What OpenAI’s Leadership Changes Reveal About Its Strategic Direction. Associate Professor Alessia Paccagnini speaks to @forbes.com Read the full article here: www.forbes.com/sites/sallyp... #AI #OpenAI #UCDBusinessFaculty @ucddublin.bsky.social

👨‍🌾💰 Many congratulations to Assistant Professor Dimitrios Argyropoulos, who has secured €6.5m in Horizon Europe-backed funding for the UCD-led AI project AGROBOOST.

🔬🧵Congratulations to UCD Associate Artist Lorna Donlon on winning a prestigious RDS Craft Award! Lorna's body of work was praised by the judges as a ‘masterful blend of art and science’. ➡️https://ucd.ie/research/news/2025/ucdassociateartistlornadonlonwinsthe2025rdsestablishedmakercraftaward

UCD and the Irish Space Association (ISA) brought leaders from academia, industry and government together for a key event exploring how cross-sector collaboration can strengthen Ireland’s position in the rapidly expanding global space economy. ucd.ie/research/new...

📰🏆 Eleven of Ireland’s leading business journalists have been recognised at the UCD Smurfit School Business Journalist Awards. For almost two decades, the Awards have celebrated exceptional work by print, broadcasting and digital journalists across a number of hard-fought categories.

#GENERATION_EU is a reality! So grateful to receive #ERCCoG from @erc.europa.eu 🤩 With new PhDs and Post-docs, the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social will address: What is European identity? How does it develop? Does it promote peace? Across childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.

Dr Laura K. Taylor has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for her GENERATION EU project. #ERCCoG The project will explore how young people develop and align with a ‘European’ identity, and the implications that this can have on society. ucd.ie/research/new...

Is it better to have children early or later in life, and does parenthood speed up ageing? A new study from University College Dublin offers has tackled these questions with some help from Greater horseshoe bats. 🦇

€8M in funding has been announced for 6 research teams in the 2nd round of the #NationalChallengeFund. Congratulations to UCD's Dr Jiayao Chen & the ‘Bohemian' team, runners-up in the Healthy Environment for All Challenge! ucd.ie/research/new...

UCD was delighted to host a meeting of the Royal Entomological Society this week, welcoming 95 entomologists & guests from 18+ institutions. 🐝🪲🐛The theme of the day was insects – one of the most numerous & biodiverse groups on the planet. #Biodiversity royensoc.co.uk/event/irish-...

🧑‍🎓🏆 UCD’s Dr Andrew Hines has won a prestigious tech prize for the development of audio quality testing technology used by Google. Based in The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at UCD, Dr Hines picked up the Technology Ireland Industry Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year.

A lack of sufficient staff is the biggest barrier for Irish organisations when it comes to implementing environmental policies, a new UCD study has shown.

Geoscience meets climate action! PhD Researcher Rioko Moscardini, at @ucdresearch.bsky.social , is researching Triassic reservoirs, exploring their potential to support geothermal energy as Ireland moves toward net-zero.

Dr Hayley Kilgallon's research at UCD School of History explores the history of women’s sport in Ireland. She spoke with RTE Brainstorm about where the future strongholds of Gaelic games might be! 👂Listen to the podcast here: rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

💙💛 The Government of Ireland has launched a €750m investment package for research infrastructure across Ireland's higher education sector.

✨Louise Beer will be the inaugural SATELLITE Artist-in-Residence at Mayo Dark Sky Park! During her residency, Louise will immerse herself in the dark skies, boglands & mountains of the Park, working alongside rangers, researchers & local community. Learn more: www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🌱✨🚀 New research presents a roadmap for the plant science and technology breakthroughs needed to make long-term human life on the Moon - and later Mars - possible. UCD's Dr Nicholas Brereton is a co-author on the NASA-led paper published today in New Phytologist.👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

Eileen Gibney, Prof of Nutrition at UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science & Director of UCD Institute of Food and Health, discusses complex questions around processed foods and health in the #IrishTimesOpinion. irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

AI researchers, innovators & partners came together at the Chamber of Intelligence: AI Showcase at UCD today to share the impacts of research across CeADAR, Insight and Adapt. Great to hear how this work is driving positive change in society! #AIShowcase

🧑‍⚕️🫁 Poor air quality in major cities, driven by microscopic particles from traffic and environmental pollution, is a major reason our lungs can age faster than they should. @ucdmedicine.bsky.social Prof Adam Byrne says staying active is key to protecting them. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...

🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 Our warmest congratulations to UCD Professors Emeriti Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey, who have received the RIAI Gandon Medal, Irish architecture’s highest personal honour, for their outstanding contribution to architecture in Ireland, the UK and Europe.

📢Chamber of Intelligence: An #AI Showcase: 25 Nov at UCD Join Insight, CeADARIreland & the AdaptCentre for a dynamic AI research showcase connecting researchers, innovators & industry partners working at the cutting edge of AI.👇 tickettailor.com/events/insig...

🌊🪸🦈Dr Ruth Leeney will take part in the upcoming MESSAGE event "Underwater Worlds; Art, Science & the Submerged" on 3 Dec, 10AM-2PM at the Royal Society of Antiquaries Ireland. More info & registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/underwater...

