
Conor never put any limits on his potential
When Conor Cantwell presented his BT Young Scientist project to the Physical Education and Sport Science Department at UL in May 2015, it was confirmation that the wanted to return to UL to pursue...
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The future of internet interventions
The online world has created ‘access to more affordable, equitable and timely’ treatment provision, according to Dr Pepijn van de Ven
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COVID reveals: Professor Stephen Kinsella argues that we must buttress the weaker parts of society
COVID does not destroy so much as reveals weakness.
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Amazing things can happen from honest conversations
UL PhD student leading awareness campaign founds multimedia platform to ‘dissect’ the social issues facing Ireland’s multicultural generation
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Greentown research leads the way in examining effects of crime networks
REPPP project based out of UL’s School of Law getting global attention
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Loretta Brennan Glucksman and her ‘magical association’ with UL
‘A magical association with an amazing university’: Dr Niamh NicGhabhann speaks to Loretta Brennan Glucksman, outgoing chair of the University of Limerick Foundation
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Rethinking Global Engagement: Professor Nigel Healey
UL Provost and Deputy President Professor Nigel Healy discusses the need to rethink global engagement post COVID-19
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Taking off: UL can be at heart of aviation recovery and the industry's future
CEO and President of GE Aviation John Slattery feels that UL can be at the heart of aviation recovery and the industry's future.
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University pivotal to Edwards LifeSciences coming to Limerick
Nathan Tenzer, Edwards Lifesciences GM, says proximity to UL was a ‘major consideration’ in the medical devices firm’s decision to locate a new €160m facility in Castletroy.
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UL researchers to grow food production with zero carbon emissions
C-MINUS – the University of Limerick-led research project that has designed a self-contained greenhouse that provides its own water and could have a major impact on global food production.
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The show must go on - Professor Carl Corcoran
On March 12th, like most in UL, Carl Corcoran left his office at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance due to COVID - now he writes about how the show must go on
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COVIDWATCH - Q&A with Professor Liam Glynn and Dr Mike O'Callaghan
Frontline GPs and UL researchers Professor Liam Glynn and Dr Mike O'Callaghan talk about starting COVIDWATCHIRL as the pandemic gripped the world
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Limerick - Let’s talk about our mayor!
Professor Maura Adshead, Head of UL Engagement and Associate Professor of Politics, reflects on UL's engagement with Limerick City and County Council to change the face of local government in...
Read MoreConfirm HQ: University of Limerick leading the way in fourth industrial revolution
University of Limerick leading the way in fourth industrial revolution as Confirm delivers its new HQ
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No clowning around as live moves online
Simon Thompson, lecturer on the MA Festive Arts at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, on the serious business of taking performance skills to the virtual world
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Times are different but the welcome for international students is as warm as ever
Director of UL Global Josephine Page talks about welcoming international students to UL
Read MoreMoyo Nua receives seed funding from ULF
The award winning UL social enterprise Moyo Nua has officially broken ground in launching its pilot programme in Malawi with GOAL Global, supported by the UL Foundation.
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Who speaks for whom at work? Professor Tony Dundon on new processes and forms of worker voice
Professor Tony Dundon has provided research evidence on new processes and forms of worker voice that can enhance decent work goals, expose labour market inequalities, and support collaborative...
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A near death experience led Padraic back to the right path of giving
A near death experience led Padraic back to the right path of giving
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International Students @ University of Limerick
With 107 countries represented in the University of Limerick student body during the last academic year, the campus community and student experience is enriched by preserving, respecting, and...
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University of Limerick graduate wins James Dyson award for unique beehive design
Recent UL graduate Niamh Damery won a James Dyson award for her Econoc design – a digital hive made for conserving wild native endangered Irish Black Bees.
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MA course allows musicians connect with others through their art
Dr Diane Daly talks about how the MA in Classical String Performance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is unique in many ways.
Read MoreWorking in the field - Allied Health Students get work experience at ICF
UL's Allied Health students get first-hand experience as they engage in internationally recommended Interprofessional Education at the on-campus Intermediate Care Facility
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Delving into local history through UL MA course
Dr David Fleming talks about the MA in local history course that is attracting students both young and old
Read MoreUL through the COVID lens: Professor Norelee Kennedy
UL Vice President for Research Professor Norelee Kennedy looks back on an eventful first year
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Strong ties between UL and An Garda Síochána are further deepened
Shane Kilcommins of the UL School of Law delves into a ‘close working relationship’
Read MoreDisrupt / A time of re-imagining - the views of UL President Kerstin Mey
Professor Kerstin Mey gives an insight into becoming Ireland’s first female University president.
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Welcome to the Winter 2020 edition of UL Links
Welcome to the Winter 2020 edition of UL Links - packed with stories from our community.
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The Algerian frontier - A new International PhD at UL
A specially designed International PhD at University of Limerick will help transform the way teaching and administration at Algerian universities is carried out.
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New VPR feels ‘a sense of responsibility’
Research is at the very core of everything Norelee Kennedy does. It is in her fibre, her very being.
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Professor Kerstin Mey; VPAASE On Transforming Education
When the new position of Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Engagement (VPAASE) at the University of Limerick was offered to Kerstin Mey, she says that she was “hugely excited and...
