UCC has teamed up with MediaContact.ie to launch Cork’s inaugural Social Newsmaker Conference on 5 March 2013. Do you want to know how to tell your story online?

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Professor Philippe Sands will deliver the 7th Annual Distinguished Lecture of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights on Wednesday 13 February at UCC.

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Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty have prevailed against McEgan College, Macroom to secure the coveted position of Munster Champions in the Debating Science Issues (DSI) competition.  

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UCC scientists have completed a major study on air quality using a novel air monitoring approach which has been published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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UCC has received a LAMA (Local Authority Members Association) Award in the category of Best Energy Efficiency Project.

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UCC and Pfizer have launched a new “Innovation through Teamwork” award that highlights excellence in research among UCC research teams. 

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UCC lecturer, Dr Clodagh Harris, has been appointed to the Academic and Legal group of Ireland’s Constitutional Convention.

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UCC is delighted to announce an extension of its existing sports scholarship scheme with the launch of the High Performance Athlete Entry (HPAE) scheme.

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The recent launch of the Centre for Global Development (CGD) 2012 Annual Report highlights the significant role the CGD plays on the world stage.

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The atmosphere was upbeat at UCC’s third Prep-for-Med day held at UCC and Cork University Hospital on Friday 25 January.

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An employment survey of recent UCC graduates reveals good news for both existing and past students, as well as second-level students currently mulling over their CAO choices.

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The search for the next Mark Zuckerberg is on, with the launch of the UCC University Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and a tempting prize pot of €10,000. 

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UCC marked the acquisition of The Great Book of Ireland, Leabhar Mór na hÉireann, on Friday 18 January 2013. Re-live the moment by watching this webcast.

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Ultra-small devices created by Tyndall at UCC and the National University of Singapore have unlocked new possibilities for combating overheating in electronics and slow wound healing. Read more

UCC graduate and former Students' Union President Eoin Hayes will be one of just a few lucky Irish people to attend the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Read more

President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, will mark the acquisition by UCC of The Great Book of Ireland, Leabhar Mór na hÉireann,on Friday 18 January. Read more

Researchers at UCC are to share EU funding worth almost €2 million under a plan to develop low-power microchips that are environmentally friendly. Read more

University College Cork has appointed three leading researchers to the position of Research Professors. Read more

International expert on gluten-free foods Professor Elke Arendt, UCC will give a free public lecture on cereal foods and beverages for the future on Wednesday 16th January at 8pm in Boole Lecture Theatre 4. Read more

Alphaville, UCC’s peer reviewed film and screen media journal, has been given honourable mention in a recent edition of The New York Times. Read more

UCC has been recognised by the Universitas Indonesia (UI) Greenmetric World University Ranking system for its exceptional work in the area of environment-friendly university management. Read more

The new Spring programme of Music under the “Fuaim” series at UCC will commence on Friday 11 January. Read more

An interdisciplinary student team has won the second annual John Francis Burke Perpetual Award for Biomedical Innovation at UCC. Read more

The Faculty of Law is to host a major conference on Friday, 29 November 2013 on 'Enforcing European Union Environmental Law'.  

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UCC invites all budding actors, directors and theatre makers to their Drama and Theatre Studies open day this Saturday.

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APC research from John Cryan’s lab featured in a German TV documentary “Voices from the stomach” on the human microbiome and the so-called “three enterotypes”.

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Astronomers have investigated whether the laws and constants of physics are the same today as they were billions of years ago.

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The conference speakers include people with experiences of madness or distress as well as academics, researchers and practitioners.

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UCC hosts a major international conference on the life of Pope John Paul II on Saturday 9 November 2013, in the Boole IV lecture theatre.

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A public consultation session on the ‘Decade of Centenaries’ 2012-23 will be held in the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork city, at 8pm tonight, 7 November.

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A film directed by UCC filmmaker Stephen Bean has been named as an official selection at the upcoming Cork Film Festival.

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Professor Geraldine McCarthy formerly of the School of Nursing and Midwifery UCC has been appointed Chairperson of the South/South West Hospital Group.

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1963 saw UCC take home not only their first Senior County title, but both hurling and football accolades at once (Article reproduced courtesy of Denis Hurley and the Irish Examiner).

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A memorial event was held in UCC today in commemoration of the life and service of staff member Frank McGrath. Family, friends and colleagues gathered to remember a cherised member of the community. 

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Professor Fergus Shanahan, from University College Cork, has been named this year’s SFI Researcher of the Year at the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Science Summit in Athlone.

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Closer ties and collaboration into the future is the outcome of a visit by a delegation of key universities from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, hosted by the QPU and led by Dr Marian McCarthy.

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Two students from UCC’s MSc in Organic Horticulture were presented with Belling Scholarships at a recent event held in Skibbereen, West Cork.

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In a showdown to rival the epic Rocky v Apollo clash, UCC Students’ Union President Padraig Haughney will discover if he can go the distance with Boxing Olympian Kenny Egan on 12 November.

