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University News
17 Jan 2025
UCC early-career researchers recognised in the Researcher of the Year 2024 awards
Dr Aaron Lim named as Early Career Researcher of the Year. Dr Luiza Wasiewska is the top ranked scholar in the Government of Ireland postdoctoral fellowship call in 2024 and receives the Thomas Mitchell Medal of Excellence. The awards celebrate the best of IRC-funded researchers deemed to have made highly significant and valuable contributions to knowledge, society, culture, and innovation.
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15 Jan 2025
President of Ireland celebrates a century of publishing by Cork University Press
The oldest University Press in Ireland, Cork University Press, celebrates its 100th birthday this year and the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, was presented with one of its landmark publications at a special event in Áras an Uachtaráin this week.
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13 Jan 2025
Be Safe, Be Seen this Winter
UCC and the Mardyke Arena have launched a safety campaign to encourage greater visibility on our roads this winter. As part of our Be Safe Be Seen campaign, free high visibility vests and lights will be given out at UCC’s Mardyke Arena on Tuesday (14th) and Wednesday (15th) January between 5.30pm – 7.30pm on both days.
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10 Jan 2025
Technology is an established part of mourning rituals in Ireland – new study
New UCC study shows how digital tools shaped Irish mourning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The integration of digital media into everyday living has affected mourning in Ireland. Traditional Irish mourning rituals remain strongly established in social and community aspects, but technology now plays an important and accepted role.
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