News and Views
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Opinion: Stop treating abuse victims with contempt
10 Jul 2019
Everyone who suffered abuse in a defective school system should now be paid the compensation they are entitled to under human rights law, writes UCC's Conor O’Mahony.
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Magnetic monopoles make acoustic debut in UCC and Oxford study
04 Jul 2019
University College Cork (UCC) & University of Oxford Professor of Physics, Séamus Davis, has led a team of experimental physicists in the discovery of the magnetic noise generated by a fluid of magnetic monopoles.
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Replica Iron Age log boat to be launched on Lough Corrib
04 Jul 2019
The replica of a 2,400-year-old log boat, which still lies on the bottom of Lough Corrib, will be launched there on Saturday (July 6).
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Irish Research Council awards €1.6m to 10 projects to tackle global challenges
05 Jul 2019
Minister of State for Skills, Training, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan, TD, has announced that funding of €1.6m will be invested in 10 fellowships over the next two years.
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Going underground: Cork zines reveal ‘no-holds-barred perspective on city life’
04 Jul 2019
Over the past five years, the exhibition curators Siobhán Bardsley and Fiona O’Mahony have been putting together a collection of Cork fanzines from 1975 to 2005.
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Rugby Hero Moss Keane’s Alma Mater UCC Will Remember Him with a Scholarship
01 Jul 2019
University College Cork has launched a new student rugby scholarship to honour rugby hero Moss Keane and named UCC Rugby out-half James Taylor as its inaugural recipient.
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In a world first, UCC to raise fourth Green Flag
27 Jun 2019
University College Cork will today become the world’s first university to be awarded its fourth Green Flag from An Taisce, on behalf of the International Foundation for Environmental Education.
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Machine Learning used for scientific discovery in Quantum Matter
28 Jun 2019
A breakthrough in Machine Learning has yielded scientific discovery in experimental studies of quantum matter, in research led by an Irish scientist.
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Joint project seeks to unlock the cultural potential of Irish and Welsh ports
14 Jun 2019
A major joint Irish and Welsh project will seek to unlock the cultural potential of ports of Dublin and Rosslare, and the Welsh ports of Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock.
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In Defence of the Arts
12 Jun 2019
Renowned film producer, Lord David Puttnam, makes a passionate case for a career in the arts in the latest episode of UCC’s Plain Speaking podcast.
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