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UCC staff swept the board at the recent annual Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) conference.

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UCC PhD student Oliver O'Hanlon (Dept of French/School of History) on 'Papers and propaganda for the first Dáil' (reproduced courtesy of The Irish Times).

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UCC is one of only seven global finalists in the Times Higher Education University World Rankings film competition, with an entry from Stephen Bean. The winner will be announced this month.  

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Stillbirth is a devastating reality occurring in 1 in 200 births with far reaching impact for parents and health care professionals.

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The Glucksman Gallery is preparing to host its annual craft weekend this November.

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‌Three UCC academics have been conferred with the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St Gregory the Great for their services to the Holy See.

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Secrets of the Irish Landscape published by Cork University Press has been shortlisted for the Best Irish published Book of the Year Award.

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The School of History at UCC is hosting a major international conference on the life of Pope John Paul II on Saturday 9 November.

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How do consumers balance the scales between promised benefits and potential risks from novel food technologies?

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University College Cork can now be found on iTunes U, with an abundance of free educational content on offer.

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UCC welcomed the new Indian Ambassador to Ireland recently, Her Excellency, Smt. Radhika Lal Lokesh.

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Four students will be the envy of their classmates this week as they tour the Forbidden City, the Emperor’s Summer Palace and the Great Wall, before representing Ireland at the World Chinese Bridge Language Contest.

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UCC will host a special concert for alumni, visitors and friends as part of the Gathering Ireland 2013 and the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival on Sunday 27 October.

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Nearly 200 delegates across 20 countries visited Tyndall recently for the annual European Technology Platform on Smart Systems Integration (EPoSS) Forum and the Micro-Nano-Bio Systems (MNBS) Workshop 2013.

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The first Irish national audit into the death of babies in the weeks before or after birth (known as perinatal mortality) was launched today (Tuesday 22 October).  

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A new research initiative will position Ireland to play a central role in adding two healthy years of life to every European by 2020, EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn has stated.

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Emeritus Professor John A Murphy, UCC, claims that while Collins was hardly a flawless hero, his major role in the Irish revolution, 1917-1922 has never been seriously challenged.

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UCC Law Department hosts a seminar on European Union Law in Practice today. One of the expert speakers is Judge Anthony M Collins of the General Court of the European Union.

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Tyndall National Institute has launched a US-Ireland animal health research project, AgriSense, to diagnose Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) – Ireland’s No.1 cause of calf death.

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 ‘A Grand Tour’ is the title of an exhibition of paintings of Georgian architecture by Geraldine O’Riordan  in the Boole Library until the end of December.

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A large cohort of Brazilian students have arrived in UCC and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) is the driving force.

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UCC has won an Excellence in Environment award at the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards 2013 held by Chambers Ireland in Dublin recently.

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Two UCC students have been declared top of their field by prestigious international academic awards programme The Undergraduate Awards.

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UCC joined forces with the Ulster Sports Academy, DCU and NUI Galway recently to launch the ‘Sport for Life-All Island’ project, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Foundation.

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Running until the sixth of December, FUAIM’s Autumn 2013 season brings together artists, scholars and audiences through concerts, seminars and music projects, celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of music at UCC.

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UCC has honoured staff members for their outstanding contributions to university life. The Awards Ceremony held on 10 October 2013 announced the winners of three award schemes: Teaching & Learning, Staff Recognition and Research. 

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There is a need for large scale public policy initiatives (including taxation measures) to promote healthy diet and increased levels of physical activity according to Ivan Perry, UCC.

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Professor Martyn Pemble of UCC Chemistry and the Tyndall National Institute is the first recipient of the Irish Gold Medal from the Institute of Materials Finishing.

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UCC Health Matters brings you a variety of fun and feel-good activities this Wednesday 9 October on main campus from 12 noon and 3pm to promote the wellbeing of students and staff. #UCCRAOK!

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UCC has significantly improved its position in the 2013-2014 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.

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UCC hosts the opening regional portion of the Global Irish Economic Forum this Thursday 3 October. The event includes a public forum with Q & A, which will be live-streamed at http://www.ucc.ie/en/live/ at 1.35pm.

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The UCC Volunteer Fair on Tuesday 8 October will offer students, staff and passersby the opportunity to engage with a range of non-profit organisations from Cork and further afield.

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Scientists at the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) in UCC have discovered that Natural Killer cells are major regulators of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in an experimental model of the disease.

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Researchers at University College Cork have just completed what is probably the most representative survey ever undertaken on emigration in Ireland.

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An exciting new documentary film festival that features a line-up of award winning documentaries from across the globe comes to UCC from the 30 September to 4 October.

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UCC’s Dr Eric Downer has received a Neuroscience Ireland Early Career Investigator Award for his pioneering research into the cannabinoid system and how it can contribute to treating Multiple Sclerosis.

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Irish biotech Luxcel Biosciences Ltd, housed by UCC’s leading incubation and innovation centre gatewayUCC, recently welcomed NanoBio4Trans. The group seeks to deliver the world’s first bio-artificial liver by 2020.

