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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🦢☔️ Excited to announce the launch of SWAN, a new UCD-led initiative which will bring AI-powered weather forecasting into schools across Ireland, supporting a nationwide network of 560 weather stations through €2.25 million in Google.org funding. @andrewparnell.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#AIS26: Bringing together scientists, industry leaders, investors and policymakers, the AI in Science Summit 2026 at UCD from 15-16 October explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on scientific discovery...

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🧑‍🎓✨ Warmest congratulations to Professor Robert Gerwarth on his appointment as Director of the UCD Humanities Institute. The award-winning historian will lead efforts to strengthen the Institute’s global partnerships, interdisciplinary research, and international profile. @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

💙💛 NovaUCD welcomes healthcare entrepreneur and investor Ciaran McCourt as Entrepreneur in Residence and Dr Eoin O’Cearbhaill as Engineer in Residence.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

💙💛 Our warmest congratulations to the 158 outstanding students from around the world who have been awarded our prestigious international scholarships for the 2026/27 academic year.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What does #AI mean for #culture #society and #creativity? 'Developing AI for Creativity and Society' at #AIS26 - curated by @eassh.bsky.social - will explore the multifaceted relationship between AI and #SSH across three dimensions. Register: www.ais26.eu

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🇬🇧🇮🇪 Marking 20 years of the St Andrews Agreement, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has hailed the landmark accord as a powerful example of what can be achieved through political dialogue and compromise. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“I'm absolutely thrilled to have this medal. It's very meaningful to me because of UCD itself and what a great institution it is,” said Paul.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Born in County Armagh in 1951, he studied English at Queen’s University Belfast, where he met future Nobel Laureate and fellow Ulysses Medal awardee Seamus Heaney...

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

💙💛 Described as "the most significant English-language poet born since the Second World War”, writer and poet Paul Muldoon has received the UCD Ulysses Medal, the highest honour the University can bestow. @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social #poetry

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

👩‍🎓🪙 Celebrated Irish author and UCD alumna Maeve Binchy has been honoured with a new €15 commemorative coin celebrating her enduring contribution to Irish literature and impact on readers around the world.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🏃‍♀️🏆 Warmest congratulations to Irish sprinter and Olympian Rhasidat Adeleke, who has received the UCD Literary and Historical Society’s James Joyce Award.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#AI can unlock the power of data to save lives. Join researchers, innovators, policymakers & industry leaders at #AIS26 to explore what’s next for #AIinScience #AIinHealth Join the conversation 🔗 www.ais26.eu

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🦇⭐️ Cover Star: Huge congratulations to UCD Professor Emma Teeling, whose latest groundbreaking bat research features on the most recent cover of the prestigious journal @nature.com. 👏 @emmateeling.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🧑‍🎓🏆 Warmest congratulations to UCD English with Creative Writing graduate Conor Glen, named this year's recipient of the Maeve Binchy Travel Award. @mgtkell.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎓💌 Donoghue, McGahern & Tóibín: Three of the four authors honoured in a new set of literary stamps from An Post celebrating Ireland’s rich literary tradition are UCD alumni. @emmadonoghue.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

AI is changing how research is done - we’re only beginning to understand what that means. 'Developing AI for Creativity & Society' at #AIS26 curated by @eassh.bsky.social will explore the multifaceted relationship between AI & SSH across three dimensions. REGISTRATION CLOSING SOON: www.ais26.eu

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The research, conducted by Stefan Müller (UCD), Gabriel Okasa, Michaela Strinzel, Anne Jorstad, Katrin Milzow (all SNSF), and Matthias Egger (University of Zurich, Bern, and Bristol), also revealed substantial differences between academic disciplines.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

👩‍🎓📃 Analysis of almost 40,000 review reports for research funding reveals that female researchers provide longer, more positive assessments than their male counterparts and cover the formal evaluation criteria more comprehensively. 🧵 @stefanmueller.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🕵️‍♀️🦇 New research has rewritten the evolutionary history of bats, providing evidence the winged mammals most likely originated in Europe during the late Palaeocene, some 65-60 million years ago. @emmateeling.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🦆📉 Hunting is not the main reason for bird populations dropping across Europe, according to new research from UCD in collaboration with the Spanish research institute, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC). 🧵 #wildlife

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Our universities have shown they can grow, innovate & change. Give us the tools, in Budget 27 & beyond, & we will do our job."

