💙💛 UCD President Professor Orla Feely: "Ireland's creative industries are core to who we are as a nation." Congratulations to the inaugural graduating class of UCD’s Creative and Cultural Industries BA, who we celebrated at the programme’s first Student Capstone Showcase on the Belfield campus.

Happy International Nurses Day! As a profession, I hope we continue to strive for healthcare that is more equitable, compassionate, and rooted in justice. Thinking especially of comrades providing care in Gaza & other humanitarian settings. Solidarity with nurses everywhere this #IND2026

Tag someone you'd share a sunny bench and a coffee with this week ☕🌷 Spring at UCD is everything #CampusLife #UniversityCollegeDublin #Ireland

🪪♻️ Borrow instead of buy with the UCD Library of Things, a first of its kind in Irish universities. Free for all UCD students and staff, the Library of Things supports a community of sharing, sustainability and reduced waste. www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...

👨‍🎓📜 Warmest congratulations to recent UCD graduate, Dr Dominik Duleba, who received a highly commended award in the 2026 Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize for his PhD thesis, From fundamentals to applications: harnessing digital chemistry for nanopore sensor development. @ria.ie

POV: a regular day at University College Dublin somehow turns into a cinematic reel 🎥☘️ #UCD #CampusLife #Dublin #StudentLife

🇳🇿🛢️ Nearly 60% of New Zealand's petroleum reserves are held offshore in other countries. As global tensions disrupt oil markets and put pressure on key shipping routes, that model is being tested. @theconversation.com

I-Form names Professor Konstantinos Salonitis as new Director Professor Konstantinos Salonitis is the new Director of I-Form, the Research Ireland Centre for Advanced Manufacturing hosted by University College Dublin. @researchireland.ie

💙💛 The University community is deeply saddened by the passing of author Gordon Snell, supporter of the UCD Maeve Binchy Travel Award and husband of the late writer Maeve Binchy.

🤍 Belfield's most photogenic couple spotted at the Main Lake 🦢🦢 #UCDBelfield #MainLake #UniversityCollegeDublin

Congratulations to Professor Harry White, Emeritus Professor of Music at University College Dublin, on his election to Fellow by the International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

🌍Dr Alexis Hrysiewicz secures Pathway funding to monitor and restore peatlands The project, titled “Advancing our understanding of temperate peatlands from new L-band radar remote sensing and numerical modelling approaches”, received €674,484 in funding under the Research Ireland Pathway Programme.

👩‍🎓🏛️ 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.

Excited to see this published in @newphyt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph.... Our model may explain why Cannabis develops male, female and monoecious plants. The summary is available in 7 languages: Irish, Urdu, Spanish, French, Italian, English and German! Awesome support by @researchireland.ie!

💙💛 UCD retain Division 1A status with dramatic win over Trinity: Huge congratulations to UCD Rugby Football Club, who secured their place in AIL Division 1A with a hard-fought 28–24 victory over Trinity College Dublin in a playoff at the UCD Bowl.

🚨😱 Giant Cheque Alert! This year's UCD Relay for Life raised €132,107 for the Irish Cancer Society, supporting research and services like night nurses and family counselling across Ireland.

🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 A team of five secondary school students have won the inaugural Stripe Young Scientist Business Bootcamp for developing the innovative concept of reusable crumple zones to improve passenger safety.

I feel honored to receive the Research Collaborator of the Year Award at @ucddublin.bsky.social College of Social Sciences & Law. A big thanks to all the partners across the University and beyond who made possible such great collaborations the last couple of years. #VARiEGroup #Academia #HigherEd

Conditions at Belfield today: 17°C🌞, clear skies, cherry blossoms at peak bloom, swans fully operational. 🦢🦢🦢🌸 #Dublin #spring #UniversityCollegeDublin #campuslife

🌱🍺 UCD researchers have identified a genetic “switch” that determines the sex of cannabis plants, and found that the same system may exist in hops. 🧵 🕵️‍♂️ @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

🏠❓ Seomraí: A practical fix to increase housing stock or regressive step? 🗣️ Associate Professor Michael Byrne: "Supporters say this could unlock thousands of new homes. Critics say it risks lowering standards and distracting from the real solutions." @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

🌍♻️ Two UCD-led projects have been awarded funding to deliver sustainable solutions to environmental and social issues. 🧵 @niamhmcherry.bsky.social @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

🧑‍🎓🏆 The Oscars of Science: Warmest congratulations to UCD triple-graduate Dr Bryan Traynor, and co-laureate Dr Rosa Rademakers, on being awarded this year's prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social

😘🤖 “We may see long-term consequences not just for their romantic lives, but for their capacity to collaborate, lead, and build the kind of human networks that careers depend on. - Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School fortune.com/2026/04/17/t...