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UCC’s School of History and Department of History of Art recently hosted an international conference on representations of war in visual culture, declared a resounding success by close to 100 delegates.

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The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) has received a strong vote of confidence from government and industry thanks to a €13.6 million research investment.

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UCC is at the forefront of national and international developments in the design and conduct of research quality reviews, a report has revealed. 

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The Arts Council, in association with the College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences, UCC and the School of Music and Theatre, UCC announce the appointment of the internationally renowned singer, producer and composer, Iarla Ó Lionáird, as the first Traditional Artist-in-Residence at UCC.

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A major EU-funded project focused on antibiotic treatment in Cystic Fibrosis patients has been launched in UCC.

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A UCC graduate has been nominated for President of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), in a story that proves continuing education can help you to pursue your dreams.

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A joint initiative between An Garda Sίochána, Cork City Council and UCC, the official launch of a new closed circuit television system (CCTV) situated near the UCC Campus takes place on Wednesday 18 September in UCC.

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Cork English College (CEC) and UCC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding around CEC’s University Pathways Programmes. This academic year programme prepares international students for entry into undergraduate and Master’s programmes in UCC.

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Husband and wife, and former UCC lecturers, Dr. Jim Mac Laughlin and Dr. Ethel Crowley have had major works published within the same week.

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MARINET has launched a fifth and final call offering free-of-charge use of Irish and European leading test facilities for marine renewable energy R&D.

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The public can handle ancient fossils, meet slithering reptiles and marvel at carnivorous plants when the School of BEES throws open its doors for Culture Night 2013 on 20 September.

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UCC has won an Excellence in Environment award at the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards 2013 held by Chambers Ireland in Dublin.

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Cork University Dental School and Hospital is hosting a Mouth Cancer Awareness Day with free examinations next Wednesday, 18 September, 9am-4pm.

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A neuroscience meeting being held in UCC this September 12 and 13 hopes to provide further insight into the workings of the brain in health and disease. A particular emphasis of the programme will be the vulnerable brain, in times of early and advanced age and during stress.

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UCC's School of English is delighted to announce that two of Ireland's most distinguished women writers will join the academic staff for 2013-14 – Leanne O’Sullivan and Mary Morrissy.

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Memory impairment in irritable bowel syndrome is a neglected but key component of this common gastrointestinal disorder. That’s the take home message from a new study by the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC).

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A team that includes UCC student Stephen Fahy, who hails from Douglas, Cork has won the prestigious Novartis Biocamp in Basel.

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UCC PhD student Oliver O'Hanlon (Dept of French/School of History) on the reporters that raced to circumnavigate the globe (reproduced courtesy of The Irish Times).

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A HRB funded study at UCC suggests alcohol consumption in the first fifteen weeks of pregnancy does not alter odds for small-for-gestational-age neonate, reduced birth weight, preeclampsia, or spontaneous preterm birth.

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Professor John A. Murphy, Emeritus Professor, UCC has called on the State to relinquish its indifference and declare a Daniel O’Connell National Memorial Day.

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Ruairí Quinn, T.D., Minister for Education and Skills visited UCC recently to open the international conference 'Religious Education in a Global-Local World'.

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Both the Cork and Clare panels for the All-Ireland hurling final boast a healthy contingent of past and present UCC students. Just what has been the driving force?

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Science will do the talking for BEES PhD student Fergus McAuliffe as he takes up a regular slot on RTÉ’s The Science Squad and prepares to speak at TEDxDublin 2013.

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The world is facing into ever greater ecological, social, political and economic turbulence and evidence suggests that the many tumultuous events that are unfolding are increasingly interconnected.

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UCC and NUIG have joined forces to offer a “Diabetes in Primary Care” module to GPs all over the country via ‘blended learning’.

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The Irish Ambassador in Egypt, Ambassador Isolde Moylan visited UCC recently.

 

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The Careers Service UCC is calling on companies interested in hosting students on work placement in 2014 to get in touch.

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Professor Oliver Gassmann, St Gallen University, Switzerland will give a public lecture on innovation at UCC on 4th September.

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UCC scientists feature in, “Invisible Worlds”, the last of the current series of Dara O’Briain’s Science Club at 8pm on BBC2 TV tomorrow, Thursday, 29^th August.

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In a move that has sparked nationwide media coverage, UCC Health Matters and UCC Campus Accommodation are to offer alcohol-free apartments to students under a pilot scheme.

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Declan Kidney, recently coach to the Irish national rugby team, has been appointed Director of Sport and Physical Activity at UCC for the start of the 2013/14 academic year.

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Are current increases in suicide rates linked to the recession?

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Announcements from science research centres are not expected to feature achievements in the arts and the humanities.

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New students starting at UCC this autumn are encouraged to make use of the vast support network that is at their disposal to help them settle into college life.

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A UCC student has returned just in time to continue his studies after an epic 1,500km journey. What motivated Gregor Herda to walk from Dresden to Cork?

