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.

‘Open Disclosure’ campaigner to be honoured at UCC

07 Dec 2018

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Global expansion for high-tech honey bee hives

21 Nov 2018

ApisProtect, a Cork-based innovator focused on helping beekeepers prevent losses and increase productivity, is set to create 25 new jobs and open its first US office after an investment boost of €1.5 million. 

INFANT Centre research leads to breakthrough treatment for peanut allergy

19 Nov 2018

New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy co-authored by Prof. Jonathan Hourihane of INFANT Centre, UCC.

The world’s largest peanut allergy treatment trial, involving more than 30 Irish children, has found that a new oral treatment can successfully reduce sensitivity to peanuts. It offers a real lifeline to those affected by the most common food allergy and the single cause of most food allergy deaths.

UCC honours sports stars with scholarships

16 Nov 2018

UCC has presented 65 students with sports scholarships with archery being recognised for the first time.