News and Views
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UCC first Irish university to join consortium studying slavery
10 Sep 2018
University College Cork has become the first Irish university to join an international research consortium investigating slavery.
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UCC research centres put their stamp on An Post series
07 Sep 2018
An Post has unveiled a series of four new stamps celebrating scientific discoveries in Ireland, two of which feature the UCC research centres APC Microbiome Ireland and the INFANT Centre.
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Locked up for being poor: Spike Island finds pose ‘uncomfortable questions’ about modern prison system
07 Sep 2018
Prisoners at the 20th century prison on Cork’s Spike Island were mostly from “blackspots of disadvantage,” according to finds as part of UCC-led archaeological excavations.
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RTÉ Brainstorm publishes UCC's 100th article
05 Sep 2018
There are significant restrictions on what the President can do, but the Constitution places very few restrictions on what the President might say according to Conor O’Mahony, Law, the 100th UCC contributor to the RTÉ Brainstorm platform.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: How to put citizens at the heart of energy policy decisions
05 Sep 2018
Public engagement networks involving individuals and communities can aid Ireland's transition to a low carbon energy future.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: How sound helps us to visualise our environment
05 Sep 2018
Sounds give us a representation of the world around us every bit as vivid and evocative of the visual landscapes that compete for our attention.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: "This is not an ordinary year to be a theatre student"
05 Sep 2018
A new project aims to change how the next generation of theatre artists and producers are trained.
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UCC on RTÉ Brainstorm: Did humans have sex with Neanderthals?
05 Sep 2018
Though humans and Neanderthals co-existed for no more than 20,000 years, there are tantalising scraps of evidence about the kinds of interactions they would have had.
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Olympian Paul O’Donovan secures Quercus Scholarship
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It’s been a busy summer of rowing for Skibbereen Olympian Paul O’Donovan and it’s going to get a whole lot busier as he takes on the challenge of Graduate Entry Medicine in UCC this week.
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UCC scientist honoured by peers
03 Sep 2018
Scientists from around the world came to Cork to mark the vast contribution to science, research and education of UCC physicist Stephen Fahy.
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