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One in four deaths from coronary heart disease or stroke could be prevented each year, according to new evidence from the HRB Centre for Diet and Health.

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Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have developed an electronic early-warning scorecard to help medical staff identify deteriorating patients which may improve patient outcomes. 

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On 11th September 2013, several  international researchers will present their latest research findings as part of the Young Life Scientist (YLS) symposium in UCC.

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UCC researchers have produced a book on cereal grains that will be a useful resource for the food and beverage industries.

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Professor Brian Bocking has been appointed Head of UCC’s School of Asian Studies on the departure of the School’s founding professor, Fan Hong, to Australia.

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A protein ‘Pellino3’ has been identified that may protect against inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease.  The research findings have been published in Nature Immunology

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Colonies of gannets maintain vast exclusive fishing ranges despite doing nothing to defend their territory from rival colonies according to research published in Science recently.

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UCC recently hosted the inaugural meeting to establish an Academic Healthcare Centre (AHC) model for the new South/South West Hospital Group.

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First-time TDs report feeling overwhelmed, frustrated and beleaguered by life in the Dáil according to a UCC report.

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Tidal turbines stretched across Pentland Firth, which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland, could generate almost half of Scotland's electricity needs.

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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. has turned the sod at the site of the new Beaufort Building, positioning Ireland at the forefront of global maritime and energy research.

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Poet and UCC French lecturer, Dr Mary Noonan is the ‘roaming’ poet at the West Cork Literary Festival in Bantry this week.

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UCC Law Faculty is delighted to announce the launch of two new specialist LLM degrees – the LLM (Health and Care Law) and the LLM (Business Law). 

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Ireland will play a central role in European efforts to add two healthy years of life to each citizen by 2020, thanks to a UCC/Louth Age Friendly County Initiative collaboration.

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"As Cork head for Killarney on Sunday to take on the might of Kerry in the Munster SFC final, there are surely two very proud parents over in Grange, just outside Fermoy."

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The Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia, Ms Jasna Ognjanovac, was welcomed to UCC by Dr Michael Murphy, President of UCC on Tuesday 2nd July.

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The Glucksman is among eleven of Ireland’s top museums recognised for high standards in museum management, care of collections and visitor services by the Heritage Council.

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A team led by UCC’s Dr Maria McNamara is contributing fossil colour research at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition towards solving palaeontology’s biggest mystery. What colour were ancient animals?

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Eight businesses of the future were recognised this week at the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme Awards and Showcase held in a packed Aula Maxima, UCC.

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The IUA has announced changes to the HPAT-Ireland examination, which is used for entry to all undergraduate medical courses at Irish Higher Education Institutions.

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Experts from the School of BEES at UCC are behind a new book, Geology of Ireland - A Field Guide, which reflects on Ireland’s valuable geological heritage.

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A UCC team is bound for Johannesburg, South Africa this August for the final of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Global Business Challenge (GBC).

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UCC warmly welcomes budgetary agreement on Horizon 2020, recognising the opportunity it heralds across Ireland and Europe.

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Marinet is pleased to announce the opening of a fourth call on June 28^th offering free-of-charge use of Irish and European leading test facilities for marine renewable energy R&D.

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The first Irish national audit into severe maternal medical complications occurring during pregnancy, delivery and the post-natal period (known as maternal morbidity) has been published.

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Children with Type 1 diabetes can now use a smartphone application to learn about insulin pumps and to troubleshoot problems, thanks to a team based in UCC and Cork University Hospital (CUH).

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Dr Edmond Byrne has been awarded the Institution of Chemical Engineer’s (IChemE) Morton Medal for excellence in chemical engineering education in London.

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Prof. John F. Cryan has been awarded the prestigious 2013 Utrecht University Excellence in Pharmaceutical Research Award. 

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Pioneering new technologies in the area of bioscience and ICT were recognised recently at the Invention of the Year Awards, sponsored by Purdy Lucey, at gatewayUCC in Cork.

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The Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC) Cork, which undertakes advanced food science based around microbes living in the gut, has been designated a national centre for food and medicine research excellence.

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A UCC consortium which secured a €3.7M EU award is using groundbreaking tactics including mobile health apps to assist rural front-line health workers combat disease in Malawi.

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A successful College of Medicine and Health Research day was held on Thursday 13th June 2013 at the Western Gateway Building, where ten students received summer bursaries.

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Kevin O’ Riordan, of McAfee, is the recipient of the Deloitte UCC Executive MBA Graduate of the Year Award for 2013.

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The dulcet tones of Anthony Kearns and Cara O’Sullivan will drift across the Quad on 21 June, and all in aid of two deserving charities.

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As Ireland’s first ever entry, BEES postgrad researcher Fergus McAuliffe fought off 23 different countries to win the Famelab international competition.

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UCC wishes to congratulate Samantha Power, an Adjunct Professor of Law at UCC, who has been appointed US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN).

