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This book is dedicated to University College Dublin, a place of dreams and futures which saved me three times.” @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdlibrary.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Dr Manning is a proud Carlow man. He was a member of the NUI Senate for twenty seven years, and served on the Governing Authority of @ucddublin.bsky.social from 1979 to 2008. He spent much of his academic career in the Department of Politics at UCD.
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🛰️🌱 AI2Peat is using AI and satellite data to track the health of Ireland’s peatlands and support large-scale climate restoration.
From bogs to bugs - Irish AI climate projects
AI is being used by researchers to try to tackle some of the world's biggest environmental challenges, but the technology is also part of the problem because of the huge levels of data and energy it c...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
💙💛 Nine UCD projects will share in €34.5 million of funding announced to support “high-risk, high-reward” projects.

Funding under the Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme, seven UCD initiatives are supported through the Projects stream, while two were funded under the Awards stream.
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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A delight to join colleagues from @UCDSocialPWJ to celebrate 10 years of an excellent School. Really encouraging opening remarks from President @OrlaFeely followed by an inspiring panel discussion with current students and alumni. Comhghairdeas gach duine!! 🎊🎉
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📝✨ 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
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It's an honour to have been elected as the Spokesperson for the LISA Consortium. I look forward to working with this great community over the next two years. www.ucd.ie/newsandopini... @lisacommunity.bsky.social
Dr Niels Warburton elected as head of LISA Consortium to support space mission
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November 13, 2025 at 2:17 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.

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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
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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...
UCD buys €724,000 Nvidia supercomputer for AI-led research boost
University College Dublin's new Nvidia supercomputer has 50 times the performance capacity compared to the existing cluster at the university.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:49 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.

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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