The next generation of functional food and feed will be directed towards the microbiome to improve health, drive food production and support a more sustainable agriculture, a workshop hosted by the APC Microbiome Institute (APC) in Brussels heard earlier this week.

A new accelerator programme, called SPRINT, will support early stage start-ups, entrepreneurs and UCC-based researchers and focus on their commercialisation strategies and routes to market.

In an extraordinary year for the Irish film industry UCC alum, John Crowley, was up for a ‘best picture’ award for the film 'Brooklyn' at the Academy Awards ceremony last night.

UCC’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI) has been invited to join the international Climate Technology Centre Network, a UN group that helps the developing world deal with climate change.

Forty mini companies from 10 schools in the South Cork region have been shortlisted for the regional finals of the South Cork Schools Enterprise Programme, set to take place at UCC’s Devere Hall this Thursday.

Cork’s rise as an entrepreneurial hub has been further boosted with the opening of Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC, one of only three locations in Ireland to host the entrepreneurship programme. 

Experts from medicine, nursing and pharmacy gathered in University College Cork for the Future Professional Practice - A Step in the Right Direction symposium, to discuss the use of digital tools to enhance inter-professional learning on clinical and practical placements for students. 

Health Minister Simon Harris has launched Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI), Ireland’s first national hub to directly improve treatment and care for patients.

UCC students and staff gathered at the iconic Quad today for the arrival of the first harvest of vegetables and herbs from the KSG UCC Farm to Fork initiative, the first of its kind in any university in Ireland.

Following the publication (2015) of the report of the Cork Local Government Review Group (CLGRG) chaired by Mr A. Smiddy, UCC President Dr Michael Murphy received approaches from several directions to comment on the report and that of the minority group within the CLGRG - the latter members being UCC connected. President Murphy considered that since there had been no international representative on the CLGRG (in contrast to the usual review processes at UCC on matters of less public interest), it would be appropriate to seek international advice from an acknowledged expert on local authority governance.