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UCC is to honour four distinguished persons with Honorary Doctorates today, including Graham Norton, Fergal Keane, Dermot O’Mahoney and Judge Donald Molloy. Watch live from 3.30pm at http://www.ucc.ie/en/live/

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The growing significance of music in Irish theatre will be among the topics explored and celebrated at an upcoming UCC symposium on Saturday 15 June.

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Thursday 13 June is not just a day of celebration as 419 students graduate from UCC. It is also one of remembrance. Watch each ceremony live at http://www.ucc.ie/en/live/

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The next generation of doctors took more than a parchment with them as they graduated from UCC last Thursday (30 May).

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The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) has continued a 228-year tradition by admitting twenty-one new members, including four UCC academics.

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Little did the students enlisting in the Budding Biologists Transition Year Experience Programme know that they would need to be super sleuths to solve a staged murder...

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Increasing foreign direct investment and job creation, as well as a surge in attracting international students, lie among the many benefits outlined in UCC’s strategic plan, launched Friday 24 May 2013.

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‘EdTech’ comes to UCC on 30-31 May, shedding light on online digital literacies, the role of social media and apps in education as well as the explosive growth of MOOCs.

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UCC announces Oscar-winner Lord David Puttnam as Adjunct Professor of Film Studies and Digital Humanities, marked by a free public lecture on Thursday 23 May.

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The concept of the university moving out into the community and the community moving into the university was under discussion in UCC recently.

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Broadway’s The Testament of Mary continues to generate headlines, with UCC’s Mel Mercier winning a Drama Desk Award for ‘Outstanding Sound Design in a Play’.

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University College Cork  (UCC) scientists show that gut bacteria is essential for the development of normal social behaviours in research published today in Molecular Psychiatry. 

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UCC United men’s staff soccer team have won the Cork Business and Shipping League First Division title after a hard-fought campaign over nine months.

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One Cork doctor has been recognised for furthering patient care by developing an app that improves a vital route of communication between patients and hospitals – the discharge letter.

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The UCC Executive MBA recently returned from a very successful study visit to Helsinki, Finland, one of the successful Nordic economies recently described by the Economist as “the next supermodel”.

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The President of University College Cork, Dr Michael Murphy, welcomes the publication yesterday of the “Establishment of Hospital Groups as a transition to Independent Hospital Trusts Report”. 

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The economy of the Franciscans had a strange basis; it rested on begging, or questing as it was known according to a new book published recently.

 

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A free photographic exhibition at UCC Library provides fresh insight into The Big House, also known as the once grandiose homes of landlords, a common feature of rural Ireland between 1858-1922.

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Five postgraduate students from UCC have won 1^st place and best written report at the prestigious HEC International Graduate Competition, held in the HEC Business School in Montreal, Canada.

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UCC has returned an outstanding performance internationally in the 2013 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.

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Irish-American TV and film actor Patrick Cronin will breathe new life into Arthur Miller’s American classic ‘Death of a Salesman’ on May 16 at the Everyman Palace in Cork.

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€42,000 has been raised for charity by the UCC Students’ Union (SU), with the Irish Guidedogs, Barretstown and Cork Penny Dinners all benefiting equally.

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In 1895 Robert Lloyd Praeger began a pilgrimage across Ireland that was to take up every weekend of the spring and summer months for the next five years.

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A UCC team from Accounting and Finance has won the Irish round of the CFA Institute’s Global Investment Research Challenge (GIRC) held at Davys Stockbrokers recently.

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Among this year’s prestigious Tony Awards nominees is Dr Mel Mercier, head of School of Music & Theatre at UCC.

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UCC food historian, Regina Sexton, will appear in two TV productions on RTÉ One and TV3 over the next few weeks.

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Munster’s social workers are attending a seminar series hosted by Dr Mary Wilson from the School of Applied Social Studies in preparation for professional social work registration.

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Sinéad O’Neill, a Health Services Research PhD student, has won the “2013 Best New Investigator Award” at the 60th Annual Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) meeting in Orlando, Florida.

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Áras na Mac Léinn is to launch a collaborative exhibition this Thursday 2nd May at 10.30am at Café Oasis, UCC, as part of a community outreach programme.

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The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade has learnt of the significant role the Centre for Global Development (CGD) at UCC plays on the world stage.

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UCC International Student Ambassadors were recently honoured at the Government of Ireland Scholar and Student Ambassador Awards Ceremony.

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The life and achievements of the noted priest, author and social activist, Canon PA Sheehan will be celebrated at a conference on the 26 and 27 April.

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Gary O’Halloran is this year’s winner of the EirGrid Prize for UCC’s top Masters graduate in Sustainable Energy.

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UCC has reaffirmed its standing as the world’s first Green Flag campus, a world first in itself for the prestigious international award programme.

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UCC historian Professor Geoffrey Roberts' book Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov has won the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Biography.

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UCC Societies recently won three awards at the 2013 finals of the National Board of Irish College Societies Awards, held in the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath.

