Cork-based scientists are behind a groundbreaking move to rebuild the features of long-dead animals. In a world first, University College Cork experts have discovered a new way to put flesh on the bones of extinct creatures – 10 million years after their deaths. They are the most accurate depictions yet of what animals such as frogs, […]
by Ralph Riegel for Indepenent.ie TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney opened a €40m new radiation oncology unit in Cork University Hospital (CUH) which will now offer Ireland’s most comprehensive range of cancer treatment programmes. Critically, the new unit will now aim to boost the number of Irish patients taking part in clinical trials for breakthrough new cancer […]
Alongside bacterial members of the gut microbiota, scientists have now started exploring archaea, microbial eukaryotes (fungi and protozoa) and viruses present in the gut. Among them, the community of viruses (also called the human gut phageome) offers a promising area of research. Even though phages were first identified 100 years ago by Félix d’Herelle, it was not […]
Darragh Bermingham Experts from more than 30 countries will gather at University College Cork in April to discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating sustainable universities. UCC will host the International Workshop on UI GreenMetric World University Rankings, now in its fifth edition, from April 14 to 16, with Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Dr Michael […]
By Bryan Smyth bryan@TheCork.ie University College Cork (UCC) has become the only university in Ireland to make the top 10 in a list of the ‘greenest’ universities in the world. According to the UI GreenMetric World University 2018 ranking, which measured more than 700 institutions across 81 countries on how they perform across operations, educational […]
Round Hill and NBKC have joined forces to deliver more than 1,200 student beds across Cork, Dublin and Galway By Fiona Reddan for the Irish Times Round Hill Capital and NBK Capital are set to build 145 student beds on a one acre site they have acquired at Farranlea Road, Cork, as part of broader […]
University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UCC now joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in receiving the highest standard, Gold ‘Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System’ (STARS) for excellence in sustainability. […]
University College Cork has become the first third-level institution outside the US to get a major Sustainability accolade. The gold star rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) means UCC now joins Princeton, Cornell and UC Berkeley in getting the Gold ‘Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System’ (STARS) for […]
By Evelyn Ring Irish Examiner Reporter Eating high-fibre foods may reduce the effects of stress on our gut and behaviour, it has emerged. Interest has been growing in recent years in the link between gut bacteria and stress-related disorders including anxiety, depression and irritable bowel syndrome. Bacteria in the gut produce short-chain fatty acids the […]
Hundreds of University College Cork students signed a Waste Reduction Bill to mark the national Sick of Plastic Day of Action on campus last Friday. UCC Green Campus teamed up with the campus’s Boole Library staff to organise the bill-signing event ahead of the ‘shop and drop’ Plastic Day of Action to raise awareness about the campaign […]
The SFI Research Centre APC Microbiome Ireland, based in University College Cork, has secured €1,416,000 in competitive funding from the European Union’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie programme, to bring 20 senior international researchers to Ireland, through a new post-doctoral fellowship programme, APEX. The new programme will further help cement Ireland’s international position as a leader in microbiome science. APEX […]
University College Cork (UCC) has been designated a University of Sanctuary after awarding seven refugees and asylum seekers full scholarships. The seven recipients will be entitled to free tuition from September 2018 and a number of annual bursaries covering travel expenses. Commenting on the news, Professor Caroline Fennell, Senior Vice President of UCC, said: “Universities […]
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