John O’Halloran BSc PhD DSc, President, @UCC University College Cork, Ireland. MRIA @RIAdawson Views personal
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Huge thanks to Daragh McSweeney #provision for capturing a special moment for us @UCC @UCCAlumDevel @BIS_UCC conferring yesterday @__ailish @IrishTimes
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There is a beautiful tradition in Irish farming: that for each cultivated field one must leave a corner wild- for the hare. Wild here doesn’t just mean the space for the untamed but for mystery and magic too; for the unknown which can arise at any time.Lucky our garden has hares!
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I am very honoured to take up the role of President of this great institution. Im looking forward to working with our great students and staff in securing our sustainable future! @UCC
UCC is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor John O’Halloran @johbees as the sixteenth President of the University.
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On my first day as @UCC President I received a beautiful and generous gift from @jpquinn78 and his dear wife Belcy- which I will treasure. It is now sitting in the window of my office. The beautiful piece is titled ‘the flame of learning’. That we may all continue to learn.
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Not quite the kind of start of term I was hoping for 20/21 semester! Wishing all our @UCC staff and students every good wishes for the year ahead! We are in this together! Let us make it a healthy & educationally rich year-despite the challenges of covid. Keep your dreams alive!
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Thank you to our student leaders @UCCSUPresident @UCCSU team & @LouiseCrowley2 for a very poignant and emotional tribute to Ashling Muphy and all women murdered and threatened across the world. We stand in solidarity @UCC #AislingMurphy
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Our campus @UCC in full bloom this morning! Thanks to @UCCBandE team for their fantastic work. @PolandMark @GreenCampusUCC
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Wishing all our wonderful staff, students, alumni and friends a peaceful Christmas and joyous 2022. I hope you will enjoy some down time after what has been a very challenging but successful year.
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Sad to see our beautiful Campus @UCC so silent today! But spring is coming and brighter days too! Keep safe! Hold firm!
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John FitzGerald, Director of Information Services & University Librarian, will retire today after 3 decades @UCC John has been a transformational leader of our library & IT. We are enormously grateful for the legacy that he leaves. Photo by John Minihan in 2016 & one this week
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Happy St Patrick's day from all @UCC Ireland to all our students, staff, @UCCAlumDevel and friends at home and abroad. #StPatricksDay Beannachtaí na Féile!
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Wonderful to catch up @PaulO_Donovan our recent gold European medal winner as he enters final @UCCMedHealth with Professors O’Leary & Whelton @UCC @Quercus_UCC
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We @ucc are thrilled to be ranked the 8th most sustainable university in the world ! Up one place on 2020! Thanks to all @GreenCampusUCC @UCCBandE @UCCSU @UCCResearch @UCC_CIRTL @StephenUCCPharm @mariakirrane
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Fantastic news @UCC as we are awarded Sustainability Institution of the year award, Ireland & UK! Huge congratulations to our students, staff and stakeholders @greengowns @GreenCampusUCC
Delighted to receive the 2022 Sustainability Institution of the year award, Ireland & the UK at the @EAUC Green Gown Awards on behalf of our students, staff and suppliers @UCC @johbees @mariakirrane @IUASustainable @GreenCampusIE @uccenergy @UCCSU
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Looking at the final few swallows in the sky today before they return to Africa. They arrived in April- when covid was with us. They are migrating back now and hopefully when they return in April 2021- covid will be gone or we will have a vaccine @UCC
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A beautiful dawn and 1st cuckoo sounds of 2020 from my colleague and friend Dr Niamh Connolly in Beara peninsula this morning ! @johncreedon @NatureRTE
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Beautiful day on @skelligs with @MichealMartinTD to see the amazing work of @opwireland ! Stunning day and wonderful place
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Great to see the first year orientation underway @UCC ! Thanks to our peer support teams for providing such a warm welcome!! @UCCAdmissions
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Government must honour its pledge to bridge the annual €307M shortfall in core funding for higher education.
Our sector is grossly underfunded and it is having a huge impact on students & staff.@UCC @IUAofficial
Another budget cannot come and go without meaningful investment. @
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Wishing a very happy Christmas to all @UCC students, staff, alumni, supporters, partners and friends.
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Lest we forget what our beautiful campus @ucc @UCCInt looks like! Wildlife and wildflowers @GreenCampusUCC
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Last sunset for the month of March 2020. A month that has tuned our world upside down @UCC , but our students and staff will endure! Be safe.
