🏥💙 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. 🧵

💙💛 UCD graduate, business leader and philanthropist Donal Tierney has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the University, recognising his exceptional impact on veterinary science, sustainable development, and higher education.

🤖🎗️ UCD researchers have helped develop an AI tool that could help spare some breast cancer patients from unnecessary chemotherapy. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

Today is the official release date of my first book! 🎉 I am grateful to the many people who have made this a reality and am thrilled to see it in print (and my cats are thrilled to have another empty box!). Available now from @oxunipress.bsky.social : global.oup.com/academic/pro...

🤖🧠 "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.

💙💛 Summer celebrations as UCD graduates and honourees are conferred Over 1,330 students at University College Dublin were conferred with their degrees in June. Over three ceremonies this month, undergraduates and graduates celebrated their academic achievements. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Dr Giovanni Parente, who has become the first UCD-affiliated academic to receive a Fulbright Association Schuman Fellowship, one of the world's most prestigious and competitive international fellowship awards. @giovanniparente.bsky.social

💙💛 Congratulations to Associate Professor Rory Johnson, Professor Porscha Fermanis and Professor Anthony O'Mullane, whose ambitious research projects have secured prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants. @erc.europa.eu @ucdresearch.bsky.social

🦯👓 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

Proud dad post. My beautiful daughter, Saoirse, getting her masters in chemistry from UCD.

🌳🐝 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.

👏🗳Huge congratulations to our wonderful former Head of School Professor Emeritus Lee Komito!

👨‍🎓🗳️ Congratulations to UCD Associate Professor Emeritus Lee Komito on his appointment by Uachtarán na hÉireann, President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly, as a member of Ireland's Electoral Commission, An Coimisiún Toghcháin. @ucdischool.bsky.social

👩‍🎓🧑‍🌾 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

What impeccable timing! 🌳 🐝 It's Insect Week 2026 (June 22 - 28) and the tree bumblebee has been sighted for the first time in UCD by members of associate professor and ecologist Dr Dara Stanley’s research team. Read all about it: www.ucd.ie/sustainabili... #InsectWeek2026 @ucddublin.bsky.social

🧑‍⚕️🥵 Dr Mick Molloy raises serious concerns about the U.S.'s medical and security readiness for a World Cup of unprecedented scale. What worries him most? The heat. #WorldCup @ucdmedicine.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/arthur...

🚜🎂 Happy 100th Birthday to UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science! 📘 To mark this major milestone in the school's history, a new book has been published, chronicling the remarkable influence it has had over the past 100 years on agricultural education, research and innovation.

Got a nice lil ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review for my album with Plus Minus Ensemble in the latest edition of BBC Music Magazine… seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/se-n-c... @ucddublin.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social

👨‍🎓🏟️ From Belfield to Boston: Best of luck to alum and Boston Stadium Pitch Manager, Greg Whately, ahead of tonight's FIFA World Cup clash between Scotland and Morocco.

💙💛 UCD has joined the world's top 100 universities. In the latest QS World University Rankings, University College Dublin has risen 18 places to rank 100th globally. #UCD #Top100 #QSRankings

🩺🫁 The BIOTOPE Algorithm: An AI tool developed by UCD researchers could help save the lives of children with pneumonia by identifying those most at risk of severe illness sooner and more accurately. 🧵👇 @ucdmedicine.bsky.social

👩‍🎓🪴 Best wishes to Dr Noeleen Smyth, who leaves the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science to take up her new role as Director of the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland and JFK Arboretum. 👏 @noeleensmyth.bsky.social

An epic archive find on this #Bloomsady, James Joyce's matriculation application form from 1899 🔍

🤖🌪️ While much of the current debate on AI centres on challenges posed by large language models, advances in data-driven AI are enhancing predictions of extreme weather events while operating with a substantially lower environmental and computational footprint. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

📺📗 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.

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

📗✨ 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

🔋🤖 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.

🛡️💻 SHIELD-6G: UCD is leading a major new €8 million project to help secure Europe’s future 6G networks, developing an AI-powered cyber threat intelligence platform that can detect vulnerabilities and coordinate responses to cyberattacks with minimal human intervention.