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Welcome to UL Links Spring 2020 edition
Welcome to the newest edition of UL Links, a University of Limerick publication highlighting some of the best stories and features from our campus community.
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Emma Langford: A musical journey
Busking for a job, love, the notion to move to New Zealand and another to become a hairdresser all make up the key ingredients in Emma Langford’s colourful story.
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Why crystals will save the world
UL researchers have made major discoveries to affect global energy consumption. Professor Michael Zaworotko, Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering, talks about the ‘secret sauce’
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Ciara Neville - An Olympian in waiting
AT just 20, Ciara Neville has the world at her feet, literally, for this rising athletics star has goals and ambitions that will take her to international stages and beyond.
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Standing out from the crowd - Kemmy Business School
The importance of accreditation is that it allows entities to stand out from the crowd, but few elevate to a higher class altogether.
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Planting the seeds of change - UL student Jack O'Connor
Student Social Entrepreneur Jack O’Connor providing solutions to international third World agricultural problems
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Brewing the perfect cup - Grinding out the maths behind coffee
Few of the billions of coffee drinkers around the world would ever consider the science behind the drink.
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The OPTIMEND study - Changing how healthcare is delivered to older people in the Emergency Department
Crowding in Emergency Departments (ED) is a growing problem in Ireland and internationally and it is a problem that is likely to continue to increase in the future due to the changing demographics...
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Origin project delivers personalised cancer treatments through diagnostic targeted therapies
A new project led by researchers at University of Limerick has the potential to dramatically reduce the risk of error in the treatment of prostate and gynaecological cancer
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Bernal gives you wings - The Airbus story
Professor Paul Weaver and Dr Ronan O’Higgins, of the IComp funded ProLaTS project tell UL Links about the development of a new commercial aircraft wing box at University of Limerick which is made...
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Diabetes drone project can reach new heights
From a conversation around a coffee table, to flying a drone, off-shore, laden with medication to the Aran Islands, a concept was proven for researchers who have described the drone delivery...
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A musical journey - Zohra Coday
From summers in India, to growing up in St Louis Zohra Coday’s love of Irish music spans continents and she talks to UL Links about her time her as an international student.
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New University of Limerick Foundation CEO and UL Vice President Development appointed
Harvey Duthie has been appointed as the new CEO of the University of Limerick Foundation and has also taken up the new role of Vice President Development at UL.
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+CityxChange: Positive City Exchange
Limerick as a ‘lighthouse city’: Professor Stephen Kinsella writes about an exciting new project that UL is taking the lead on
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UL Study finds just 13% of children meet national physical activity guidelines
Real progress in improving the number of children that meet the Department of Health’s national physical activity guidelines can only be made if “targets are set and achievable actions informed by...
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Migrant health study as part of WHO collaboration with GEMS
The Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) unit at University of Limerick is to collaborate with the World Health Organisation in the area of migrant health
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Eco-Neurobiology and how the environment shapes our brains
The things we eat, the stressfulness of our lives, and traumatic events all have effects on our brains that we are just beginning to understand.
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Decades of collaborations between UL and China set to continue
During a 2004 visit to UL, the former Chinese Premier praised the University’s ethos of linkage and cited it as a model he wanted to encourage as a means of developing economic and social growth.
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The age of driverless cars
Driverless cars are coming and while they won’t be rolled out overnight, UL is very much at the forefront of helping to develop this innovation and address the questions that lie ahead.
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What has Jean Monnet ever done for us…?
Quite a lot actually, and the programme named after him even more so.
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TEDx University of Limerick 2020 will focus on alumni and Limerick
TEDx University of Limerick fits the bill for a campus full of spark and discovery as 2020 moves to focus on alumni and Limerick
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Funding for Research and Development Strategy for the Irish language based arts
A research team from University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College has been awarded €35,000 in funding by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Creative Ireland to produce...
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Marie Curie @ UL
In 2019, University of Limerick became the second best performing university in Ireland for Marie Curie Individual Fellowship awards and the best performing Irish university for COFUND awards.
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Irish Chamber Orchestra celebrating 50 years
The Irish Chamber Orchestra celebrates 50 years in 2020 with a packed calendar of events scheduled for the year ahead.
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PESS research continues to include analysis of schools rugby injuries
New research at University of Limerick, which looks at injury incidence in the Men’s and Women’s All-Ireland League, has now been expanded to allow the IRFU to begin to monitor seasonal trends in...
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The future of law - AI in the delivery of legal services
A University of Limerick project is changing the way legal services are delivered.
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Javanese Gamelan - A unique orchestra of instruments at UL
The Javanese gamelan is an orchestra of 60-plus musical instruments - bronze gongs and metallophones, drums, wooden flute and two-stringed fiddle - which together create a rich, distinctive sound.
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IN LiMBO takes a journey through music and dance
Sitting in between the two worlds of traditional and contemporary, IN LiMBO takes a journey where few have gone within Irish step dancing, but who is the performer behind the dance.
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Elvie breast pump in the TIME top 100 inventions of 2019
UL graduate Jonathan O'Toole has been part of the team at Elvie, a UK company developing innovative products for women including the world's first silent breast pump.
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The graduate inspiring and motivating young people - Helen Raftery
Profile: Dr Helen Raftery CEO of Junior Achievement Ireland and a UL graduate of the class of ‘91 where she gained her degree in English, education and physical education.
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