💙💛 Warmest congratulations to The Script frontman, Danny O'Donoghue, who has been presented with the James Joyce Award by the UCD Literary & Historical Society, recognising his prominent role in shaping contemporary Irish music.

🏆🦾 Dr Eoin O’Cearbhaill from the UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering has won this year’s NovaUCD Innovation Award.

🧪 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 Six Projects Awarded under Research Ireland’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme

💙💛 UCD double graduate Aghogho Okpara makes Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List Aghogho Okpara, the founder of Achieve with Aghogho, a social impact organisation supporting students from underserved backgrounds worldwide is listed by Forbes as one of its 30 Under 30.

Wonderful to see five buildings by UCD Architecture alumni on the Irish Examiner’s round-up of 10 Irish-designed buildings around the world ✏️📐🌍

👩‍🔬⚗️ Many congratulations to UCD Professor Serena Cussen on receiving €1,361,069 in funding through Research Ireland’s Infrastructure Programme. This support will enable Irish researchers to access advanced tools for studying materials. @ucdchemistry.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social

📑✍️ NovaUCD has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sandyford Business District (SBD) and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) to support enterprise and innovation. @novaucd.bsky.social @dlrcc.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Some spots on campus just ask you to stop and breathe 🌸🙂‍↔️ #ireland #dublin #ucd #campuslife #college

💙💛 An incredible Daffodil Day effort from UCD Rugby Football Club, raising €71,177.79 for the Irish Cancer Society, bringing their total support to over €250,000.

🤰🥗 Women who eat more sustainably while pregnant may have higher intakes of several key pregnancy-related nutrients, new UCD research has suggested.

Spring fever, when hearts beat faster 🌺🦢🦢🌺 #UCDSpring #SpringInDublin #UCDLife #LoveUCD #DublinVibes

👩‍🎓⛵️ GOLD! Massive congratulations to UCD Ad Astra Elite Sports Scholar Eve McMahon on taking home gold at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Mallorca, the first Irish victory at the event in 10 years. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

😘🦭"The Mélusine legend comes from the French tradition but is very strong in Ireland - the human male marrying the selkie or seal-woman." - UCD Assistant Prof Kelly Fitzgerald on folkloric roots of modern “fae” fiction @kellyfitzgerald.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @ucdlibrary.bsky.social

🐰🍫🌸 Happy Easter, everyone! 1 Egg = 1 Smile 😊

UCD’s O’Connor Centre for Learning has won two Engineering Excellence Awards from the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI): Mechanical and Electrical (Large) and Project of the Year 2026.

🥒 🥕 🤰 Women who eat more sustainably while pregnant may have higher intakes of several key pregnancy-related nutrients, new UCD research has suggested. Conducted by the UCD Perinatal Research Centre, the study looked at the outcomes for women who followed the Planetary Health Diet while pregnant.

💙💛 UCD Professor Emerita Kathleen Lynch is among seven people newly appointed to the Council of State by President Catherine Connolly. Members of the Council of State play a key role in advising the President on various matters.

🔬🇮🇪 A total of nine UCD-led projects have been awarded funding under Research Ireland’s Enterprise Fellowship Programme, spanning disciplines from AI security and cancer screening to therapies for sight loss.

I was on Mooney Goes Wild talking goats! Cannot describe how sleep deprived I was recording this. Mooney Goes Wild Monday 30 March 2026 - Mooney Goes Wild share.google/I4GNDt7kF2bF...

🚆🏫 Option 5b: A new transport study from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council outlines plans for a high-capacity Luas line linking Dublin city centre to Bray via UCD and Sandyford.

🥚⚖️ Skimpflation: “This is where we see producers removing the expensive chocolate components and substituting those for cheaper kinds of oils, such as palm oil, and other cheap ingredients.” - Assistant Professor Simona Grasso, UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science

Springtime at UCD

👩‍🎓📚 Titles by three professors at UCD have made the shortlist for An Post’s best Irish books of the last 20 years. Prof Anne Enright’s The Gathering, Prof Emilie Pine’s Notes to Self and Prof Diarmaid Ferriter’s Judging Dev are among the 60 titles, which will be whittled down to 20 by public vote.

🌷🌸 A flower blossoms for its own joy. #goodmorning #UCDInBloom #spring #Dublin

🔋♻️ Two University College Dublin students have won the top €12,000 prize at the EirGrid CleanerGrid Competition 2026, recognising innovative solutions to Ireland’s energy challenges. ⚡️ @eirgrid.bsky.social

🧠📑 A major new study has found that commonly prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in childhood may lower the long-term risk of developing serious psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia. 🧵 #ADHD #adhd #adhdlife #adhdsupport #adhdawareness