News and Views
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World leading academic joins University College Cork
19 Dec 2018
University College Cork (UCC) has appointed Professor Séamus Davis to spearhead a pioneering research programme to study Quantum Materials for Quantum Technology, in a joint appointment with the University of Oxford.
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A new bridge for Cork
13 Dec 2018
The Cavanagh bridge was officially opened to the public yesterday at UCC by Dr Tom Cavanagh, the President of UCC, Professor Patrick O’ Shea and Mark Poland, Director of Buildings & Estates, UCC.
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INFANT celebrates five years of world-class research
11 Dec 2018
Ireland has the highest birth rate in Europe with more than 65,000 babies born each year. Equally high is the output of world-class research by Ireland’s dedicated fetal and neonatal research centre, INFANT, which celebrates a milestone of five years of ground-breaking innovations and research this week.
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‘Open Disclosure’ campaigner to be honoured at UCC
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After Dutch doctors failed her, Adrienne Cullen, now terminally ill, fought the system and won. She went public with her story about how a major Dutch hospital lost her test results, leaving her with incurable cervical cancer. She’s now using the horror of those experiences to drive change in the medical profession.
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UCC launches transformational Academic Strategy
05 Dec 2018
University College Cork (UCC) has launched an ambitious Academic Strategy that will transform the UCC learning experience and landscape for the future.
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IMI makes FT's business school rankings for the first time
03 Dec 2018
The Irish Management Institute (IMI) has entered the Financial Times’ European Business Schools Rankings for the first time in its history, becoming the highest new European entrant in this year’s list.
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Ireland’s largest business school opens doors to a top education
26 Nov 2018
An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney TD, will today officially open the University College Cork Centre for Executive Education at 1 Lapp's Quay in Cork city.
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Hypertension during pregnancy can increase later risk of heart disease
24 Sep 2019
Research has found that women with high blood pressure in pregnancy, including conditions such as preeclampsia, have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disorders later in life, including stroke and heart failure.
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Book launch shines New Light on George Boole
22 Nov 2018
New Light on George Boole, which explores the personal life of UCC's first Professor of Mathematics and the forefather of the Information Age, will be launched at the University today.
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Could Sherlock Holmes’s true nemesis have been a mathematician?
20 Nov 2018
A fascinating parallel between a brilliant mathematician and an arch-villain of crime fiction is drawn in a forthcoming book – New Light on George Boole – by Des MacHale and Yvonne Cohen.
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