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A remarkable day @UCC ! Student led, research informed, practice focused @GreenCampusUCC community stand in solidarity with climate strike! Proud of our students and staff. Sustainable is core value @UCC @mariakirrane
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On this day 2 years ago this group of colleagues @UCC met for 7 hours and planned our journey for the first phase of covid 19. We planned up to July 2020. Little did we know how long it would last and change our lives. Brilliant teamwork! Thank you
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Very proud of all @ucc ! Thank you for all your hard work on sustainability actions. We are on the cusp of something special - let’s keep pushing to secure our future, our planet ! #Cop28 #Sustainability @mariakirrane @PaulTBolger @BOGallachoir
UCC moves up to sixth place in global environmental ranking
We are now ranked 6th out of 1,183 institutions in the UI GreenMetric World University Ranking.
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ALT UCC recognised as one of the world's leading universities for environmental commitment and initiatives to combat climate change.
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Today we @UCC celebrate 175 years of growing: researching, learning and innovating. ucc.workvivo.com/news/14193
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Back @UCC this morning! Sad to see it so quiet but hugely impressed by the work of our colleagues in buildings and estates in preparing for a safe campus! Thank you Mark Poland and team! @GreenCampusUCC @UCCBandE
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Today @UCC community paused in a minutes silence at our academic council to remember Aisling Murphy and stand in solidarity for her family, friends and colleagues
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A smashing time in my office this morning as a pigeon crashes through the glass @UCC ! The window was smashed, but I safely released the pigeon who flew off into the garden!
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We @UCC have worked hard to keep our university open for research, first year induction and we were preparing for a hybrid model on Monday. We now embark on another agile pivot to protect the health of our students, staff and community. Keep safe !
Following a Government direction this afternoon, UCC, along with all universities in the country, will introduce enhanced public health protection measures from Monday, 28 September 2020.
See here for more details:
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Today @UCC we bid farewell & thanks to our wonderful colleague Diarmuid Collins who has served as Bursar/CFO for 18 yrs. Thank you Diarmuid for all you have done for our students, staff, alumni & supporters! You have made an extraordinary contribution. Thank you. @Gerculley 📸
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Thanks to all our doctors and front line staff for all their hard work! Two doctors in this house working flat out tonight to keep people safe. Phone keeps ringing! Tomorrow & each day they will work over Christmas and do the same. We thank you and admire you 🙏#FrontLineHeroes
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Today is a very special day @UCC !
The university was formally opened on 7 November 1849 by the first president, Robert Kane. Queen's College Cork initially opened with 23 professors & 115 enrolled students. The 3 founding faculties of the new college were Medicine, Arts & Law.
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Celebrating almost 2000 years of dedicated long service by 71 colleagues @UCC this evening. Congratulations and thank you for all you do each day on our campus for our research and learning!
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Good morning from Cork! Luckily the roads are fine and a beautiful sunrise to start the day @UCC
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Proud to see the Olympic flag fly high on @UCC campus to salute our student and graduate Olympians! @Quercus_UCC ! Ingenium elucet. Talent will out ! We are hugely proud of you all @UCCAlumDevel
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.@UCC campus with red lights in support of Munster before earth hour tonight! Where Finbarr taught let Munster learn!
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As I close the president’s office door @UCC this evening I wish our students, alumni, staff, supporters and friends a happy Christmas and warm wishes for 2025
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Hugely honoured to be admitted to @RIAdawson and I look forward to continue to contribute to our knowledge and education @UCC @IUAofficial to secure our future
Congratulations to our new Member Professor John O’Halloran @johbees president of @UCC @UCCResearch. One of Ireland’s leading ornithologists, his research on environmental & climate change has had a substantial impact.
Learn about #RIAAdmittanceDay 2024: bit.ly/RIAAdmittanceDay24?ut…
ALT A man (John O'Halloran) poses for a photograph on RIA Admittance Day 2024. He has grey hair and wears square-framed black glasses, a dark grey plaid suit jacket, a dark coloured grey/blue tie and a light blue shirt. The background of the image is white.
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Congratulations and thanks to all @UCCEquality @UCC @Avril_Hutch @StephenUCCPharm for making this happen!!
UCC unveils Rainbow Walkway to mark ‘national coming out’ day @SimonHarrisTD @hea_irl irishexaminer.com/news/munst…
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Stark warning. We have to turn a sharp corner to avoid the situation getting considerably worse. We are hurtling towards 1.5°C at a worrying rate. It’s not something decades away.
