News and Views
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UCC recognises outstanding leaders
07 Jun 2019
One of Ireland’s most decorated sports stars was among those conferred with an honorary doctorate at UCC today.
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Breakthrough in the superconductor race
07 Jun 2019
A breakthrough in the worldwide race to discover higher temperature superconductors has occurred, through jointly co-authored University College Cork (UCC) research.
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Maps show occupiers of Cork towns in the 1780s
06 Jun 2019
The occupiers of every house in the Cork towns of Rosscarbery and Baltimore in the late 1780s have been revealed in a survey of an extensive Munster landed estate published online for the first time.
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UCC music professor to launch first global hip hop studies journal
05 Jun 2019
UCC Professor of Music, J. Griffith Rollefson, is set to launch the world's first academic journal of international hip hop music, culture, and politics later this week.
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Visualising air pollution: Five iconic images from across the globe
05 Jun 2019
In celebration of the UN's World Environment Day today, this year themed Air Pollution, the Centre for Research into Atmospheric Chemistry (CRACLab) at UCC has selected five iconic images to raise awareness about air pollution among decision makers.
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Feathers came first, then birds
04 Jun 2019
Feathers arose 100 million years before birds, new research suggests, which changes how we look at dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs, the flying reptiles.
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UCC and Tyndall teams set to compete for €1m research prize
04 Jun 2019
Two teams from UCC and Tyndall National Institute have been selected as finalists for the SFI Future Innovator Prize, with each of the teams vying for €1 million in research funding.
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IMI ranked in FT's global top 50 for executive education, a 'first' for Ireland
03 Jun 2019
IMI (Irish Management Institute) is now one of the top 50 executive education providers in the world, according to the new Financial Times rankings.
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The Irish role in Einstein’s defining discovery
29 May 2019
One hundred years ago today (May 29), a total eclipse of the sun in 1919 provided the first evidence in favour of Einstein's theory of general relativity, and Ireland played a forgotten role, Professor Paul Callanan, Physicist at University College Cork explains.
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World-leading scientist to present inaugural lecture at UCC
28 May 2019
One of the world’s leading scientists will give an inaugural public lecture on the emerging second quantum revolution next week (Thursday, 6 June) at University College Cork (UCC).
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