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Ulrike Gaul
Ulrike Gaul (1960–2020) was a German developmental and systems biologist known for modeling Drosophila gene regulation; she led a lab at the Gene Center Munich from 2009.
Ulrike Klapezynski Bruns
Ulrike Klapezynski Bruns (born 1953, Cottbus), East German middle-distance runner; 1976 Olympic 1500 m bronze as Ulrike Klapezynski, 1000 m and 4x800 m world records, 1987 World 3000 m bronze, later Potsdam sports shop owner.
Ulrike Kutay
Ulrike Kutay is a cell biologist and Full Professor of Biochemistry at ETH Zurich since 2011, studying the human cell nucleus, nucleocytoplasmic transport, and nuclear envelope function.
Ulrike Lohmann
Ulrike Lohmann is a professor of atmospheric physics at ETH Zurich since 2004 who studies aerosol–cloud interactions and ice crystals, and received the European Geosciences Union's 2025 Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal.
Ulrike Malmendier
Ulrike Malmendier is a German-born economist, the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at UC Berkeley, and a member of the German Council of Economic Experts since 2022.
Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934–1976), German journalist and RAF co-founder: konkret editor-in-chief 1960–64, wrote Das Konzept Stadtguerilla, freed Andreas Baader 1970, arrested 1972, died in Stammheim custody 1976.
Ulrike Meyfarth
Ulrike Meyfarth (Nasse-Meyfarth), German high jumper born 1956 in Frankfurt am Main; Olympic gold 1972 Munich at 16 (1.92 m world record) and 1984 Los Angeles (2.02 m); world records 2.02 and 2.03 m.
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike "Riki" Peters is a German-born genetic epidemiologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle who founded GECCO, the world's largest molecular consortium for colorectal cancer, in 2007.
Ulrike Richter
Ulrike Richter (born 1959, Görlitz), East German backstroke swimmer; triple 1976 Montreal Olympic champion, 14 world records 1973-76, ISHOF 1983; later admitted GDR doping program victim.
Ulrike Sarvari
Ulrike Sarvari (born 1964, Heidelberg), West German sprinter with VfL Sindelfingen; fourth in the 4x100 m relay at Seoul 1988, double 1990 European indoor champion at 60 m and 200 m, and 1990 European outdoor relay silver medallist.
Ulrike Tauber
Ulrike Tauber is a retired East German swimmer who won gold in the 400 meter individual medley at the 1976 Montréal Olympics in a world record 4:42.77.
Ulsan (울산)
Ulsan (울산) is a metropolitan seaport city at the southeastern end of South Korea, Korea's 7th largest city with about 1.12 million people on 1,062 km2. Home to Korea's largest automotive, shipbuilding, and petrochemical industrial cluster, designated Korea's first industrial district in 1962 and a metropolitan city in 1997.
Ulsan Grand Park
Ulsan Grand Park (울산대공원) is an ecotype city park in Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, built 1997-2006 with SK funding, run by Ulsan Infrastructure Corporation, and known for its Rose Festival.
Ulsan LNG Terminal
The Ulsan LNG Terminal is an LNG import, storage, and regasification terminal at Ulsan New Port, South Korea, operated by Korea Energy Terminal and opened in November 2024.
Ulsan power station
Ulsan power station (울산화력발전소) is a group of electricity generating facilities in Ulsan, South Korea, including the former oil-fired Ulsan Thermal Power Plant and newer gas-fired combined-cycle capacity.
Ulster
Ulster (Cúige Uladh) is Ireland's northern traditional province of nine counties, six forming Northern Ireland and three in the Republic; shaped by the 1609 Plantation and partition in 1921.
Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank is NatWest Group's banking brand in Northern Ireland. A separate Republic of Ireland bank of the same name withdrew from the Irish market between 2021 and 2025.
Ulster Banner
The Ulster Banner, also called the Government of Northern Ireland flag, is the unofficial red-cross, crowned six-pointed star and red hand flag adopted in 1953, official until 1973, still used by NI Commonwealth Games teams and contested as a unionist symbol.
Ulster County, New York
Ulster County, New York: Hudson Valley county with county seat Kingston, created 1683 as one of New York's original twelve counties; population about 183,000, 1,124 square miles, between the Hudson River and the Catskills.
Ulster Cycle
The Ulster Cycle, also called the Heroic Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish tales centered on Conchobar mac Nessa's Ulster, the hero Cú Chulainn, and the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, the cattle raid of Cooley against Medb's Connacht, preserved chiefly in Lebor na hUidre and the Book of Leinster.
Ulster Defence Association
Ulster Defence Association (UDA), also Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF): largest loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, formed September 1971, proscribed 1992, ceasefire 1994, decommissioning announced 2010.
Ulster Grand Prix
Ulster Grand Prix, motorcycle road race at Dundrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, first held 1922; former World Championship round, outright lap record 136.415 mph (Peter Hickman, 2019), last held 2019, revival planned for 2027.
Ulster loyalism
Ulster loyalism: Protestant working-class ideology of Northern Ireland with primary loyalty to Ulster Protestants and conditional loyalty to the British Crown, distinct from unionism; linked to UVF, UDA, Orange culture, and post-Brexit alienation.
Ulster Rugby
Ulster Rugby is the professional rugby union team of the IRFU Ulster Branch, covering Ulster's nine counties across Northern Ireland and the Republic. Founded 1879; home ground Ravenhill (Kingspan/Affidea Stadium), Belfast; won the 1999 Heineken Cup.
Ulster Scots dialect
Ulster Scots (Ullans) is the Scots-language variety of Ulster, arising from 17th-century Plantation settlement. Distinct from Ulster English dialect; has poetry since 1722, a 1992 Language Society, an Agency, and a 2022 statutory Commissioner.
Ulster Scots people
Ulster Scots people are an ethnographic group in Ulster, chiefly Northern Ireland, descended from seventeenth-century Lowland Scottish Presbyterian settlers; also called Scots-Irish in the United States.
Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), also called the Official Unionist Party, a Northern Ireland unionist party founded 1885–6 against Home Rule, governed 1921–1972, led the Good Friday Agreement under David Trimble, later eclipsed by the DUP.
Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. Descends from the 1913 anti-Home Rule militia; modern UVF formed mid-1960s, ceasefire 1994, political wing Progressive Unionist Party.
Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty (Ulta Beauty, Inc.) is the largest specialty beauty retailer in the United States, founded in Illinois in 1990. It combines mass, prestige, and salon products, about 29,000 products from 600 brands, salon services, a 45-million-member loyalty program, and international operations via Space NK, a Mexico joint venture, and a Middle East franchise.
Ulterior Motives (song)
Ulterior Motives, aka "Everyone Knows That" (EKT), is a 1985 synth-pop song by twin brothers Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth (Who's Who?), found in the 1986 film Angels of Passion after a three-year lostwave search.