Videos made by Brazilian students have gone viral, showcasing their love for UCC, Cork and Ireland as the University gears up to appear on RTÉ's Nationwide special this Friday.

Art to Inspire is an exhibition of artwork by students enrolled in UCC’s Certificate in Contemporary Living running in the Glucksman until 1 March 2015.

Cork is a long way from the island city of Florianopolis in Brazil, but it has been an incredibly fruitful journey so far for three Brazilian neuroscience PhD students at UCC. 

A series of pamphlets on the Irish famine was launched by Cork University Press and Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum in Dublin this week.

As Raise & Give Week beings, the UCCSU and wider student body are aiming to make 2015 a record year for monies raised for a number of local and national charities. 

The celebrations of the George Boole bicentenary kicked off with the George Boole 200 Inaugural Lectures.  The media interest in the well-attended event is captured below on Storify.

Derry McSweeney, who retires this week after 45 years of loyal and dedicated service with UCC General Services/Security, has presented a cheque for €5520 to children’s charity BUMBLEance.

A sold out student-led conference today (Wednesday 11 February) will focus on the need to break down the barriers of disability. It will also be live streamed from 7pm here.

The Irish universities are working to address gender imbalances in the higher education sector through the extension of the Athena SWAN Charter to Ireland.

Climate change is not an issue found at the top of everyone’s priority list, but it should and ultimately will be, say the determined students behind an upcoming free conference at UCC.