Leonard Cleary approved as the Chief Executive of Galway City Council
A major University College Cork (UCC) study to improve support for breastfeeding as a public health issue has been awarded €2.5 million funding from the Health Research Board (HRB). The first-of-its-kind study will investigate and influence a cultural shift towards valuing breastfeeding as one of the most effective ways to ensure child and maternal health. […]
Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson called for greater ambition on climate action at a major climate conference at University College Cork (UCC) ahead of COP28. The call comes as one of Ireland’s leading energy experts warns that Ireland is not on track to meet carbon budget targets. World leaders will need to show greater […]
Home energy usage and road transport emissions are responsible for two-thirds of Cork’s greenhouse gas emissions being generated, according to important new UCC research commissioned by Cork City Council’s Climate Action Unit. The findings confirm that upgrading our homes to be more energy efficient, and moving around the city by public transport, walking or cycling
University College Cork’s (UCC) riverside campus will again be the backdrop to the sounds of the best household names and emerging artists, as the university hosts Other Voices for a second time this September. Taking place on Thursday 28 September, and hosted by MayKay, this year’s event will continue to celebrate the phenomenal breadth and diversity […]
Meta has agreed to a four-year programme of research led by Tyndall National Institute’s Professor Paul Hurley, recently appointed as Meta’s Industrial Chair in Semiconductor Technologies at Tyndall and the School of Chemistry at UCC. The announcement was attended by Tánaiste, and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Defence Micheál Martin at UCC. This
The future of wireless networks will be increasingly driven by machine demands, not human demand, according to leading wireless communication expert newly appointed to University College Cork (UCC), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), and Tyndall National Institute. Prof Holger Claussen shares this assessment of the future of wireless networks as he takes up his new role […]
Cork County Council and MaREI, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at University College Cork (UCC) have agreed a pioneering project partnership that will see the entire coast of Cork assessed and mapped for coastal erosion. The three-and-a-half-year project will see the UCC researchers conduct a detailed review of […]
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has announced €1m in funding for research projects for researchers and community organisations to collaborate on societal issues. The 77 projects from The Irish Research Council will reach communities across the country and beyond, focusing on diverse societal challenges. Among the
University College Cork (UCC) researchers have won highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) funding totalling €4.75m. UCC researchers secured the most number of awards of any Irish Higher Education Institution in the European Union’s most competitive grant call in 15 years. Three UCC researchers won the highly prestigious discovery research grants
Image courtesy of UCC via Instagram A worldwide search for ambitious, innovative ideas to get people physically active is to be launched by University College Cork, in association with Sport Ireland and with UNESCO patronage – with up to €10,000 going to the best concepts. The Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity is […]
Picture above: University College Cork In March 2018, it was announced a Choctaw‐Ireland Scholarship would be established in recognition of the act of generosity and solidarity shown by Choctaw Nation towards the people of Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid‐Nineteenth Century, and to foster and deepen the ties between the two nations today. […]
AIB pledges €1.25m to fund First Chair of Sustainable Business in Ireland at University College Cork
Interim President Professor John O’Halloran with AIB CEO and alumnus Dr Colin Hunt announcing the AIB Chair in Sustainable Business. Image courtesy of UCC AIB has announced a partnership with UCC which will see the bank fund The AIB Chair of Sustainable Business, the first of its kind in Ireland. AIB has pledged €1.25 million […]
Cork will be launching an Exhibition of Age Friendly Housing Designs at Cork County Library on Monday 24th September. Cork County Council sponsored a site in Bantry Town for a Student Project in the Cork Centre for Architectural Education (CCAE), UCC/CIT, to design an Age Friendly Housing Scheme. Age Friendly Projects look at housing designs, […]
In response to the global e-waste problem that led to 45 million tonnes of waste in 2016 alone, University College Cork has launched a €1.4 million recycling project that could change the way we reclaim metals from discarded technology. The project, called RecEOL, is designed to help decrease the amount of useful materials being thrown […]