University College Cork (UCC) has achieved the status of cleanest third level campus in Ireland according to new league tables published by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).
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Through a generous donation from Schering-Plough (Brinny) Co., the research laboratory of the Clinical Practice Group in UCC's School of Pharmacy has been equipped. The equipment includes two HPLC systems and ancillary support materials and equipment.
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The Tyndall National Institute, Ireland's largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre, is to create 170 additional research positions as a result of a €50 million expansion programme.
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UCC's Environmental Research Institute (ERI) has been honoured with an award for architectural excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).  The Award is one of thirteen RIBA European Awards announced by the RIBA.
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Over 130 speakers from all over Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia will gather at UCC next week (July 9th-12th) for the Transatlantic Studies Association's annual conference.
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In response to the growing number of multimedia companies in the greater Cork area, the Technology Transfer Initiative (TTI) at UCC and the Computer Science Department, UCC are launching an innovative networking initiative on Thursday, July 5th.
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This evening (July 5th 2007) will see the opening of two new exhibitions at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery. Gerhard Richter: Survey and Overtake, curated by RenŽ Zechlin and Matt Packer.
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The Counselling and Health Studies Unit, UCC is pleased to host the 2007 International Association for Counselling (IAC) conference which runs from July 9th-13th.
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Primary school teachers attending a summer school in UCC were recently introduced to a highly successful and innovative way of teaching science to young children with the aid of puppets.
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From July 9th to August 3rd 2007, the Faculty of Law, UCC, in cooperation with Franklin Pierce Law Centre in New Hampshire, are hosting the third annual e-Law Summer Institute (eLSI).
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Planning a vibrant rural economy in the 21^st century will be the focus for discussion at the International Farm Management Association (IFMA) World Congress taking place in UCC next week.
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Exciting new research findings on the evolution of imprinted genes conducted by SFI-funded scientist Dr Charles Spillane and his PhD student Sylvia Laoueille-Duprat have just been published in the world's top scientific journal Nature.
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UCC graduate, Dr Patricia Kearney has been awarded The Paul Beeson Fellowship to become the first ever recipient of the award outside of the United States of America (USA).
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Henry Ford & Son, Limited will continue their support of University College Cork’s (UCC’s) annual Alumni Achievement Awards by sponsoring the 2007 Awards Programme.
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Scientists at UCC believe that the death of the turtle found off Ballycotton was caused by the turtle mistaking a plastic bag for jellyfish. UCC Marine Scientists, Dr Tom Doyle and Luke Harmon are conducting research into a leatherback turtle found dead in Irish waters on July 24th 2007.

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Scientists at the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), based in University College Cork (UCC) and Teagasc's Moorepark Food Research Centre, are researching a new treatment to combat the increasing incidences of hospital acquired diarrhoea which has become a major problem in hospitals, nursing homes and facilities for the elderly.
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The Faculty of Science at UCC runs an Annual Public Lecture Series organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer at UCC and Irish Times Columnist.

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This summer sees 58 science and engineering students from around the world taking part in research projects in UCC through the Undergraduate Research Experience & Knowledge Award (UREKA) programme.
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UCC's Department of Food Business & Development has in the past two years developed a unique MSc programme in Rural Development jointly with Mekelle University in Ethiopia.
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Lewis Glucksman Gallery celebrates 200,000 visitors with the announcement of more tours.
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Dr Peter Herrmann has been invited as Academic Advisor of the Social Policy Research Centre, National Taiwan University.
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Professor Anita Maguire, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Director of the Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facilty (ABCRF) at UCC is to lead a research team for the development of a new cancer drug.

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Mr Joseph Carey, Managing Director RE/MAX Cork & County auctioneers, recently announced his continued sponsorship of the MultiText Project in History - Phase IV (2007-2009).
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Each year the Institute of Physics in Ireland (IoPI) awards the Earnshaw Prize to the undergraduate student who presents the best final year physics project in Irish third level institutions.
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Following the recent European Universities Debating Championships, University College Cork (UCC) has climbed to 4th in the newly released world rankings, behind only the illustrious institutions of Oxford University, Cambridge University and the University of St Andrews.
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Exploring the reception of earlier Greek and Roman literature in the ancient novels and the way in which reception shapes the novels' content, structure and style is the subject for discussion at a KYKNOS conference to be held in UCC next week.
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UCC's School of Pharmacy and Campbell Informatics have entered into a 2-year EI-sponsored Innovative Partnership Project, effective August 2007.
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UCC's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will host a colloquium on "Innovation in Construction" on Friday, September 7th (http://zuse.ucc.ie/colloquium).
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We find it on chairs, stuck under desks, on pavements or stuck to our shoes.  Chewing gum is sticky - and it does not degrade readily.  This leads to increased cleaning costs for our local authorities.
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A team of international scientists have succeeded in satellite tagging two ocean sunfish off the coast of Dingle. Dr Tom Doyle, Coastal and Marine Resource Centre, UCC together with Dr John Houghton of the University of Wales Swansea and other researchers from both Wales and Germany spent over two weeks studying the movements of sunfish off Smerwick harbour on the Dingle peninsula in Co. Kerry.
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Recent studies have shown that 1 in 100 people suffer from Coeliac disease (CD) worldwide. Such a rate establishes CD as one of the most common food intolerances and CD is more common in Ireland than anywhere else in the world.
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UCC's  Department of Epidemiology and Public Health hosts the joint meeting of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association (European Federation) from September 12th-14th in UCC. 