📰📺📻💻 2026 UCD Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call 📣 APPLY NOW A great opportunity for up-and-coming and established journalists to work with UCD’s environmental and sustainability researchers! 🗓️ Deadline: 5pm, 8 December Apply👉 lnkd.in/gWQJRgNk

Dr Sulagna Maitra and Dr Vivek Nallur have been awarded Research Ireland #COALESCE funding for their Harm2Healing project, exploring how #AI can assist care-plan design for survivors of gender based violence. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

Launching #UCD_Ai stories! Meet Vanessa Carvalho, researcher with UCD's ConwaySPHERE group & #UCDAIHealthCareHub making a real difference to patients' lives. ❤️ 'Every line of data is a person' Learn more about @ucddublin.bsky.social #data #revolution in #health #UCD_Ai www.ucd.ie/research/inf...

📚'Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the Island of Ireland' (Routledge, 2026), a new publication edited by Dr Victoria Durrer (UCD School of Art History & Cultural Policy), Dr Ali FitzGibbon (QUB) and Dr Kerry McCall Magan (British Council Ireland) has been launched! Read more👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

Minister James Lawless TD has announced a €34.5M investment in cutting-edge research under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme. Seven UCD initiatives were funded under the Projects stream and two UCD projects were funded under the Awards stream. ucd.ie/research/new...

#ScienceWeek🥣 Take the Oat bite and granola taste test at the Explorium this Sunday 16 Nov! #UCDxExplorium UCD's Joy Nnadiegbulam, Simona Grasso & Niamh Harbourne want your help to explore the development of new food products! ▶️https://explorium.ie

📝✨ 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. @clarivate.com

💫 Rioko Moscardini is representing UCD in this year's IU 'Three Minute Thesis' competition! 🗳 Register to attend and vote in the ‘audience choice’ award at iua.ie/3minutethesis

🧠 #ScienceWeek Catch Anupa Sara Paulose's talk 'Not All Brains Fight the Same: Why Women and Men Experience Alzheimer’s Disease Differently' at 10.30 & 11.30, 12 Nov @ExploriumI! Anupa is a Neuroscience PhD candidate at UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. #UCDxExplorium explorium.ie

#ScienceWeek Dr Áine Ní Choisdealbha of UCD Babylab is at Explorium today & Fri 14th to chat to visitors about 'Ages 0 to 100: A Century of Learning about Babies'. #UCDxExplorium 🍼👶Pop by and say hello! explorium.ie #Research #Babylab

Prof Judith Harford (UCD) and Prof Paul Reville (Harvard University) with former Minister for Education Richard Bruton and Prof Aine Hyland (UCC) at the launch of 'Advancing Equity: Insights from the Power2Progress Intervention' this week. #Education #Research #Power2Progress

Curious about what comes after your PhD or Postdoc? 🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4nKy9ld Expect inspiring talks, real conversations about the research ecosystem, and insights from people who’ve taken unexpected paths. 🔗Agenda: bit.ly/4otE2Vb @ucdresearch.bsky.social @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social

University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social to foster future collaboration with the establishment of a joint research seed fund www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Congratulations to all of the #ERCSyG awardees announced today including UCD's Professor Anding Zhu and Professor Bogdan Staszewski! #DISRUPT #wirelessnetworks #energyreduction

University College Dublin is procuring a new nearly €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer to accelerate AI-powered research in the campus and allow students from across fields to access the high-end technology.

The DISRUPT project has been awarded a #ERC Synergy Grant for research that could reduce the energy consumption of next-generation wireless networks by 50%. DISRUPT brings together world-leading researchers from UCD, TU Delft and Fraunhofer IAF. #ERCSyG ucd.ie/research/new...

Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), our single biggest investment in #AI #supercomputing! @ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...

The Irish Academy of Management has announced Prof Susi Geiger as the 2025 Distinguished International Scholar, marking the first time an Irish academic has received this prestigious honour.👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

Attend our joint seminar with @ucdresearch.bsky.social: Engagement for Research Impact 12th November 2.30pm Link 3, James Joyce Library This session will help you understand the complex area of research impact, incl. how to measure your impact within academia & more. Register👉 bit.ly/engage1211

Are you a journalist covering #environment or #sustainability? Would you like to work with @ucddublin.bsky.social's top researchers to break the best stories? Here's the good news - the 2026 Earth Institute Journalist in Residence call is now open! Apply today 👉 tinyurl.com/5n835nk2

🎃🐦‍⬛On @rte.ie's 'Oíche Shamhna: An Ancient Mystery', Prof Frank McDermott shares what state-of-the-art mass spectrometry at UCD can reveal about the ancient sites associated with #Samhain! #Halloween 📽️Watch it back: rte.ie/player/serie...

We have teamed up with @ucdresearch.bsky.social and the PPI Ignite Network@UCD to host a new exhibition on Level 3, James Joyce Library. This showcase details 6 real examples of how UCD researchers are actively engaging with the public & patients in different types of health & social care research.

🎃🧙‍♀️👻#ICYMI UCD Prof Emerita Patricia Lysaght joins artists and academics on #NaFéilteTine @RTEplayer to explore the origins and traditions of #Samhain. 🎥Watch it back: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

🎭📚A new volume 'Creative Pedagogies in Practice: Case Studies from Creative Futures Academy at UCD' explores how creativity can transform teaching, learning and collaboration. 👇 ucd.ie/research/new...

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.

PhD student Louise Keegan receives the inaugural Crean travel bursary award for her work on the impact of cocaine exposure on the development of the prenatal brain. www.ucd.ie/research/new...

✈️New research from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School shows that taking greater investment risks with technologies and new lines of business can help lower emissions from the aviation industry. www.ucd.ie/research/new...