The United in Science 2021 report is released today. @UCC wcrp-climate.org/news/wcrp-n…
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I rarely tweet about personal matters, but hugely proud of our son @Drewhall @UCC alumnus locked down in Los Angeles producing and writing songs! His latest work Deep Blue - song by Drew Hall | Spotify released! Creative performance! @johncreedon open.spotify.com/track/1km5W…
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An amazing evening @ballinskelligs at least two pods of dolphins: both close to our boat. @wildatlanticway @johncreedon @NatureRTE @GraceTwiggy #Staycation2020
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Delighted to formally welcome @MTU_ie President, Professor Maggie Cusack, @Maggie_Cusack to @UCC today! We routinely meet each month which up to now has been online. Great to share our joint ambitions for research, innovation, & education. Together we will go far. @SimonHarrisTD
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Wow! Great news @UCC in top 10 global green universities! Congratulations team ucc ! @osheaucc
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A huge THANK YOU to every single member of the @UCC community - students, staff & alumni - for your commitment, scholarship, professionalism, patience & collegiality during this most difficult of years. Have a really good break, when it comes - you deserve it!
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Great to see @UCC @uccBEES Zoology graduate and ornithologist inspire us with his passion for birds! @UCCAlumDevel
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Incredibly proud @UCC @Quercus_UCC 6 members of UCC rowing club and 5 Quercus scholars have qualified for Tokyo Olympics. Today Mags Cremen, Aoife Casey, Emily Hegarty and Aifric Keogh (UCC rowing) and previously qualified Paul O’Donovan and Ronan Byrne. Huge congratulations!
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Enjoying seeing swallows for their final days in Ireland before returning to Africa. They will be back to welcome spring in 2018! @UCC
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Huge thanks to @PaschalSheehy @rte and team for sharing the wonderful visit of Maltese President & #MichaelDHiggins to our campus today @UCC
The @PresidentIRL, #MichaelD Higgins, obviously well able to draw a crowd @UCC. Amazing what the promise of a half day and no homework will do for students…
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Delighted to welcome one of the great books of Ireland home to @UCC ! The Book of Lismore: a beacon of our cultural heritage. Huge thanks to the Duke of Devonshire and Chatsworth Settlement. Thanks too to @BooleanView and team ucc for securing this amazing scholarly manuscript.
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Cork's Glucksman wins European museum award: Congratulations to @fionakearney and team @glucksman @crowley_tadhg @UCC ! A fantastic achievement! So proud to have such a talented team & gallery on our campus @UCC rte.ie/news/regional/2022/09…
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Looking forward to seeing a busier campus and the start of semester 2 @UCC tomorrow! (Some students , staff and all researchers are back). Let’s hope it is a safe and academically fulfilling semester! Keep safe and register for unicov! @StephenUCCPharm
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Took a few minutes to clear my head this evening after a busy few days - beautiful evening for a walk @UCC - brightness will shine out!! Take care at this challenging time for us all professionally and personally!
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Honored to take over as chair of @fotawildlife board. Great team doing amazing things for native and exotic wildlife @UCC @uccBEES
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2020 gives us one last challenge! Snow and ice - on this beautiful morning looking out our driveway!
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Congratulations to all our medical graduates on this historic day @UCC
Huge thanks to @JvSL1 Prof Whelton , Professor O’Leary and @osheaucc @LeoVaradkar in making this possible A truly Historic day!
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Back on campus for meetings most of this week- great to see the amazing work being done by @UCC team to prepare semester start. While we have about 1000 researchers on campus, socially distanced flags are ready to mark ‘failte fest’ for our semester start !
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Huge thanks to the Harris family for their incredibly generous donation of Richard Harris to @UCC | Film | The Guardian. Our students call us Hogsworth, this donation makes it credible now! theguardian.com/film/2022/oc…
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Proud parents today as Andrew @hidrewhall graduated @UCC with a BMus today! Congratulations to all our graduates and thanks to all our great staff !
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Brilliant to see Michele Power @Quercus_UCC programme manager and an amazing colleague meet some our Quercus Olympic medal winners @UCC @emily_hegartyy @PaulO_Donovan Proud moments for us all @UCC
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Congratulations @AlanMc_23 on defending his PhD today! It is probably my last PhD as a main supervisor- a privilege to supervise Alan with @thonoir @sandraahern ! He joins an alumnus of 44 phds I’ve enjoyed supervising/Co supervising ! #Research matters @UCC @UCCResearch
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Congratulations to @_MaryFitzG @Quercus_UCC scholar and Olympian who graduated from @UCC @UCC_Medicine today! An outstanding athlete, scholar and graduate!
