A Nobel Celebration
With the Nobel Prize ceremony just a week away, Queen’s University took time to honour Professor Emeritus Arthur McDonald (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) on Thursday with a special send-off event.
Pedal-powered film
A documentary worked on by Jennifer Ruth Hosek (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) will premiere at the prestigious International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana in December.
Arts scholarships celebrated
The first recipients of the Dean’s Ad91ÊÓƵ Scholarship for the Arts were celebrated recently at a special event hosted by the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Susan Mumm, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, speaks at the ceremony for the Dean’s Ad91ÊÓƵ Scholarship for the Arts.
Monitoring Magnetospheres
Queen’s researcher works to debunk the theory behind massive stars.
Queen’s University PhD student Matt Shultz is researching magnetic, massive stars, and his research has uncovered questions concerning the behaviour of plasma within their magnetospheres.
This image shows the magnetosphere of a massive star. (Image by Richard Townsend)
Queen's Grads thrive in Job Market
Queen’s University graduates stack up favourably in the job market, according to surveys that track the employment outcomes of university graduates.
Day-long writing event for First-Years
In collaboration with Residence Life, Student Academic Success Services (SASS) will be running Get It Done: The Long Day Against Procrastination, a day-long writing event for first-year students designed to help them combat procrastination around writing their final assignments. The intention is for students to work on their writing project
Sweet sounds of success
The Queen’s Conservatory of Music is working with the Joe Chithalen Memorial Instrument Lending Library (Joe’s MILL) and First Avenue Public School to launch Sistema Kingston. The after-school music program for at-risk children focuses on positive social change through the pursuit of musical excellence.