An Adjunct Professor of Engineering Department at University College Cork and member of the board of the Tyndall National Institute has been presented with a prestigious award at a ceremony in Washington DC.
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UCC alumna and Tyndall board member receives prestigious science award
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Mary Ryan remembered on International Women's Day
08 Mar 2020In 1910 Mary Ryan became Professor of romance languages at University College Cork, becoming the first female Professor in Ireland. On International Women's Day, we remember a trailblazer in education.
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UCC's Equality Week features "Muslims of UCC" exhibition
04 Mar 2020University College Cork’s Equality Week 2020 runs until this Friday, and among the events this week is ‘Muslims of UCC’ – an exhibition aimed at countering Islamophobia.
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UCC celebrates 10 years as a Green Campus
19 Feb 2020Today, Wednesday 19 February, University College Cork will celebrate 10 years since becoming the first university in the world to be awarded a Green Flag from the Foundation for Environmental Education.
UCC has continued to lead the way on environmental and sustainable issues in the decade since it was the first globally to reach this milestone, and is currently ranked the world’s number one University for responsible consumption and production by the Times Higher Education.
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Mediterranean diet promotes gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy ageing’ in older people
18 Feb 2020Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, according to a five-country study by APC Microbiome Ireland, a Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre at University College Cork.
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GPs not equipped to manage patients who self-harm
14 Feb 2020GPs do not feel equipped to manage people who self-harm according to a new joint study between University College Cork and Keele University, which has significant implications for the training of GPs in Ireland.
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‘The Hub’ opens at University College Cork
11 Feb 2020New centre streamlines services to benefit 26,000 students.
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UCC joins European-wide alliance of post-industrial city universities
07 Feb 2020University College Cork has joined a European alliance of eight universities based in post-industrial cities, with the aim of boosting mobility and inclusion for social impact.
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Refugee Week is underway
04 Feb 2020Talks on the rise of the far-right, and exploring the concept of sanctuary will be central to UCC’s third annual Refugee Week, which runs until Friday, 7 Feb 2020.
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UCC Confucius Institute Wins Institute of the Year Award
14 Jan 2020UCC’s Confucius Institute recently won the Confucius Institute of the Year Award at the Global Confucius Institute Conference, the 2019 International Chinese Language Education Conference held at Changsha, China.
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