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Sun setting on a beautiful day @Ballinskelligs! First sightings of dolphins this year in the bay. Two in the foreground @johncreedon
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Thank you to all those who have assisted our @UCC researchers in Wexford, in particular, our air, coastal & emergency services @gardainfo@RNLI @NationalAmb @IrishCoastGuard
@irishexaminer @uccBEES irishexaminer.com/news/munst…
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Super recording of woodpecker in Co Cork , perhaps the first in hundreds of years in this part of Ireland! Thanks to @finorgan for sharing it and his dear wife for recording it. Brilliant @NatureRTE @uccBEES @UCC
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Happy world earth day from @UCC @GreenCampusUCC -ranked number 9 in UI global green metrics and 8 @timeshighered global impact rankings!
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Do you want shape a sustainable future @UCC ? We are seeking to fill twenty seven academic posts @SEFSUCC @CUBSucc @UCCResearch - we hope you are inspired and interested in joining us!
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Thrilled we remain in the top ten of sustainable universities globally! Huge thanks to team @UCC @GreenCampusUCC @UCCBandE @mariakirrane @thesmalloak ! ucc.ie/en/news/ucc-ranked-as…
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A great day as Mary Crilly is awarded an Honorary degree @NUIMerrionSq with a wonderful citation by @UCC Professor Nuala Finnegan! Congratulations Mary! Richly deserved @StephenUCCPharm
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Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig to all or alumni, students, staff and friends @UCC @UCCAlumDevel ! #HappyStPatricksDay
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Lighting a candle @ballinskelligs for the great John Hume! I’m a few Km from Daniel O’Connells birth place. Johns place in history is equivalent. Hume has been a shining light for peace & reconciliation - tonight I shine alight for you & your family. Rest in peace @johncreedon
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Fantastic to welcome music and @OtherVoicesLive to @UCC Aula Maxima - brining it all back home as we launch our other voices festival on September 29th. #othervoices #bringingitallbackhome @bankofireland
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Delighted to welcome @tcddublin Provost and President @LindaDoyle back to her alma mater @UCCAlumDevel this morning to explore deeper friendship and collaboration with @UCC
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Gold @ucc for sustainability! UCC joins Cornell, Princeton and the first university outside USA and Canada to receive gold! Congratulations team ucc ucc.ie/en/news/ucc-is-europe…
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Huge thanks to @SimonHarrisTD for his visit to @UCC today and for his energetic and enthusiastic engagement with our students and colleagues. We share his ambition for inclusion, learning, research & innovation @DeptofFHed
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Great to see @UCC meadow feature in @IrishTimes today. Many thanks to @jdmurph73 and team @UCCBandE @GreenCampusUCC for promoting sustainability and biodiversity on our beautiful campus
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A large ‘troop’ of mushrooms appeared in the president’s garden @UCC in the last few days adding further biodiversity! @uccBEES @jdmurph73 @UCCBandE @GreenCampusUCC @mariakirrane
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Thanks to all our team @ionadbairre @ucc and teaching and learning for you kindness, gift and amazing cake as I prepare to leave my role as Vp t&l
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Happy St Patrick’s day to all our students, staff, alumni & supporters and friends @UCC
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Wishing a very happy New Year to all @UCC students, staff, alumni, supporters, partners and friends. I hope 2024 will be a special year to learn, research and innovate ! @UCCAlumDevel
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Delighted to present Sir Bob Geldof with a copy of the Atlas of Irish Famine on his visit to receive Mutatio Factorum award by @UCCLawSociety this evening! @CorkUP @McSweeneyProf @BooleanView @UCC
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Congratulations to all our extraordinary staff @ucc celebrating 25yr and 35yrs of dedicated commitment to education and research! Exciting night ahead !
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Congratulations to @MichealMartinTD @UCC alumnus on being elected Taoiseach. Great to have such national leadership from one our graduates. Independent thinking and citizenship at its best
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Playground for children with disabilities opens in Cork via @RTENews. Thanks to Alice Moore @UCC #occupationaltherapy for your work on this. rte.ie/news/munster/2022/070…
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Many thanks to An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD for officially opening our @ucc hub today! A very special place in the heart of our campus for inclusive learning, collaboration and memorable conversations! Thanks to all who made this possible! @IUAofficial @UCCAlumDevel
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The joy of travel in Cork & Shannon airports! Last week through @CorkAirport in minutes, today 8mins from arrival, through checkin and security @ShannonAirport . #Harvard bound
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Huge congratulations to 3 @UCC researchers who were awarded ERC funding today Dr. Maria Rodriguez Aburto (APC Microbiome Ireland, SFI & UCC Dept Anatomy & Neuroscience), Dr. Piotr Kowalski (UCC’s School of Pharmacy & APC Microbiome Ireland) and Dr. Lijuan Qian (Dep Music)!
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A 4m log washed up on the shore fully colonised by goose barnacles @Ballinskellig this morning. Goose barnacles or stalked barnacles are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone. @UCC A delicacy in Spain.
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