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Almost 500 students graduated today (September 10th 2007) on the first day of UCC's week-long Autumn Conferring Ceremonies.
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Conferring ceremonies continued today (September 11th 2007) at UCC with 516 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the Colleges of Business & Law and Science, Engineering & Food Science.
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Conferring ceremonies continued today (September 12th 2007) at UCC with 509 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the College of Science, Engineering & Food Science and College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.
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Kaveh Hosseini, a PhD student at University College Cork (UCC) and Tyndall National Institute, has been awarded the inaugural Outstanding Research Publication Award for doctoral students by the Microelectronic Industry Design Association (MIDAS Ireland).  

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Conferring ceremonies continued today (September 13th 2007) at UCC with 515 undergraduate students graduating from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.

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The Centre for Adult Continuing Education is pleased to present a newly augmented range of short courses for the academic year 2007/2008.
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The Third Irish Family Business Conference, organised by the John C. Kelleher Family Business Centre, UCC, takes place on October 19th, 2007 in Hayfield Manor Hotel.
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University College Cork (UCC) hosts Orientation 2007 for First Year students from September 17th-21st 2007.
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Conferring ceremonies concluded today (September 14th 2007) at UCC with 463 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.
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The Department of Hispanic Studies at UCC is delighted to announce that it has recently expanded its academic role by becoming the Examining Centre in Cork for the Instituto Cervantes.
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A major international conference on mobile and wireless networking will be jointly hosted in Cork by UCC and CIT from September 19th to 21st.
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UCC today (September 18th 2007) became the first Irish university to offer a specialised course in Energy Engineering when Mr Eamon Ryan, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources launched the new BE Degree in Energy Engineering.
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How Information Technology (IT) can make buildings smarter was among the topics for discussion at the recent colloquium on "Innovation in Construction" hosted by UCC's Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
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Professor Tom Cotter of UCC’s Biochemistry Department has been awarded €1.65m for research into eye disease.
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Professor Tom Cross, Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science UCC was this week (September 19th 2007) presented with a Beaufort award in Fish Population Genetics.

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Valerie Cummins, Director of the Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC), UCC and Professor Gavin Burnell, Director of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Centre (AFDC), UCC were this week (September 19th 2007) presented with a Beaufort award for research into an ecosystems approach to fisheries management.
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"Issues in financial exclusion and overindebtedness in Ireland: Current and Recent Research" is the title of a one-day seminar being organised by the Centre for Co-operative Studies, UCC.
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The Centre for Adult Continuing Education, UCC will present awards to the 1,000 adult learners who have successfully completed Adult Continuing Education Certificates and Diplomas at an award ceremony this week-end.
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UCC's School of Pharmacy has announced the launch of a two-year distance learning Masters in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality systems.

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UCC's Open Day for Schools will take place on Saturday, October 13th from 10am to 3.30pm.
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The future of medicine is one of the topics for discussion at a major UCC conference taking place on Friday next, October 12th at UCC.  The Conference, hosted by the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), is part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Mercy University Hospital (MUH).  Over 150 participants are expected to hear presentations by key national and international speakers.
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Sraith de chainteanna atá á heagrú ag Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge i gColáiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh i gcomhar le Raidió na Gaeltachta agus ag Comhairle Chontae Chorcaí i gcuimhne ar an bhfile Seán Ó Ríordáin a fuair bás tríocha bliain ó shin.
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Nine award-winning Chinese films will be shown at UCC by the Institute of Chinese Studies, one every Wednesday, starting on October 10th.

