Substantial flood damage to a number of key buildings at University College Cork (UCC) has forced the postponement of all lectures for the week beginning November 23rd 2009. Lectures will resume as normal from Monday, November 30th 2009.
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UCC Teaching Staff, Dr Bettie Higgs and Marian McCarthy were honoured by the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese when they received a Special Commendation at the National Excellence in Teaching Awards at Dublin Castle earlier this week.
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Going to the Well for Water: The Séamus Ennis Field Diary 1942-1946 edited by Ríonach uí Ógáin is published today (November 19th 2009) by Cork University Press.
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The risk to wild Atlantic salmon populations of release of salmon bred in captivity would increase with global warming, according to a new study. 
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A travelling exhibition on fusion energy will be in Cork this week. The fusion Expo is held in conjunction with Discovery 2009, where Dr Paddy Mc Carthy from the Physics Department UCC and colleagues will be present to explain to school groups and members of the public the science and societal importance of this and other developing energy sources.
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UCC Geology student, Dave McCarthy has been invited to represent Ireland at the Planet Earth Lisbon Event 2009 “Planet Earth, Present for the Future”, taking place in Lisbon from November 19th-22nd.
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Sisters : the personal story of an Irish Feminist is published today (November 17th 2009) by Attic Press an imprint of Cork University Press (CUP).
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The new British Ambassador to Ireland, HE Julian King, delivered a robust defence of the European Union (EU) during a lecture in UCC today (November 16th 2009) hosted by the Department of Government and attended by staff and students.
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