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UCC’s Coastal and Marine Research Centre is part of the organising committee behind “Space Innovation - Powering Blue Growth” taking place today, Friday 19 April.

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Ten top student sports stars have been honoured by UCC at the Sports Star Awards 2012/2013, with Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan as the Guest of Honour.

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The UCC Annual Prize Giving, which recognises exceptional students from across UCC, took place on Tuesday 16 April 2013.

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A ‘Revolutionary Decade Roadshow’ will be held in Nemo Rangers GAA complex this Saturday (20 April) 11am-3pm to unearth material on the period 1912-1923.

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UCC hosted the largest computer programming competition in the country recently.

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A conference and networking event at UCC on Saturday 27 April is set to focus on the increase in migration into Ireland since the late 1990s.

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Ten top young sports stars are to be honoured by UCC, with Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan as the Guest of Honour at the UCC Sports Star Awards 2012/2013. The awards take place in the River Lee Hotel from 6pm this Wednesday 17 April.

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Fergus McAuliffe, a postgraduate researcher in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, (BEES) at UCC is Ireland’s champion science communicator, after winning the inaugural Famelab competition in Dublin’s Science Gallery.

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This Thursday 18 April sees the UCC Language Scholarship Awards take place in the Glucksman Gallery, UCC from 5-7pm.

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UCC welcomes Mr Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup and Minister of Finance for the Netherlands today. He will give a moderated public interview, which will be live-streamed. 

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As part of the International Experience element of their MBA programme, 23 Yale School of Management students visited Cork recently.

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Gut feelings were the focus of a recent Health Research Board sponsored symposium held in the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, to coincide with the final weekend of the ‘Experience of Illness’ exhibition.

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A first of its kind interdisciplinary conference on fundamental movement skill development across the lifespan will be held on April 19 and 20 at the Mardkye Arena, UCC.

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Graduates with a great business idea may discover just the kick-start they need from the IGNITE Graduate Business Innovation Programme at UCC.

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90 Transition Year (TY) students - and one parent - will have a slightly different tale to tell their peers this Easter.

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UCC and Dalian University of Technology (DUT) China have signed a memorandum of understanding across a range of projects, initially in environmental sciences, coastal management and maritime engineering.

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The South Cork Enterprise Board (SCEB) and UCC have come together to provide sponsorship for two SME participants on UCC’s Executive MBA programme.

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Women Mean Business (WMB) is set to host its third annual Cork conference in Devere Hall, UCC on Friday April 12^th.

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Dr Kieran McDermott and Dr Janelle Pakan of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and the BioSciences Imaging Centre at UCC have won the Anatomical Society Best Image Prize (2013).

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A prize-winning essay examining student lifestyles was won by a final year BA student studying Health Economics, using UCC Operation Transformation as part of his inspiration.

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A team of Food Science and Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship students hungry for success have won the UCC Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2013.

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University College Cork (UCC) will participate in the world's largest study of food allergies ever undertaken which is being launched in the UK this week.

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Sarah Jo Sinnott and Mary Galvin are two of the 1200 UCC PhD students carrying out vital research. They enjoyed success recently at the HEA’s ‘Making an Impact’ competition.  

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Professor Louise Richardson, a leading authority on terrorism and political violence, is to deliver a public lecture at UCC this Friday 22 March.

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Reforming Abortion Law: Comparative Perspectives organised by the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights takes place today, Friday 22 March from 1.00-5.30pm in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex.

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'Zero-discharge wastewater treatment' was the topic of the winning presentation of Fergus McAuliffe, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC in the Science for All competition.

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The UCC Environmental Society will launch the inaugural National University Environmental Forum (NUEF) on Friday the 22 March in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex.

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The Danish Ambassador to Ireland visited UCC, at the invitation of the European Studies Programme, to talk about "Denmark in Europe after 40 years: Perspectives and Reflections."

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A showcase of the work of students from the MA in Economics with local industry will be held in UCC today (Wednesday 20/3) from 1-3pm.

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Did they emigrate? Do you know anything about them? Is there a famine grave, a ‘hungry hill’ or a former workhouse near where you live?

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UCC will be part of a €1 million new data analytics centre for researching “big data”, a key area of the government’s job growth plans.

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The latest Harlem Shake video comes from our very own Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy at UCC. How many occupations can you spot?

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A new student internship programme, UCC Works was launched last October and over 200 students have participated to date. An awards ceremony today celebrates their significant contribution.

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UCC postgraduate students will be tasked with making science understandable to all on Wednesday 20 March, as part of the Science for All competition.

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The UCC Department of Medicine will lead a €6m EU-funded research project to develop a software engine to optimise drug therapy for older people in hospital.

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More than 20 students received awards at the College of Science, Engineering & Food Science (SEFS) Awards Ceremony recently.

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Records over a 100 years at the University Dental School and Hospital, Cork show that cosmetic dentistry is a not new phenomenon according to Professor Finbarr Allen, Dean.   

