UCC academics Dr Edmond Byrne (School of Engineering) and Dr Gerard Mullally (Department of Sociology) have been awarded the Richard Trevithick Memorial Prize (2015) by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
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UCC academics engineer success
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UCC Islam specialist to launch book in Scotland
21 Oct 2015Dr Amanullah De Sondy, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam at UCC is to launch his acclaimed book, The Crisis of Islamic Masculinities, at a special launch in Scotland hosted by Edinburgh University on 03 November.
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Global legislation ‘ill-equipped’ to cope with Big Data revolution
20 Oct 2015Privacy and data protection legislation worldwide is ill-equipped to deal with the Big Data revolution, according to Professor Maeve McDonagh from UCC’s School of Law.
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Probiotic may help alleviate stress-related condition
20 Oct 2015The probiotic Bifidobacterium longum 1714 may help reduce stress and improve memory according to a small study of healthy men presented at Neuroscience 2015, in Chicago.
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Life-saving legislation announced
15 Oct 2015New laws announced today by the Minister for Health Leo Varadkar have been warmly welcomed by two UCC health experts.
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UCC named The Sunday Times University of the Year
14 Oct 2015University College Cork (UCC) has been named The Sunday Times University of the Year for a record-breaking fourth time.
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Call for Tax on SSDs
08 Oct 2015Researchers at the Health Research Board Centre for Health and Diet Research have announced their support for a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks (SSDs).
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Get Sorted for the UCC Open Day
06 Oct 2015Ahead of the next UCC Open Day on 10 October, Deputy Admissions Officer Danielle Byrne offers the perfect guide (and yes, it involves the Lords of Strut and Harry Potter).
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UNESCO Learning City Award for Cork
02 Oct 2015Cork City is to receive a UNESCO Learning City Award at the UNESCO International Conference on Learning Cities in Mexico City. UCC is one of four partners in the Cork Learning City initiative.
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Partnership aims to make pregnancy safer
01 Oct 2015The INFANT Centre (Irish Centre for Foetal and Neonatal Translational Research) at University College Cork, Bioscreen Health, laya healthcare and IBM have launched the ‘LEANBH’ project in the Cork University Maternity Hospital today, designed to make pregnancy safer.
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