have been announced as winners of the Johnson & Johnson Winning in STEM2D University Programme for the 2025/26 academic year.

Caoimhe McGrath was presented with the UCC Thermo Fisher Scientific Prize in Organic Chemistry for 2025 at the School of Chemistry University College Cork Undergraduate Awards ceremony recently.