- ‘Plastic Free UCC’ will save more than 140,000 plastic bottles and 370,000 coffee cups per year.
- It will save 560,000 plastic bottles and 1.4 million coffee cups during a graduate’s four-year degree.
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University College Cork to go plastic free
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UCC maps research to UN SDGs
30 Nov 2022University College Cork (UCC) has launched a report highlighting the action researchers are taking to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges.
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Landmark Documentary on The Irish Civil War airs on RTÉ This December
29 Nov 2022Narrated by Brendan Gleeson, produced by RTÉ Cork in partnership with University College Cork as part of the Decade of Centenary commemorations and based on UCC’s “mammoth and magnificent” Atlas of the Irish Revolution, three-part documentary series THE IRISH CIVIL WAR tells the epic and often challenging story of the origins, conflict and legacy of the civil war that took place in Ireland in 1922 and 1923.
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The Hub in Active European Citizenship launches in UCC
21 Nov 2022A new initiative aimed at increasing active European citizenship among younger citizens was launched at University College Cork by the Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr Deirdre Forde, and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Simon Coveney TD.
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MaREI team wins SFI Engaged Research of the Year Award
28 Nov 2022MaREI’s transdisciplinary research group at the University College Cork (UCC) that is harnessing the community spirit on the Dingle Peninsula to advance a groundbreaking engaged research initiative called Dingle Peninsula 2030, won the 2022 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Engaged Research Award last night.
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UCC honours trailblazing alumni achievers
24 Nov 2022Four inspirational alumni will be honoured with an Alumni Achievement Award from their alma mater University College Cork (UCC) this evening.
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UCC researchers’ success in HRB Knowledge Translation Awards 2022
22 Nov 2022Research into miscarriage, cancer care and testicular awareness are among the UCC research projects awarded Health Research Board (HRB) Knowledge Translation Awards for Health as part of a €1.2 million investment to help solve health challenges.
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Dr Sally Cudmore appointed Director of UCC Innovation
21 Nov 2022- Scientist and entrepreneur appointed to drive innovation at UCC.
- UCC researchers address real-world challenges to secure a better future for all.
- UCC Innovation supports the translation of research from the lab into practice for the benefit of communities.
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University College Cork wins Times Higher Education Award for sustainability
18 Nov 2022University College Cork (UCC) won the THE DataPoints Merit Award at the 18th annual Times Higher Education (THE) awards last night.
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14 UCC researchers feature on world's elite science list
16 Nov 2022University College Cork (UCC) is proud to announce that 14 researchers affiliated with UCC, all based at APC Microbiome Ireland (APC), a world-leading Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre based in UCC, feature in the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate.
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