The 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.

The Government should provide dedicated support to teachers to help them incorporate new technologies such as video games into their lessons, according to a professor at University College Cork.

The winner of this year’s Patrick Kavanagh Award for a poet that has not yet published a book is John Mee, a professor in the Faculty of Law at UCC.

The School of History, UCC, Kerry County Council and Kerins O’Rahilly GAA club, Tralee, are pleased to announce that that an ‘Easter Rising Roadshow’ will be held in Tralee next week. 

The UCC Executive MBA has become one of the first programmes in Ireland to give each of its students an Apple iPad Mini, to enable team interaction beyond the lecture room.

The demands of the increasingly complex world are over the heads of many leaders in Ireland according as evidenced by the very narrow thinking leading up to the Banking Bailout to UCC Professor Connell Fanning. 

This week Dress for Success (DFS) Cork celebrates two years of breaking the cycle of poverty through supporting women into the workplace. UCC’s Dr. Celine McInerney is among the guest speakers.

The inaugural issue of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Magazine distirubted by the Financial Times worldwide  highlighted Ireland and UCC as a hub for innovation, new ideas, start-ups and creativity.

The remains of Thomas Kent were taken from Cork Prison and buried in Castlelyons after the general public paid their respects in Collins Barracks. 

UCC has a fascinating and quirky feast in store for Culture Night this Friday 18th September, with a wide array of events that will appeal to all ages.