As part of ‘Continuous Improvement in UCC- A roadmap to 2017,’ seven staff members have received recognition for attaining Lean Green Belt certification awards.
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University College Cork becomes lean
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UCC geologist presents Mullaghmore coral to Prince Charles
19 May 2015During Prince Charles's visit to the Marine Institute in Galway, Professor Andy Wheeler gave the prince a gift of a cut and polished fossil coral with a poignant personal message.
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US-Irish award for Alimentary Health
18 May 2015Alimentary Health has won an award in the inaugural US-Ireland Research Innovation Awards for its work bringing a patented Irish probiotic, discovered in UCC, to the UK and Irish market under its own brand ALFLOREX®, and in collaboration with Proctor & Gamble in the US as ALIGN®.
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New class of compounds may lead to new antiviral drugs
14 May 2015Researchers in the Analytical & Biological Chemistry Research Facility (ABCRF) at UCC led by Anita Maguire, have designed and synthesised a new class of compounds with potential in the discovery of new antiviral drugs.
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Still time for a 2015 postgrad course
08 May 2015It’s not too late to apply for the right postgraduate option for you. Find out more during our free live and online chat sessions on 19 May, from 4pm-6pm.
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MSc ISBP best in class for business
07 May 2015UCC’s MSc Information Systems for Business Performance (ISBP) has won Postgraduate Course of the Year in the business category at the annual Postgraduate Course of the Year Awards.
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George Boole's Prayer remembered
01 May 2015Inspired by the George Boole commemorations, a fourth year music student at UCC, Robert Creed, composed a piece of music to accompany a poem written by Boole on 'The Communion of Saints'.
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Bad childhood experiences (ACE) link to chronic diseases in later life.
29 Apr 2015UCC researchers have found that people with multimorbidity (that is two or more chronic diseases at the same time) were more likely to report having had bad experiences in childhood than people without multimorbidity.
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APC Microbiome Institute Partners with Second Genome
28 Apr 2015The APC Microbiome Institute at UCC has entered into an alliance with Second Genome Inc. to develop microbiome-based therapies that prevent and treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Medical students operate Teddy Bear Hospital
16 Apr 2015Students from UCC’s Medical Society (Med Soc) have today launched their annual Teddy Bear Hospital, which aims to limit children’s apprehension surrounding visiting the doctor, a term known as “white-coat anxiety.”
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