🚨 Today, we launch Report 10 from the #CSLstudy, ‘Primary School Matters: Everyday Living and Learning in Children’s School Lives’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CS... 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/19

Incredibly happy to see this report finally out! Report 10 from @cslstudyucd.bsky.social provides a longitudinal in-depth look about the impact of primary schools in children, from how they think about themselves academically, to their wellbeing, friendships and identity. #CSLStudy

👧🏫 Irish primary school children recorded lower reading and mathematics scores after the COVID-19 pandemic, with the gap between disadvantaged and more affluent students widening according to the latest Children’s School Lives report. @cslstudyucd.bsky.social

💙💛 University College Dublin is playing a leading role in six of seven major new Research Ireland centres, representing an investment of €460 million by the Government, aimed at strengthening Ireland’s position as a global research and innovation leader.

👩‍🎓📜 Warmest congratulations to UCD School of Medicine Professor Mary Higgins, who has been awarded the @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social degree of Doctor of Medicine in recognition of her distinguished published work in obstetrics, gynaecology and medical education. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social

🧑‍💻🎰 As online gambling expands rapidly, UCD Professor Colin O'Gara raises concerns about regulators' ability to manage the increasingly complex digital environment effectively, while also limiting harm and preventing the rise of unregulated markets. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social

👩‍🎓🏆 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Orla Byrne of UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business on being named the recipient of the 2026 Enterprise Ireland Academic Award.

🎓🩺 The hard work has paid off. Congratulations to the @ucdmedicine.bsky.social Class of ’26. 📜 Yesterday, we celebrated this year’s graduates as they received their degrees following years of dedicated study. Best wishes to all our graduates as they begin the next chapter in their medical careers.

💙 💛 “Trust that life will bring you to where you need to be at the right time” 💙 💛 Many congratulations to UCD double graduate Aghogho Okpara on receiving her degree in Medicine.

🏆📨 "Perhaps universities matter not because they deliver information, but because they create space for us to learn alongside each other. To think critically together. To care about the people we disagree with." @unaeuropa.bsky.social

We are deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Fergus Slattery, one of the best to ever play the game 💙 Fergus' contribution is unmatched, playing with UCD RFC, Blackrock College RFC, Leinster, Ireland, the British & Irish Lions and the Barbarians.

💙💛 The University is deeply saddened by the passing of Fergus Slattery, former student (BComm 71), UCD Rugby Football Club player, and celebrated Ireland and Lions rugby player.

💙💛 Warm congratulations to the students graduating with Degrees in Medicine today, and to their families and supporters who have shared in their achievement. #AdAstra

Happy Pride!!!🏳️‍🌈 Did you know that UCD Library has access to the Gale: Archives of Sexuality and Gender!! With material dating back to the sixteenth century, this archive contains primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. You can access this resource through OneSearch!

🚀🌌 A UCD-led experiment investigating how metals behave in microgravity, which could one day help create lighter, more effective medical implants, has successfully completed its sub-orbital mission.

👩‍🎓📃 Having just submitted her thesis in Health and Performance Science, Aoibheann Clancy has been called up for the World Cup qualifiers against the Netherlands and France, making her the only League of Ireland player to be called up. www.the42.ie/aoibheann-cl...

🌱🌴 The Evolution of Land Plants garden in the courtyard of the O’Brien Centre for Science at University College Dublin was the 1st show garden at Bloom to be successfully rebuilt following its exhibition at the annual gardening festival. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Congratulations to Prof Bill Roche, Chair of Industrial Relations and Human Resources at UCD College of Business - recently honoured for his internationally recognised research with his admission as a Member to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). www.smurfitschool.ie/news/anexper...

🐲👀 Why is it so much easier to see Wales during a heatwave? Atmospheric refraction. 👨‍🎓 Associate Professor Conor Sweeney explains: “In sunny weather, if we have nice clear air, we can see further than normal...At the surface, over the Irish Sea, the sea keeps the air relatively cool."

👩‍🔬🥤 Professor Ellen Crushell's research, published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, identified a serious and previously under-recognised risk associated with slushie drinks marketed to children, directly influencing food safety guidance and regulation across the UK, Ireland, Germany, and the EU 🧵

👨‍🎓✍️ Many congratulations to UCD Sutherland School of Law student Matthew Cahill, who has been awarded first place in the third annual Student Law Essay Competition organised by the Chief State Solicitor's Office.