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Where Finbarr Taught:  A Concise History of Queen's/University College Cork 1845-2006 spans the history of  University College Cork (UCC) from 1845 to 2006. Written by John A. Murphy, this authoritative and engaging history of the University over a 161-year period, examines fresh aspects of a familiar and much loved campus.
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The award-winning Lewis Glucksman Gallery today (Friday, October 12th 2007) celebrates its third birthday with the announcement that is has been selected as one of 1001 architectural masterpieces worldwide in a forthcoming book by architecture expert, Mark Irving.
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The Equality Personnel and the Student Unions in all seven Universities across Ireland have teamed up to hold a photography competition for staff and students (separate categories) to mark the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All.
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Adjunct Professor of Law and Judge of the High Court, the Honourable Justice Paul Carney, delivered his second lecture on 'The Role of the Victim in the Criminal Process' to the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and the Faculty of Law at UCC on Wednesday, October 10th 2007.
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UCC's College of Medicine and Health and the Bon Secours Hospital Cork signed an Agreement on Thursday, October 11th 2007.
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Well-known writer and broadcaster, David Crystal returns to UCC later this month to give a public lecture on "The Future of Englishes".

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Conference delegates from all over Ireland will gather at the Third Irish Family Business Conference on Friday morning next (October 19th 2007). This conference, hosted by UCC's John C. Kelleher Family Business Centre in partnership with Ulster Bank, will address issues relating to the transfer to the next generation.
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Professor Mary McCaffrey, Biochemistry Department, is a co-author on a paper in the current issue of the prestigious journal, Development Cell (Caswell, PT et al., 13, 496-510 (2007).

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How the quality of life for the elderly can be improved will be the one of the topics for discussion when over 400 delegates, including 130 occupational therapy students from across Europe, gather at UCC today (October 18th 2007).

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Friday, October 19th 2007 was an historic day for University College Cork (UCC) and the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) as sixteen graduates received their MSc in Biomedical Science parchments in a joint awards ceremony.
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Radical changes in the law concerning the rights of patients in mental health centres have been made with the full implementation of the Mental Health Act 2001, the main substance of which came into force on 1st November last.  The topic of mental health and human rights will be the focus for discussion at a seminar in UCC.

UCC has announced the establishment of an annual lecture series in honour of Cork’s most celebrated writer, Frank O’Connor.
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Dr. Michael Murphy highlighted the significant contribution the University makes to the economic, social and cultural development of the region. He emphasised the crucial importance of partnerships between the University and a broad range of stakeholders in the region.  

A conference on child protection and welfare social work takes place today (Friday, October 26th 2007) in University College Cork. Child protection and welfare is one of the largest sectors of social work practice and it has undergone rapid legislative, policy and practice development over the last fifteen years in a context of greater cultural and ethnic diversity. 

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Professor Neil Collins, Department of Government, UCC has been elected as President of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI), the professional body for political scientists, at its recent AGM. 

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The combined Departments of Irish at UCC in conjunction with the Irish Texts Society will hold their Ninth Annual One-Day Seminar on Saturday, November 10th at UCC.
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Beyond the country has just opened in UCC's Glucksman Gallery.  This exhibition presents historic and contemporary artistic representations of the land.
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Ireland is ranked 22nd in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) maintaining its performance over recent years. 
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UCC has won two awards in the 2007 Cork City Centre Better Building Awards.
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Two UCC sporting heroes will be honoured today (Monday, November 5th 2007) when Memorial Scholarships in their memory are launched.  UCC students, Jason Foley and Jonathan Herlihy, who died tragically, were at the pinnacle of their sporting careers when they lost their lives.

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Pulizer Prize Winning Novelist, Richard Ford will deliver the inaugural Frank O'Connor Lecture at UCC on Tuesday next, November 13th at 5pm in Boole II Lecture Theatre.

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Are you a budding biologist who is considering biological science as a career option?  If so, come along to UCC next Monday evening,  November 12th, and hear five graduates describe their different routes to success.

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The National Academy for Integrating Research and Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) together with the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB) will host a conference in UCC on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th November 2007.
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On Monday, November 12th 2007 the students and staff of UCC will re-enact the Treaty Debates of 1922. Known as "This Treaty", the dramatisation is set in the aftermath of the signing of the Anglo Irish treaty in 1921, which was signed to bring the Irish war of independence to an end.
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Science Week 2007 runs from November 11th-18th this year with "Surrounded by Science" as its main theme. 
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UCC Security Services shave for charity!  The sponsored headshave, in aid of Marymount Hospice, took place on the UCC campus today (Thursday, November 8th 2007).

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The Cork University Dental School and Hospital (CUDSH) will become the first school outside of Dublin to offer recognised specialist orthodontic training with the official opening of the new Postgraduate Orthodontic Clinic.

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The International Education Office, UCC, in conjunction with The Irish Council for International Students (ICOS), is pleased to host "Diverse Voices: International Students in Irish Higher Education" - An International Students' Forum.

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James MacGuill graduated from UCC with a BCL in 1983 and qualified as a solicitor in 1986.
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University College Cork (UCC) and the Tyndall National Institute have received €20 million for cutting edge research in a number of key areas.

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University College Cork (UCC) and Shanghai University have announced the establishment of the UCC Confucius Institute.

