In July 2024, University College Cork joined the Women on Walls campaign. This is a campaign that seeks to make women leaders visible through a series of commissioned portraits that will create a lasting cultural legacy for Ireland. Accenture’s Women on Walls at UCC is the fourth chapter of this journey.

The Ireland Funds Annual Conference is an important gathering that celebrates the power of philanthropy in transforming communities across Ireland.

Three University College Cork (UCC) academics were recently elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the highest academic honour in Ireland. 28 newly elected members were officially admitted to the Academy at the Admittance Day for their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities, and social science, as well as to public service. The UCC senior academics newly elected to ‘Science’ in the RIA are Professor Maria McNamara, Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll and UCC President Professor John O’Halloran.

UCC welcomed the Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland to campus on 29 April 2024 to celebrate Brazil Day. A series of enlightening immersive sessions were hosted throughout the day to highlight the academic and cultural blend that unites Ireland and Brazil.

University College Cork (UCC) has become the first higher education institute in the world to secure a fifth Green Flag, which was raised today on the university campus.

University College Cork is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Chris Williams, a most respected and distinguished Professor of History and Head the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC.

At a recent event on campus, members of the Cavanagh family officially opened University College Cork’s new riverside walkway, the Cavanagh Way. The walkway is named in memory of the late Tom and Marie Cavanagh in recognition of their extraordinary, sustained and enabling philanthropy, which over many years has had a transformative effect on UCC.

On 20 March Quercus Sports Scholar, UCC Rower and Olympic gold-medal winner Paul O'Donovan was recognised as UCC's Graduate of the Year 2023. In May 2023 Paul achieved a first class honours degree in medicine. 

UCC was delighted to welcome Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe, to campus on Tuesday, 20 February.

UCC’s support of the Next Generation Leaders Initiative was recently recognised at a presentation hosted on campus on Tuesday, 20 February.