The ERI hosted a Marie Curie fellowship training workshop on Thursday, June 13^th.  The workshop was presented by Dr. Catherine Halbert of Halbert Research who specialises in Marie Curie training and mentoring programmes for coordinators and researchers.

A team of researchers from the Sustainable Energy Research Group (School of Engineering/ERI) have won the ICT Invention of the Year at the recent UCC Annual Research Commercialisation Awards.

Professor Alan Dobson and Professor Ger Kiely were awarded membership of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) on June 1st, 2013.

An innovative multidisciplinary study incorporating historic weather records from the Gaelic Annals of Ireland and ice core records from Greenland has demonstrated a link between cold winters in Ireland and northern hemisphere volcanic events.

With pressure increasing to utilise wastes and residues effectively and sustainably, the production of biogas represents one of the most important routes towards reaching national and international renewable energy targets.

A workshop on Climate Change research was hosted by the Environmental Research Institute in UCC on May 28th, 2013. The workshop was co-organised by Dr Brian Ó Gallachoir (Lead PI, ERI Energy Policy & Climate Change thematic area) and Dr Paul Bolger (ERI Manager).

The Environmental Research Institute held its Spring Lunchtime Seminar Series (Take 15) over a number of weeks in February-April, 2013.

Dr Áine Ryall (Faculty of Law and ERI) has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government.

As mounting evidence shows that Ireland has warmed significantly over the last century and will continue to do so, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and finding novel solutions to wean ourselves from fossil fuels has never seemed so important.

Steven Darby, an atmospheric chemistry student in the Venables group, is currently in Reno, Nevada, to carry out a series of experiments at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) as part of his doctoral research.

Research on pollen analysis by Professor John Sodeau and researchers at the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry is featured in the Science Today column of the Irish Times, Monday, February 4th.

UCC is hosting a conference, Marine Microbiology and Biotechnology 2012, that is investigating the possibilities of delivering novel food additives from marine sources.
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The Environmental Research Institute played host to the first in a series of masterclasses on sustainable buildings during World Green Building week on September 26^th, 2012.
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The 2012 Environmental Research Institute Postdoctoral and PhD Researchers of the Year were announced the recent ERI Research Open Day.
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The European Commission, Environment DG, has published a series of national reports on implementation of Article 9(3) and (4) of the Aarhus Convention concerning access to environmental justice. 
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The Environmental Research Institute (ERI) 2012-2016 Strategic Plan was launched on October 10^th by Professor Pat Fitzpatrick (Head of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science) and Professor Anita Maguire (Vice-President of Research and Innovation). 
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The first UCC Marine Research Projects Directory was launched at the 2012 ERI Research Open Day in UCC on October 10^th. 
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The week of October 9^th-12^th promises to be a fascinating week for marine research on the UCC campus, showcasing the best of local, national and international marine related research. The University is hosting three research conferences and workshops over a period of four days with 180 delegates expected to attend the three events.
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Researchers from the Centre for Research in Atmospheric Chemistry (CRAC) were abroad once more recently, this time for a measurement campaign in Dunkerque.
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Scientists (Brian O'Farrell and Jana Haase) in Professor Mark Achtman’s research group at the Environmental Research Institute have successfully developed a robotic pipeline for bacterial genetics. The robotic systems minimize human error, perform time-consuming mundane work and free scientists to focus on their research.
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Dr Robert Healy, a postdoctoral researcher working in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Research Institute, has been awarded a prestigious EU FP7 Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship worth €230,000 to pursue atmospheric research at the University of Toronto in Canada.
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The Coastal and Marine Research Centre (CMRC) of UCC has been acknowledged for cutting edge research in European Space Agency-funded Earth Observation (EO).
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Dr Colin Sage (School of the Human Environment & ERI) took part in a debate on organic food on the Pat Kenny show on RTE Radio One on June 25^th, 2011. 
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Ms. Rosalyn Thompson (a PhD Student in ERI/School of BEES) won the prize for Best Biodiversity Oral Presentation (sponsored by Aulino Wann) at the recent 22nd Irish Environmental Researcher’s Colloquium (ENVIRON 2012) which took place in University College Dublin from March 7th-9th.

The winners of the 2011 Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI) Photography Competition were announced on January 31st. The first prize in the competition went to Mr. Gerry Sugrue, Co. Dublin for his photo captioned "Ducks marching through a luxury hotel into a summer's evening."
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Ground-breaking research into the use of renewable gas at UCC’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI) has received a €0.25m boost for 2012. The initiative which involves minority funding from Bord Gáis Networks (BGN) will enable the Institute to develop its research beyond the academic sphere and into industry.
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