2015 Press Releases | University College Cork

UCC alum named Best Young Entrepreneur

A UCC graduate and student captured two of the top awards at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition in 2015.

Dr Seamus O’Reilly wins Supply Chain Leader Award

Dr Seamus O’Reilly, Senior Lecturer and Academic Director of Supply Chain Management programmes at UCC, has won the 2015 Procurement and Supply Chain Leader Award at the National Procurement Supply Chain Awards.

Cork Convention Bureau honours UCC conferences

04 Dec

Cork Convention Bureau (CCB) last night honoured UCC in two categories at its annual #CorkNeedsYou Cork Conference Ambassadors Awards.

ERI researchers showcase research at COP21

03 Dec

“We are the first generation to fully understand climate change, and the last generation to have the opportunity to do something about it.”

UCC Quercus Talented Students’ Award Gala

01 Dec

UCC President Dr Michael Murphy and UCC’s Vice President for Teaching and Learning, Professor John O’Halloran, will award Quercus Talented Students’ Scholarships to 17 students this evening (Tuesday, December 1).

UCC honours high-achieving alumni

27 Nov

The first Irish woman to be named as Corporate Vice President at Intel and Apple’s Vice President of European Operations were among those to be honoured at UCC’s Alumni Achievement Awards this evening.

ERI delegation heads to COP21

30 Nov

An Environmental Research Institute (ERI) delegation, led by Prof Brian Ó Gallachóir, is attending COP21 in Paris. Representatives from 195 countries will meet to reach a new international climate agreement.

UCC helps local businesses

25 Nov

University College Cork has announced that it is to provide a free service to local businesses to advertise temporary and part-time work in addition to launching a jobs portal for students seeking such positions.

Cork life in 1916?

23 Nov

What do the letters of 1916 reveal about life in Cork in that period? Local communities around Ireland are invited to have their 1916 family letters digitised for posterity

Tree berry compound kills leukaemia cells

19 Nov

A molecule developed by scientists at UCC, derived from the berries of the Bloodhorn tree, has shown “a very significant reduction in tumour size,” particularly leukaemia cancer cells.