Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to ‘healthy’ ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, according to a five-country study by APC Microbiome Ireland, a Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre at University College Cork.

GPs do not feel equipped to manage people who self-harm according to a new joint study between University College Cork and Keele University, which has significant implications for the training of GPs in Ireland.

New centre streamlines services to benefit 26,000 students.

University College Cork has joined a European alliance of eight universities based in post-industrial cities, with the aim of boosting mobility and inclusion for social impact.

Talks on the rise of the far-right, and exploring the concept of sanctuary will be central to UCC’s third annual Refugee Week, which runs until Friday, 7 Feb 2020.

UCC’s Confucius Institute recently won the Confucius Institute of the Year Award at the Global Confucius Institute Conference, the 2019 International Chinese Language Education Conference held at Changsha, China. 

A group of financial sector experts established by the European Commission, recently published a report to help govern and improve Europe’s FinTech economy.

Ireland’s first course to examine the modern history of the Irish LGBT+ community has been launched at University College Cork.

Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, recently announced a Government investment of €49 million through Science Foundation Ireland in the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics.

The Food Institute UCC, Ireland’s largest collaborative research and learning institute for food-related activity, has today announced details of a global food finance summit which it will host in partnership with Cork University Business School (CUBS) and Goodbody Stockbrokers on 28 May 2020.