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🕵️‍♀️🏰 One of Dublin’s “lost” medieval castles has been found hiding in plain sight inside University College Dublin’s Roebuck Castle. @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social #archaeology

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🌞⚡️ Could payments to households for selling excess solar electricity back to the grid eventually be phased out? @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧑‍🎓🐸 It's time to play the music! Huge congratulations to our most sensational, inspirational, celebrational and Muppetational graduate, Kelly Younger, who has won a 2026 Emmy Award for his writing on the new Muppet Show special. 🎓 @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

👩‍⚕️📻 "AI is able to find signal from noise…and help us find something that humans would never be able to identify within large amounts of data." @ucdscience.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📕🏆 Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor Emeritus Marie Keenan, whose co-authored book Transforming Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses has received the prestigious European Society of Criminology Book Prize. 👏 @mariekeenan.bsky.social @esc-eurocrim.bsky.social

(Pictured L-R): Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, Queen’s University Belfast; Dr James Gallen, Dublin City University; Professor Emeritus Marie Keenan, University College Dublin.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

👩‍💻📊 Almost one in three workers across Ireland now use AI as part of their job, and almost half use it every day. The latest Working in Ireland Survey, overseen by UCD Professor John Geary, reveals significant divides in how the technology is being adopted 🧵 @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

...art historian Finbarr Barry Flood and pioneering headmaster Kevin McArevey. These honorary degrees were conferred by UCD President Professor Orla Feely during several graduating ceremonies held at UCD's O'Reilly Hall.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Among those who received honorary degrees were New Zealand Chief Science Adviser John Roche, agriculture pioneer Marie Sherwood, retail and abusiness leader Breege O’Donoghue, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty...

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🧑‍🎓🏆 Dr Steven McCartney, UCD Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in HRM and People Analytics at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, has received the 2026 IAM Outstanding Business Educator Award from the Irish Academy of Management. @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

💙💛 University College Dublin has honoured Belfast headteacher Kevin McArevey for pioneering work bringing philosophy into the lives of young people. @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

👨‍🎓🚜 Congratulations to UCD double-graduate Dr William Minchin on his appointment as President of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA) for 2026.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

💙💛 Renowned Irish art historian Finbarr Barry Flood has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the history of art and his pioneering scholarship on Islamic art, architecture and material culture.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧑‍⚕️🎖️ Associate Professor Ronan Mullins has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the veterinary profession.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

💙💛 Congratulations to UCD researchers Dr Alan Seltzer and Dr Seungkuk Ahn, who have received prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, securing almost €4 million to advance ambitious projects in groundwater science and biomedical engineering. @erc.europa.eu

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🐑📜 Some of Europe’s most well-known historic manuscripts, including the York Gospels, have proven to be biological time capsules for uncovering the 3,500-year history of the sheeppox virus (SPPV). 🧵

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

💙💛 𝑀𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓂𝒾𝓁𝑒𝓈: Another special day on campus as students from UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business celebrated among family, friends and faculty. Best of luck to the Class of 2026 on all you’ve achieved and for whatever comes next! 👏😊

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🧑‍🎓📺 Warmest congratulations to UCD graduate Cara McHugh, who has been announced as the newest presenter of RTÉ’s news2day, bringing Irish and international news to young audiences across the country. @rte.ie @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

💙💛 University College Dublin honours Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty with an honorary Doctorate of Laws for his outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of human rights. 👏 @commissionerhr.coe.int @coe.int @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💙💛 University College Dublin honours retail pioneer Breege O’Donoghue with an honorary Doctorate of Science in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Irish business and her role in helping build Penneys and Primark into a global retail success. @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💙💛 A proud day in Belfield, as we celebrated our newest graduates in Agriculture, Food Science & Human Nutrition.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💙💛 In recognition of her groundbreaking research and exceptional contributions to Irish agriculture, environmental governance and public policy, Marie Sherwood has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science from University College Dublin.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

💙💛 University College Dublin has conferred an honorary Doctorate of Science on Dr John Roche, one of the world's leading authorities on pasture-based dairy systems, in recognition of his outstanding scientific leadership and contribution to the global agrifood sector.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🐄🔬 Congratulations to UCD master’s student Meabh Byrne, winner of the 2026 Communications Prize from the Guild of Agricultural Journalists for her ‘One Lab’ project proposal.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

👩‍⚕️🤰 Class of 2026: The future midwives from the UCD Midwifery BSc Internship Group have just celebrated their Final Reflective Practice Day at The National Maternity Hospital as their studies draw to a close.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

💙💛 High demand for UCD courses in CAO 2026 first round 🔹 For the second year, all UCD courses require over 400 points 🔹 UCD attracts highest number of CAO 2026 applicants among school leavers in Ireland

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🧑‍🎓🌿 Many congratulations to UCD Professor Mark Scott on his appointment as a member of Northern Ireland’s Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC). @markscott-ucd.bsky.social @ucdengarch.bsky.social

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🎉🤗 Huge congratulations to everyone getting their Leaving Certificate results today. Well done! See you soon 🤗👏 #leavingcert

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

👩‍🎓🖼️ Award-winning designer and UCD graduate Annie Atkins has shared with RTÉ Radio 1 Arena that studying for a master’s degree at UCD opened up a new creative career path, designing for film. @rteradio1.bsky.social

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