A new umbrella organisation, Irish Assistance Dogs, today addressed the Oireachtas Health Committee to highlight the need for special recognition for Assistance Dogs in Irish legislation.

UCC seeks to recruit 40 people to share their views on how they would like Ireland and Europe to develop over the next 20-30 years.

Geoscientific knowledge and understanding lies at the heart of many of the most critical societal issues that face us in the 21st century according to Professor Iain Stewart MBE, academic  and BBC presenter who will talk about this in UCC, 6.30pm Wednesday 11 Nov in Boole 4.

The CEO of a non-profit aiming to educate a billion people around the world for free is among those set to awarded honorary doctorates by University College Cork (UCC) on November 2.

UCC has been recognised several times this autumn for its digital and green credentials, attracting nominations from the Cork Digital Marketing Awards, SEAI, Web Awards, EirSpider Awards and Public Sector Magazine.

The people of Waterford are invited to visit and particpate in the 'Revolutionary Decade Roadshow' in the Park Hotel in Dungarvan, Co Waterford on 31 October 2015, 11am-4pm.

Dr Áine Ryall of UCC's School of Law has taken up duty as a member of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, an international treaty that links environmental rights and human rights. 

The 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.

UCC has honoured a number of its staff for their outstanding contributions to University life at the 2015 Staff Recognition Awards. Affectionately dubbed the #UCCOscars, read on to find out the winners!

A 19^th century recipe book and the letters of George Boole, show that Ireland’s food and dining customs at end of the Famine were far more complex than previously thought.