The Pint of Science Festival 2024 took place from 13-15th May with events held throughout Ireland.
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Pint of Science 2024
20 May 2024 -
SEFS Inaugural Lecture, Prof Alix McCollam
14 Mar 2024On Wednesday, 27 March at 5pm, Professor Alix McCollam, School of Physics, UCC will be the next one to take part in the SEFS Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series 2024.
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IOP Ireland Spring Conference 2024
26 Feb 2024The annual IOP Spring Conference is back in 2024 and takes place in the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin on Saturday, 6th April 2024.
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Tyndall Lecture for Schools 2024
11 Jan 2024The Tyndall Lecture for Schools event is back and will be held in UCC on Thursday 22nd February 2024.
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Transition Year Week 2024
19 Feb 2024From the 12th February to 16th February 2024, the School of Physics welcomed transition year students from across schools in Munster to join the Physics transition year programme 2024.
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Prof Bertram Bitsch - SEFS Inaugural Lecture Series 2024
25 Jan 2024As part of the Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series 2024 by the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, join Professor Bertram Bitsch from School of Physics on 15th February @ 5pm.
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Astro Journal Club is back!
08 Jan 2024The UCC Astrophysics Journal Club is back next Monday, 15th January 2024.
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Inaugural Classical Mechanics Video
14 Dec 2023Éamon Keating (second year Physics student) won the Inaugural Classical Mechanics Video of the Year Award for his video on the Coriolis Force.
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UCC Futures Quantum & Photonics Posts
09 Oct 2023Following the launch of UCC Futures, the following posts are being advertised:
- Lecturer (3 permanent full-time posts) in Quantum and Photonics: Theory, Materials, Technology and their synergy
- Senior Lecturer (2 permanent full-time posts) in Quantum and Photonics: Theory, Materials, Technology and their synergy
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Space Week 2023
04 Oct 2023*Photo credit: https://www.spaceweek.ie/
Space Week 2023 kicks off today, 4th October 2023 and runs right through to the 10th October.
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John A. Delaney Memorial Prize Giving
20 Sep 2023The School of Physics would like to congratulate the Undergraduate students who won the John A. Delaney Memorial prize in 2021, 2022 & 2023.
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‘Celestial Echoes: The Night Sky in Irish Folklore’,
20 Jul 2023Ireland’s native star names and night sky folklore explored in public lecture
Zodiac signs may be the modern go-to for astrological reference, but centuries ago Ireland had its own native understanding of the heavens – a tradition that will be explored in a fascinating public lecture at University College Cork.
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MBH Conference
10 Jul 2023Massive Black Holes in the First Billion Years / 29 April - 3 May 2024 / The Trident Hotel, Kinsale, Co. Cork Ireland
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INAM 2023
07 Jul 2023INAM 2023 will be hosted by School of Physics, UCC on August 24th & 25th.
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Summer School 2023
23 Jan 2023International Summer School on Extreme Nonlinear Optics in Solids
- Dedicated to the memory of Stephan W. Koch –Date: 13th - 19th August 2023, University College Cork
The International Summer School will will honor the remarkable legacy of the late Stephan W Koch whose contribution to semiconductor optics and many-body physics has been immense.
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UCC Futures - Quantum & Photonics Town Hall
29 Mar 2023We are pleased to announce a Town Hall information event for UCC Futures - Quantum & Photonics. The purpose of the meeting is to communicate the concept of the Quantum & Photonics theme, and together look for ways to connect to research and education across the whole University.
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Professor Séamus Davis, Oliver E. Buckley Prize, UCC event
22 Mar 2023On 22/03/2023, an event was held in UCC to celebrate the work of Professor Séamus Davis (Quantum Physics) who is the first irish winner of the prestigious Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize.
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Tyndall Lecture for Schools Event 2022
15 Mar 2022Back online this year the Institute of Physics 'Tyndall Lecture for Schools' event 2022 is taking place on Wednesday 23rd March via Teams @ 2.30pm.
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15th EVN Symposium
03 Feb 2022 -
IOP 2022 Spring Meeting
02 Feb 2022IOP Ireland is excited to announce that the 2022 Spring Meeting will go ahead on Saturday March 12th in Cork.
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An Introduction to Astronomy
05 Jul 2021The ACEO - Introduction to Astronomy course run by Skellig Centre for Research & Innovation via the UCC Adult Continuing Education - ACE centre ran very successfully this year with 60 attendees.Read more -
Tyndall Lecture for Schools 2021
11 Mar 2021The annual Tyndall Lecture is an opportunity for young people in schools on the island of Ireland to connect their classwork to modern areas of physics.
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Physics Prize
26 Nov 2020Annual presentation contest hosted by the Physics and Astronomy Society involving our undergraduate students and lecturers.
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IOP Ireland Spring Meeting 2020, UCC Event Postponed
06 Mar 2020The IOPI spring meeting 2020 at University College Cork has been postponed until further notice.
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EPONA presents: A Space to Inspire: Cosmic Stories
04 Mar 2020On the 4th of March at 6.30pm in G05, Western Gateway Building, UCC, three distinguished women in STEM will visit UCC to speak about their experiences and achievements in the world of physics and science. The event is open to all. The confirmed speakers are:
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European Semiconductor Laser Workshop 2019
30 Sep 2019A big thanks is owed to all the exhibitors and visitors who helped make ESLW such a success!
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Above and Beyond
20 Sep 2019 -
100 years of space to be celebrated in new exhibition
06 Sep 2019A unique exhibition which showcases some of the most significant and surprising astronomical breakthroughs over the last century.
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CTYI Summer Session 2019
12 Jul 2019Had a great week helping organising Experimental Physics experiments for CTYI. We definitely saw some future physicists in the bunch!
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Eureka Camps 2019 Part 2
09 Jul 2019Had another great day exploring the weird and wonderful parts of Physics as part of the Eureka Camps! ️
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Eureka Camps 2019
03 Jul 2019A fantastic time was had yesterday with the students from Eureka Camps. We hope we both excited and attracted them to exploring more physics in the future!
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CTYI 2019
25 May 2019Big thanks to Loise Shanahan for running the physics portion of CTYI in UCC this year! We love sharing our fascination with light, electricity and magnetism!
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Gummy Bear Wave Machines
16 Apr 2019We had a blast with transition year students, from all over Cork last week, building these gummy bear wave machines. This just goes to show that Physics can be fascinating and delicious!
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Professor Stephen Fahy recognised for outstanding achievements in Physics
03 Sep 2018UCC scientist honored at SFSB Conference
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A celebration of the work of Prof. Niall Ó' Murchadha
24 May 2018A conference was held in honour of UCC Physics lecturer Niall O Murchadha at the end of May last.Alll lectures took place on the West Wing of the Quad.
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