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📝✨ Highly Cited! Congratulations to UCD’s Professor @Eliana B. Souto and Dr Madhusanka Liyanage on being named among the world’s most influential in their areas of research.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
💙💛 So proud: Massive congratulations to UCD Medical Society, who have raised an amazing €43,927 for LauraLynn – Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, through its Med Week fundraisers.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🐎🏆 One to Watch: Huge congratulations to equine tech start-up TrojanTrack, which has won the One to Watch Award following an investor showcase event marking the conclusion of UCD’s 2025 AI Ecosystem Accelerator programme.

👏 @novaucd.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📡🌎 Quantum computing startup Equal1, an Irish spin-out of University College Dublin, has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) to install a cutting-edge Hybrid Quantum Computing (HQC) System to further understand the planet as part of its Earth Observation programmes.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🦢🐣 Nice day…for a swim 😫☔️

📸 by Tom Evans
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
💙💛 Warmest congratulations to UCD alumni Dr Maurice Manning and Aibhlin McCrann on being awarded Honorary Doctorates by the National University of Ireland

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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
👨‍🎓🏛️ Warmest congratulations to UCD College of Arts & Humanities graduate Ferdia Lennon, who has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
💙💛 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Mary Horgan on being named Public Sector Leader of the Year at the Business Post Leadership Awards 2025.

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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Autumn days at UCD, the perfect weather for the swans to have a picnic every day. 🌱🌱🌱🌱🦢🌱🌱🌱🌱
#UniversityCollegeDublin #Autumn #2025
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
💙💛 We are hosting our Undergraduate Open Day tomorrow, Saturday, 8th November 2025, from 10 am-4 pm.

Discover everything you need to know about your chosen courses, explore our vibrant campus, and meet the UCD community.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
💙💛 University College Dublin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🛜🔋 University College Dublin researchers are playing a key role in a major new European Research Council (ERC) funded project that aims to dramatically reduce the energy consumption of future wireless communication networks.

@ucdengarch.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🏛️🏚️ Speaking on vacant and derelict buildings, Orla Murphy and Dr Philip Crowe, from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, and Co-Directors of the UCD Centre for Irish Towns, said that the reuse of such properties could address Ireland’s dual housing and climate crises.
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🤖👩‍⚕️ Most people are cautiously open to using robots in home care, according to a new international study. Caregiving robots are expected to play an important role in the future of care services as many countries experience declining birth rates and ageing populations.

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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Squirrel on the move: gathering nuts, leaves falling, getting cosy 🍂🐿️
#ucd #UCDLife #UniversityCollegeDublin #autumn #ireland
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
UCD at the Oireachtas: Representatives of the Oireachtas have heard that Ireland risks overshooting its carbon budgets unless immediate measures are taken to reduce emissions in the construction sector.
November 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
👩‍🎓✨ Congratulations to UCD Professor Susi Geiger, who has been named the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar by the Irish Academy of Management, the first time this prestigious honour has been awarded to an Irish-based academic.

👏 @susigeiger.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman, the first Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, the antecedent institution of University College Dublin, a Doctor of the Church.
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💙💛 The University is deeply saddened by the passing of Focus Ireland founder and UCD social science graduate, Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Professor AidanO’Sullivan, Head of School of Archaeology at UCD, brings history to life, carving this year’s Irish Halloween Jack O’Lantern from a turnip.

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October 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
UCD spin-out LirOptic comes top for Audience Choice at the Luminate NY Accelerator 🎉

NovaUCD spin-out company LirOptic has won the Audience Choice Award at the final of the 2025 Luminate NY accelerator programme in New York, taking home a $10,000 (€8.6k) prize.
October 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
UCD is leading a €1.5m all-island project to restore native oyster reefs and strengthen coastal resilience. The BRICONS project will test how Nature-Based Solutions can protect marine biodiversity and support climate adaptation. 🌊🦪 #UCDResearch

🔗 Read the full story: www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Quantum computing project by UCD spin-out secures €13.7m funding

A quantum computing project led by Equal1, a spin-out company of NovaUCD, has secured €13.7 million in funding from the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF).
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A gene therapy research project led by Professor Niall Barron from the UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering has received €2 million in funding.

The investment came from Research Ireland and APC Ltd, an Irish biopharmaceutical process development and manufacturing company.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM