In 1863, O’Donovan Rossa held a torchlit parade in solidarity with a Polish uprising against their Russian occupiers known as the January Rebellion which was re-enacted in Skibbereen recently.

A yogurt to help people live longer is just one of the projects being developed as part of IndieBio hosted by the School of Microbiology, UCC.  See media round up on Storify.  

The speech given by Dr Murphy at the official opening of the world-class Beaufort Building also revealed new UCC data on job creation and reflected on cuts in the HE sector and global rankings.

In the second edition of #MeetUCC, MBS Government student Jessica Ní Mhaoláin discusses politics, social justice, the road to the Rose of Tralee and Citizen Cane.

Acclaimed Dublin dramatist Michael West will take up the UCC post in September.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. has officially opened the UCC Beaufort Building in Ringaskiddy, which will provide Ireland with world-class infrastructure for renewable energy and maritime research to power the ‘blue economy’.

Professor Deirdre Madden of UCC’s School of Law and Dr Orla O’Donovan, Applied Social Studies were behind the qualitative findings of the report which received national media attention.

UCC and Irish Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (IIPMM) are collaborating on a Masters programme that has delivered €86m in savings to businesses over the last four years.

The MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy programme recently had its first examination board as a collaborative programme between University College Cork and the Turning Point Training Institute (TPTI).

The School of Asian Studies at UCC has launched a new international, peer-reviewed online journal.