A new initiative led by researchers from UCD and AICRI sees street artist Aches create a large-scale artwork live at All Together Now festival this weekend! Supported by Research Ireland, 'Behind Walls' explores how art can connect people with complex topics like cancer. www.behindwalls.ie

🦾🤖 Quantum computing can address very complicated problems for hospitals, banks, and manufacturers. UCD Assistant Professor Simon Caton explains: "Typically, they will come to us with a problem that they cannot solve." www.rte.ie/news/ireland... @ucdscience.bsky.social

Ireland plans to be key quantum computing player by 2030

The Government has published a new plan to make Ireland a key player in quantum computing by 2030.

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🏦♻️ @novaucd.bsky.social and PTSB have announced a new accelerator programme to support the next generation of Irish climate technology and renewable energy start-ups to scale their businesses and bring sustainable solutions to global markets.

👩‍🎓🎓 UCD Assistant Professor Mary Kennedy has been appointed to the Social Workers Registration Board by Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD. Dr Kennedy is Programme Director of the Professional Master of Social Work at the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.

UCD Clinical Research Centre (CRC) has enabled over 25,000 patients to access new therapies and enhanced medical care in Ireland. Laura Helbert, Research Nurse at the Mater CRC, explains how patients become involved in Clinical Trials, and the support they receive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcVl...

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UCD is part of a groundbreaking new pan-European coalition that is set to transform cancer research by using AI approaches to predict how cancer cells behave, survive, and resist treatment. Read more about the PRECISE initiative ⬇️ #AI #Cancer www.ucd.ie/research/new...

The UCD Clinical Research Centre (CRC) has enabled over 25,000 patients to access new therapies and enhanced medical care. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the CRC produced a special book ‘20 Voices’. Linda Sheehan is a clinical trial participant, listen to her story👇 youtu.be/C6hruY2gkII?...

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🏥 UCD's Prof Conor Shields argues in The Irish Times that Ireland's new national health record must be treated as critical infrastructure, and that the real question is who controls patient data once it's digitised. Read the piece here: www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

We need to know who will control our health data when records are digitised

A digital health record is not a filing cabinet, but a clinical instrument in its own right

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Dr Mary Doherty, Clinical Prof at @ucdmedicine.bsky.social will receive the BCA Medal of Honour for Services to Healthcare (BCAh) for championing the integration of neurodivergent professionals into the health service and improving healthcare for autistic people. LISTEN: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Irish consultant anaesthetist to receive award for improving healthcare for autistic people

Dr Mary Doherty, Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Medicine at University College Dublin, discusses her British Citizen Award for Services to Healthcare.

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Prof Niamh Nowlan has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant for research with the potential to enable new treatments for a broad range of paediatric growth disorders. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🏥💙 Twenty years and over 25,000 patients' lives transformed: The UCD Clinical Research Centre is celebrating two decades of bringing pioneering treatments from the lab to the patietn's bedside, giving thousands of people access to clinical trials that have changed and saved lives. 🧵

🤖🧠 "Are We Creating Alien Beings?" | Nobel laureate and Artificial Intelligence pioneer Professor Geoffrey Hinton argues that rapid advances in AI must be more carefully guided to ensure that systems remain safe and beneficial to society.

👩‍🎓🧑‍🌾 At Government Buildings, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin was joined by UCD President Professor Orla Feely and UCC Professor Sarah Culloty to mark 100 years since the University Education (Agriculture and Dairy Science) Act 1926. @orlafeely.bsky.social

🌳🐝 A new arrival has been spotted buzzing around campus - the tree bumblebee has been sighted in Belfield for the first time by researchers from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.

🦯👓 Congratulations to UCD students Scott Nagle and Suyun Zheng, whose venture AuraLink has been named the winner of the 2026 NovaUCD Student Enterprise Competition. @novaucd.bsky.social

“I am intrigued by how environmental factors can induce structural neurological change in the body and promotes neuroplasticity. Particularly, I am fascinated by how this knowledge can be extrapolated to teaching complex tasks in an educational setting,” Shannon Rosbotham says.

