The event, run by the UCC International Office, has seen huge demand with the event, close to selling out in 13 minutes, and the organiser looking to open out the initiative to the entire college community.

Vanessa said she thinks Cork is a kind and welcoming city, where thought is given to important things.

Considerations around Covid-19 will affect many aspects of college life.

COLETTE SHERIDAN catches up with Dr Eva McMullan of UCC’s Music Department to talk about the MINdDS research project, which works with children with Down Syndrome

The National Academy of Inventors recognises prolific academic inventors across the globe.

Cian O’Mahony has been announced as one of two awardees of the inaugural Irish Research Council (IRC) and Google Ireland Scholarship under the IRC Enterprise Partnership Scheme.

College playing a vital role in helping to limit spread of Covid-19

THERE was great success for Cork at the Irish Research Council’s Researcher of the Year awards this year, with a number of researchers with Cork connections receiving recognition for their work.

“We’ve never had an admission that schools basically have driven this fourth wave."

Some noteworthy members of the club include Olympic gold medal winner Paul O’Donovan and bronze medalist Emily Hegarty.

“An incredible honour” is how Clonakilty native Louise O’Neill described the Honorary Doctorate in Law she was awarded in UCC on Friday.

Students were delighted to be out but some residents raised concerns about crowds gathering. 

U21 tournment takes place in South Africa in December

THE Director of the Cork Life Centre Don O’Leary was recently conferred with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts from University College Cork.

Vera O'Riordan was part of the UCC delegation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26

NEW research from University College Cork has found that almost two-thirds of the urban landscape of Cork city supports biodiversity. The research also found that almost four in 10 types of bird in Cork’s urban environment is a vulnerable species.

UCC IGNITE companies have created 250 jobs and raised €16 million in funding since they were established in 2011. The IGNITE Programme at UCC, which nurtures startups from ideas to commercial reality will celebrate ten years of success this month.

RHODA JENNINGS is part of a UCC delegation attending COP26. Here she reflects on the history of climate change and the annual conference, which is currently underway

It has been described as the first global collation and empiric integration of mental health and well-being data exclusively from populations exposed to extreme weather events.

A rally is taking place at the Amphitheatre in University College Cork tomorrow (Thursday) in light of the recent rise in spiking on nights out since restrictions were lifted.

Among the start-ups showcased were Teleatherapy, a MedTech company that provides voice therapy to individuals with Parkinson’s disease and social enterprise firm, Da Silly Heads.

A NEW online platform enabling higher education students and staff to anonymously report sexual harassment, violence or intimidation of any kind is to be rolled out at UCC and MTU, along with 16 other higher education institutions across the ...

A UCC-based healthcare research facility has secured over €11m in funding to continue conducting clinical trials in Cork.

University College Cork (UCC) president John O’Halloran has unveiled the UCC Rainbow Walkway on campus to mark National Coming Out Day as part of UCC Community Week.

A WELL known pianist who put his grand piano up for sale during the pandemic has been named the new University College Cork (UCC) Ritmüller Classical Artist in ResidenceDavid Syme, who is based in West Cork will give a special lunchtime concert on ...

€1,000 worth of gift vouchers has been donated by Aldi Ireland to the UCC Students' Union for its food bank. The union opened the bank last Wednesday to supply food to students who cannot afford to feed themselves.

A GoFundMe page set up by the UCC Students' Union (UCCSU) to raise funds to purchase supplies for its food bank has reached over €20,000.

Cork North Central TD Mick Barry raised the issue in the Dáil earlier this afternoon. 

The food bank, set up by the university’s students’ union (SU) ran out of non-perishable items in just 50 minutes last night, according to a Tweet from the SU president, Asha Woodhouse.

Since details of the food bank were revealed on Monday, people have been contacting the students union asking how to access the facility

Delegates from over 195 countries will gather to discuss a reduction in greenhouse gases at the event later this month.

COMMUNITY gardaí are patrolling the area around UCC this week ahead of expected revelry to mark the first week of term for first years.

STUDENTS with intellectual disabilities are set to benefit from major new funding secured by UCC.

YOUNG people took to the streets in Cork today as part of global protests calling for radical intervention to address climate change.

TWO staff members from University College Cork were passengers on board the light aircraft that crash landed on a beach off Carnsore Point in Wexford on Thursday evening.

University College Cork (UCC) is among other third level institutions to get involved with a new campaign aimed at building a culture of active consent among students on campuses.

POP-UP vaccination centres are to be established on third level campuses across Cork next week.

A joint study by University College Cork and Technological University Dublin has found that rural dwellers in Ireland and those living in public housing were among the hardest hit by Covid-19.

University College Cork (UCC) Olympic medal winning rowers Paul O’Donovan and Emily Hegarty have added their voices to a campaign to encourage students at the university to take part in a new Covid-19 rapid testing project.

UCC need to do “whatever it takes” to curtail the antisocial behaviour ongoing at residential areas in the vicinity of the campus, it has been claimed.

A Careers Advisor at UCC believes the ‘explosion’ in points required for a number of courses in Cork this year will lead to more people exploring and taking up offers in PLC colleges locally.

As the new academic year gets underway, students at University College Cork have spoken to Maeve Lee about the experience of undertaking a degree in the midst of a global pandemic and adapting to a college experience like no other.

Students at University College Cork (UCC) will have shorter lectures, with face-to-face teaching operating at 80 percent of the pre-Covid room capacity when they return to campus next month.

The popular reality TV show Love Island, which came to a conclusion this week, is being used by UCC graduates to discuss relationship and societal problems, such as victim blaming, gas lighting and toxic relationships.

University College Cork (UCC) has unveiled a banner on its old historic gates in support of its current student and Paralympian, Mary Fitzgerald, who will represent Team Ireland at the Games in Tokyo.

UCC has today appointed Professor John O’Halloran as the sixteenth President of the University with effect from August 30. Professor O’Halloran has been Interim President since September 2020.

ANTI social behaviour warnings have been issued to a number of households in Cork city in the past two weeks as a result of house parties. The warnings have been issued to residences in the “broader area” around UCC.  All of the properties are rented.

€250,000 has been pledged to a fundraiser aiming to raise €500,000 to create an inclusive playground and leisure area for families with disabilities in Cork.

A SUPREME Court judge has commended young people for the sacrifices they have made throughout the Covid-19 at a University College Cork (UCC) conferring ceremony.

A REPORT being published tomorrow will examine the findings of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.