 

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The Ambassador of India to Ireland Mr Debashish Chakravarti is to attend a centennial conference at UCC this Friday 15 March, which will honour the work of Max Arthur Macauliffe, the great Irish scholar of the Sikh religion.

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Professor Santiago Sia (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Milltown Institute, Dublin (retired)) will present ‘Human free will: A misconception?' this Wednesday 13 March as part of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science Public Lecture Series.

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The School of Medicine recently launched the Diploma in Military Medical Care Programme, which brings together the Irish Defence Forces and UCC in providing professional training in Military Medical Care.

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The Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st century (ISS21) at UCC showcased its research at a one-day event recently, highlighting exemplary community-engaged and socially relevant funded research.

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Cork Franciscan friars ate heartily during the famine according to a new book which details their financial accounts from the 1798 rebellion to World War 1.

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Many leading chefs and representatives from the food business sector and higher education will attend a molecular gastronomy workshop hosted by UCC on Thursday 21 February.   

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The Centre for Global Development (CGD) recently hosted the launch of author Peadar King’s latest book, What in the World: Political Travels in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) will be the focus of an upcoming symposium at UCC on Saturday 9 March in the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, from 11am-1pm.

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The University is deeply saddened by the death of staff member, Frank McGrath, following a tragic accident on campus yesterday (Tuesday, 5 March 2013).

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GENOVATE, a major new project on gender equality in research and innovation, launched on Friday 1 March at UCC.

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Two new history books were launched recently at UCC, ‘An Economic History of Ireland since Independence’ and ‘Great Deeds in Ireland: Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis’.

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The Coordinator of MARINET, the HMRC at Beaufort UCC, has announced a third call offering free-of-charge access to Europe’s leading test facilities for marine renewable energy R&D. 

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The annual School of History prize-giving ceremony took place recently, celebrating the achievements of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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UCC is to lead four of the seven centres and to co-lead a fifth in SFI’s largest joint state/industry research investment (€300m) in Irish history.

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New results from research carried out at UCC show that the technologies now exist to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by up to 95%. 

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UCC Pharmacy students Doireann Ní Nuanáin and David Walsh spent four weeks in the QA department at Gilead Sciences undertaking their final year projects.

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UCC will host a two-day conference on the 1913 Dublin lock-out and the role of labour during the ‘revolutionary decade’ of 1912-23 on 1 and 2 March.

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Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore outlined a wide range of priorities to be addressed during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU Council at a lecture held recently at UCC.

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UCC is delighted to announce new scholarships in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS), aimed at attracting international talent.

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The Health Innovation Hub (HIH) demonstrator project based in UCC today (Monday 16 December) announced a second call for proposals for innovative healthcare solutions as news of 80 jobs was widely welcomed.

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One of the world’s busiest conductors is taking time out to visit Cork and give a lecture at UCC this evening (Monday 16 December) – Carl Davis CBE.

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That’s the message students have received today (Friday 13 December 2013) as a new national survey of third level students launched, exploring in detail their experiences of higher education.

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Engineering and medical students from UCC are working together to produce innovative design solutions to real-world clinical problems.

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Lord David Puttnam delivered his final lecture on the module 'Seminar in Film Studies' for 2013/2014 recently to members of the Film and Screen Media group and UCC staff.

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UCC researcher Dr Gordon Dalton is the chair of a new international consortium of research staff associations that aims to provide a collective voice for groups representing researchers at home and abroad.

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Scientists, practitioners and policy makers from Ireland and Northern Ireland convened in Portlaoise this week to review the recommendations of the largest sustainable forest management research project ever undertaken in Ireland.

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Ministers Mr Richard Bruton TD and Mr Seán Sherlock TD launched Insight, a new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Data Analytics at the RHA in Dublin.

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UCC’s Green Campus programme has been recognised by the Cork Environmental Forum (CEF) at its 2013 Environmental Awards under the Public Sector category, the latest in a number of awards received by UCC for its leadership in environmental sustainability.

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An action plan for participation of the Irish universities in Horizon 2020 has been launched by Minister for Research and Innovation Mr Seán Sherlock TD.

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Rugby star Alison Miller and All Ireland hurling players Conor Lehane & Seamus Harnedy were among close to 100 students recognised at the UCC Sports Scholarships 2013/14.

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The incredible wartime exploits of UCC medical graduate (1939) Dr Aidan MacCarthy will be recounted in full this Monday night (9 December 2013) at 10pm on TV3.

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UCC will cheer on its student sports stars this Monday 9 December, when 80 Sports Scholarships and 11 Development Awards will be presented across a wide variety of sports.

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How do you find a needle in a haystack? It helps if a computer programme can reduce the size of the haystack.

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Former television presenter and well-known Irish media personality Bibi Baskin is to speak at the IIBA (Ireland – India Business Association) Cork Chapter Christmas lunch this Friday 6 December at 1.30pm in the River Lee Hotel, Cork.

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UCC Campus Accommodation recently completed refurbishment of the popular UCC Victoria Lodge apartments.

