News and Views
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Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton may alter amount of CO2 reaching sea floor
30 Apr 2019
The uptake and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide in our oceans fuelled by key organisms may be negatively impacted by microplastics, a new study has found.
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New business school for Cork city centre, as UCC and Dairygold sign contracts
26 Apr 2019
University College Cork (UCC) and Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited (“Dairygold”) have signed contracts for UCC’s acquisition of Dairygold’s property in South Terrace for €17.25 million.
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World sustainability experts gather at UCC
17 Apr 2019
Experts from more than 30 countries gathered at University College Cork this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating sustainable universities.
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Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span
15 Apr 2019
New study in Nature Communications finds increasingly narrow peaks of collective attention over time, supporting a ‘social acceleration’ occurring across different domains.
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New website to support families grieving the loss of a baby
15 Apr 2019
INFANT Centre at University College Cork, in partnership with the Irish Hospice Foundation, today launched pregnancyandinfantloss.ie, a first-of-its-kind website for Ireland.
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€3 Million FEXCO-UCC Research Collaboration Launched
12 Apr 2019
Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD was in Killorglin Co. Kerry this morning to launch FINTECHNEXT - a financial technology (fintech) research collaboration between technology company Fexco, University College Cork (UCC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
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Four UCC researchers receive Advanced Laureate Awards
11 Apr 2019
Fundamental insights into the evolution of life on earth, reconstructing the fascinating news environment of an entire lost world, taking inspiration from nature to develop the next generation of batteries and examining the vellum of medieval Irish manuscripts, are the four UCC research areas that were awarded funding under the prestigious Irish Research Council’s 2019 Advanced Laureate Awards Programme today.
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UCC honours its sporting stars
10 Apr 2019
UCC honoured its leading young sports stars at our annual Sports Star Awards last night, in what has been an incredible year for sport for the university.
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EU launches next steps in building trust in Artificial Intelligence
09 Apr 2019
The European Commission has launched its next steps for building trust in artificial intelligence by taking forward the work of its High-Level Expert Group in AI.
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Irish Universities contribute €8.89 billion to Irish economy annually
04 Apr 2019
The Irish economy benefitted by €8.9 billion last year from Ireland’s seven universities newly published research has confirmed.
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