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To honour the memory of Ireland's first carillonneur, Staf Gebruers, an annual Staf Gebruers Memorial Lecture and Student Award has been established in association with the Department of Music, UCC, and generously sponsored by Cobh man, Tom Jago and his wife Ann.
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The second meeting of the Hunger Task Force, launched by the Irish Government in September 2006, took place in UCC on Friday last, November 16th.
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The Chancellor of the NUI, Dr Garret FitzGerald recently presented the NUI Awards.

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Dr Andrew Cottey of UCC's Department of Government has recently been renewing some quite ancient ties between Ireland and another small state located on Europe's western periphery - Iceland.
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Jenny Finney Boylan, Professor of Creative Writing at Colby College in Maine will read from her best-selling memoir "She's Not There" on Tuesday next, November 27th at 12 noon in Boole II Lecture.
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The John C. Kelleher Family Business Centre, UCC will host a Family Business Network Ireland event on Wednesday, December 12th 2007 at 6.30pm in the Council Room at UCC.
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As Ireland begins to debate the EU Reform Treaty in advance of next year's referendum, it is becoming clear that a 'no' vote here will halt progress towards 'an ever closer union'.
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Several Irish people who have served in leadership roles in the European Union told a session of the National Forum On Europe in UCC  today (Friday, November 23rd 2007) that Ireland has had extraordinary influence in the European Union.
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The Seventh Annual UCC Student Law Society Conference will take place on Thursday, November 29th, in Áras na Mac Léinn, UCC from 10am to 1.30pm.

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"Protecting Migrant Children in Ireland: Models of Guardianship" is the title of a one-day conference to be hosted by UCC's Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR) and the Irish Refugee Council.

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Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Human Rights Commissioner for the Council of Europe, will visit UCC's Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR), Faculty of Law on Wednesday, November 28th.
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UCC has announced the launch of a lecture series in Sport.  The first lecture titled "Building Successful Teams" will be delivered by Jack Charlton to an invited audience of UCC staff and community partners this evening, Tuesday, November 27th 2007.

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General (retired) John de Chastelain will today Monday (December 3rd 2007) present a lecture to the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR), Faculty of Law, UCC on "Decommissioning and the Northern Ireland Peace Process: 1994-2007."
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Cancer is a major health issue world-wide and cancer research is a high priority in modern science. UCC has a large interdisciplinary research cluster in cancer that includes investigators from the College of Science Engineering and Food Science and the College of Medicine and Health.
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A sponsored head shave, by 28 members of the UCC Security Section (including one female member), took place on November 8th in aid of Marymount Hospice.
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The Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), UCC and Enterprise Ireland (EI) are hosting a workshop at UCC tomorrow (Wednesday, December 5th 2007).
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John Gray, “one of the world's most prominent political thinkers” (American Political Science Association), will give the inaugural lecture at the MA in Politics Visiting Speaker Series tomorrow (Wednesday December 5th 2007) at UCC.
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"Why Politics Matters" is the title of a public lecture to be delivered at UCC by Professor Gerry Stoker whose book: "Why Politics Matters" won the Political Studies Association (PSA) of the UK's prize for the best politics book of 2006.
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President Mary McAleese recently named Dr Karen Keeshan as one of only four winners of this year’s Science Foundation Ireland-funded President of Ireland Young Researcher Award (PIYRA).
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Outstanding achievers in the fields of arts, the judiciary, business and medicine are to be honoured by UCC at the 2007 Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony, sponsored by Henry Ford & Son Limited, which takes place this evening (Friday, December 7th 2007) at UCC.
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The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CCJHR), UCC announces the launch of "Sexual Violence in Ireland: the criminal justice process - a victim's guide" by Mary Crilly, Director, Sexual Violence Centre, Cork.
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 "University College Cork continues to attract students of the highest calibre" said UCC President, Dr Michael Murphy when he presented parchments to 73 Entrance Scholarship winners at a special awards ceremony at UCC on Monday, December 10th 2007.
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Winter conferring ceremonies commenced today (December 12th 2007) at UCC with 375 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the College of Business & Law, College of Science, Engineering & Food Science and College of Medicine & Health.

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Winter conferring ceremonies continued today (December 13th 2007) at UCC with 433 undergraduate and postgraduate students graduating from the College of Business & Law and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences.
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One of UCC's key strategic partners in China, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), recently visited UCC. The high level delegation was led by BTBU President, Professor Shen Yu, and consisted of three other professors.
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UCC graduate, Clare O'Gorman has been presented with a bursary of €2,000 by Centocor Biologics Ireland. Clare, who was conferred with an MSc at the UCC Winter Conferring Ceremonies was awarded the bursary for her high academic achievement in the MSc Biotechnology.

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UCC researchers have been awarded €2.8 million for research on networked embedded systems (NEMBES).
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