The European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, EMPSEB, will hold its 26^th annual meeting in Killarney from the 19^th – 24^th April 2020.

Dairygold Co-operative Society has awarded two undergraduate bursaries to students of the new Agricultural Science degree programme at BEES.

The Agricultural Science degree programme was launched at an event held at Teagasc Moorepark last week.

A Dual BSc in Environmental Science with Environmental Management has just been launched by the School of BEES, UCC and the University of Minzu, China.

UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence on what type of animal is the bizarre 300 million year old fossil known as the “Tully Monster”.  The new findings show that the Tully Monster may not be a backboned animal as previously thought.

Funding for biodiversity conservation in Ireland is primarily derived from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). 

There is now a momentum in all types of food production towards a circular economy where we no longer regard waste as a problem to be disposed of, but instead look for ways to make it a reusable resource. 

The School of BEES annual prizegiving ceremony took place recently with awards presented across the School.

BEES scientists and Head of the Discipline of Geology received a UCC Leadership Award at the recent UCC Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony.

As part of University College Cork's Community Week, Dr Eoin Lettice led a tour of UCC's tree collection on its award-winning, green-flag campus.