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The MSc Corporate Finance program has signed an Academic Partnership Agreement with the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, further enhancing the strong links that exist between UCC itself and CAIA.

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UCC is offering gifted students the chance of scholarships worth up to €10,000 per student, per year.

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Grace O’Leary, a third year UCC student of Commerce and Hispanic studies, has started a Youtube channel to document her year abroad in Mexico.

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A new research initiative focusing on the life-threatening complications associated with pre-eclampsia is set to save the lives of affected mothers and babies.

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Dr Gerard Clarke of the APC has been awarded a 2013 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

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Just over 20 Primary school students from Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra, Dublin are now Ireland’s youngest ‘graduates’, with a little help from UCC Visitors’ Centre.

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UCC was a top performer at the recent NUI Awards Ceremony 2013, with 33% of all awards going to UCC students. The Languages and Medical fields did particularly well.

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Dr Fernando Espinoza of the Government of Ecuador’s Council for the Evaluation, Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Higher Education was welcomed to UCC recently.

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University College Cork invites UCC staff, graduates and members of the public to nominate a distinguished UCC alumnus for an Alumnus Achievement Award. 

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A doctor to the stars, a CoderDojo guru and Disney vice-president, a pioneering dental researcher and two business leaders known for their humanitarian efforts  - all are to be honoured by UCC.

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A noble effort to raise awareness around men’s health that would put the fabled moustache of Ron Burgundy to shame has earned some UCC students and staff double-glances around campus this Movember.

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Denis Dennehy, a PhD candidate with the Business Information Systems Department has won the Best Academic Paper Award at the prestigious Innovation for Financial Services conference, held in Singapore recently.

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Katherine Condon, a UCC Process and Chemical Engineering student from Ballinascarthy, West Cork has been awarded the Joe Gantly Prize in Engineering.

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UCC student Siobhán O’Connor picked up her Bram Stoker Gold Medal at a ceremony held in Dublin City Hall last week, in recognition of her stunning performance at The Undergraduate Awards (UA).

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UCC has established a new project management service, PrimeUCC, to help its researchers win and manage EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation funds worth nearly €80 billion.

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Education in Ireland, a government initiative promoting higher education study opportunities, has announced new statistics that indicate a jump in Ireland’s popularity as a study abroad destination among U.S. students. 

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Love or loathe that trip to the dentist, there is a distinct possibility that Cork University Dental School and Hospital has fulfilled a role in ensuring you receive a high standard of care.

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UCC Health Matters has swept the board at the Irish Healthcare Awards, winning the Best Public Health Initiative category and the prestigious overall award, An Duais Mhór for its work around alcohol.

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The Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn TD witnessed the signing of a bi-lateral agreement recently between Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil and UCC.

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UCC’s Jennings Gallery is set to host Irish artist Gráinne Tynan’s solo exhibition 'Acquainted with the Night' from 28 November 2013 – 9 January 2014.

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The view from ‘The Balcony’ must be pleasing for Cork musician, poet and UCC graduate David Moynihan as he launches his first poetry collection on 23 November from 3pm-4.30pm in Cork City Library.

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UCC has been shortlisted for an Eircom Spider Award under the category ‘Social Media Interaction’. The annual awards reward Irish businesses and community organisations for their creativity and innovation online.

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Dr Aodh Quinlivan, of the Department of Government will launch his book, The Freedom of Cork - A Chronicle of Honour, this Thursday 21 November at Cork City Hall.

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gatewayUCC has announced that their portfolio of start-ups, spin-outs and high-tech companies has cumulatively reached 100 jobs, translating investment in research into tangible employment. 

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UCC research reveals that good quality care for young people with type-1 diabetes is unevenly distributed throughout Ireland.

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Former Cork hurler Conor Cusack is to speak on depression tonight (Monday 18 November) in Boole 4 at 8pm. A live stream can be viewed by clicking here from c.8pm

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UCC hosted a stunning array of traditional Indian music and dance this week to mark Diwali, one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar. The Indian 'festival of light', which lasts for five days, celebrates the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.

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A delegation of officials from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Shanghai Committee, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and Shanghai University visited UCC recently, with welcome news announced for Cork and the wider region.

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‘Holly’ is derived from the English word ‘holy’ and it is believed that the holly’s red berries and prickly leaves are said to symbolize Christ’s sufferings.

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It was a case of Rudolph the Red Nosed Robot recently as a festive crew waltzed around campus, proving toys really are for every child, no matter what challenges they may face.

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The winners of the inaugural ‘Think outside of the Bun - UCC Staff Build a Balanced Burger competition’ have been announced.

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Links between Ireland and Canada have been further strengthened, with the announcement of this year’s Dobbin Scholarships by the Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF).

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What if a virtually untapped sector of frontline workers could be mobilised to protect the mental health of our young people, long before they ever present to traditional mental health services?

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UCC postgraduate students will be tasked with making science understandable to all on Wednesday 20 March, as part of the Science for All competition.

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