UCD PhD student explores link tying maths and spatial skills in children

Shannon Rosbotham is a PhD candidate studying the intersection of developmental cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

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🏳️‍🌈Comhdháil Aiteach 2026: a new milestone for Irish-speaking queer Communities Researchers, artists & activists came together at UCD to share the wealth of work being carried out through Irish - in the arts, literature, folklore & community work - in relation to queerness. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Comhdháil Aiteach 2026: a new milestone for Irish-speaking queer Communities

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The ERC @erc.europa.eu has announced 3 groundbreaking new UCD projects as recipients of Advanced Grants today. #ERCAdG Congratulations to Assoc Prof Rory Johnson, Prof Porscha Fermanis & Prof Anthony O’Mullane! www.ucd.ie/research/new...

ERC Advanced Grants for three ground-breaking UCD research projects

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#ResearchIreland has launched a nationwide project to gain understanding of how people in Ireland experience and engage with research in their everyday lives. The Research in Ireland Barometer 2026 focuses on lived experiences and priorities. Take 15 minutes out to share your perspective!👇

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“We want to hear from as many different voices as possible, especially people whose perspectives aren’t always heard in these kinds of conversations.” - Dr @abigailruthfreeman.bsky.social discusses the Research in Ireland Barometer in @irishtimes.com today: www.irishtimes.com/sponsored/20...

Researchers have launched the 'Household Food and Health Study', the largest household-level study of its kind ever carried out on the island of Ireland. The initiative is being conducted as part of the Co-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and is seeking participants. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Largest Ever Household Food Study in Ireland launched

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🔋🤖 Although an expanding energy footprint has prompted concerns about its sustainability, UCD Professor Andreas Hoepner believes AI's ability to accelerate innovation in battery technology could make a significant contribution to meeting global climate targets.

AI holds the key to faster battery tech development

Opportunity to transform materials discovery could outweigh risks of high energy consumption

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📗✨ Happy Bloomsday! Today we celebrate the enduring legacy of James Joyce (BA 1902), UCD's most celebrated graduate, and his groundbreaking work, Ulysses. #bloomsday #jamesjoyce @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

Happy Bloomsday from UCD Library! On Saturday, UCD alumni returned to campus to celebrate Bloomsday with music, film, literature, and heritage. Guests were treated to a display of Joycean delights (1/2) #Bloomsday2026 #JamesJoyceUlysses

📺📗 In a special #Bloomsday episode of What Were We Like?, UCD Prof Diarmaid Ferriter and Catriona Crowe explore the remarkable life of James Joyce and how false allegations made against Nora Barnacle sent the writer into a jealous rage and influenced one of the most significant chapters of Ulysses.

James Joyce: Jealousy, lies and Ulysses | What Were We Like | History Podcast

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UCD is a partner on a new Horizon Europe project that will deliver a comprehensive assessment of how the 4-day week can improve wellbeing across Ireland and Europe. Dr Orla Kelly will lead research exploring affects on workers' health and environmental behaviour. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

New Horizon Europe project will examine how shorter working weeks can improve wellbeing

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#jobalert Join our team at UCD Research and Innovation! Applications are invited for a temporary post of a PA to the Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact. See further details here: universityvacancies.com/university-c...

Research led by UCD and Children’s Health Ireland identified a serious and previously under-recognised risk associated with slush ice drinks marketed to children. The study demonstrated that glycerol can cause acute and severe illness in young children.👇 youtu.be/9G4Kxe3BtHo?...

Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children following consumption of slush ice drinks

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🏛️👨‍🎓 UCD at the Oireachtas: "Another hole in the tax base" | Could a proposed tax-free Savings and Investment Account scheme risk deepening inequity? @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

🔬🔭Eight UCD projects that will "push the boundaries of knowledge and deliver meaningful innovation" have been awarded Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future funding. Congratulations to the successful researchers across Medicine, Physics, Chemistry! Read more👇 www.ucd.ie/research/new...

€20M investment for ambitious, curiousity-driven research through the Frontiers for the Future programme

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👩‍🎓🏛️ UCD at the Oireachtas: Ireland faces increasing security and defence risks as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in critical systems, an Oireachtas committee has heard.