News and Views
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40 shades of green...
29 Jun 2018
A green wall designed to improve air quality, dampen noise and add a splash of colour has been installed in the Quadrangle Reading Room in the Boole Library.
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Hi-tech learning centre in former Ballroom of Romance
21 Jun 2018
The west Kerry Gaeltacht village of Ballyferriter indulged in an evening of nostalgia on this week when UCC presented its refurbished learning centre on the site of a former community dance hall and picture house.
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World’s most endangered seabirds are unprotected in Irish waters
26 Jun 2018
The world’s most threatened seabirds face some of their greatest risks when feeding in Irish waters, according to a new study by researchers in University College Cork.
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'Mind our Microbes' on the first ever World Microbiome Day
26 Jun 2018
The first ever World Microbiome Day (Wednesday June 27th, 2018) has gripped the imaginations of scientists and the public right across the globe.
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Royal Visit: The Prince of Wales to meet talented UCC students and alumni
14 Jun 2018
A new harp piece has been commissioned by University College Cork (UCC) to mark the visit to Cork by HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall today (June 14).
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Opinion - A Right Royal Paradox: Ireland’s Ambivalence
13 Jun 2018
In May 2018 large sections of Ireland’s citizenry unapologetically devoured even the most trifling details of the wedding of Prince Harry Windsor and Meghan Markle. It was not that different in 1981, when Prince Charles married Lady Diana. (Although, in the depths of the Troubles, Irish citizens were more discreet.)
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Opinion - Ireland and Britain: A Firm and Constant Friendship?
13 Jun 2018
The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement contains structures and institutions which can, if strengthened, help to protect the British-Irish relationship in a post-Brexit era.
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‘We Are One’: UCC to honour trailblazers
08 Jun 2018
The beating heart of Cork Penny Dinners, the Queen of crime with more No. 1 original fiction bestsellers than any other author, and the power behind Other Voices are among those set to be honoured by UCC today (June 8).
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Mother's diet can improve gut of baby
01 Jun 2018
Mothers who eat healthy fats from oily fish may help their children form healthy guts and maintain healthy weights throughout their lives.
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Dino-bird dandruff research head and shoulders above rest
25 May 2018
UCC palaeontologists have discovered 125 million-year-old dandruff preserved amongst the plumage of feathered dinosaurs and early birds, revealing the first evidence of how dinosaurs shed their skin.
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