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- New SSP Program in Environmental Toxicology
- Eels on Wheels
- Canada's Next Great Prime Minister
- Parteq Awarded $9.1 million
- John Smol wins 3M award
- Mick Smith releases a new book
- Hodson Oil Spill
- Peter Hodson Appointed Acting Head
- Peter Hodson tar sands research
- Publication for MES 2008 student Kevork Hacatoglu
- Teaching Awards
- Peter Hodson in the news
- High Levels of Mercury
- Reef Clean Up - Dr. Peter Hodson
- Joshua Pearce Solar Energy
- Graham Whitelaw Comments on Volunteers Collecting Data
- Top 40 under 40
- Hodson lab studies oil spill tar balls
- GreenCentre Canada
- International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry
- Peter Hodson on river metals in tar sand extraction
- Steven Liss, New Vice-Principal (Research)
- John Smol named to oil sands advisory panel
- ENSC in the Queen's Journal
- Peter Hodson comments on the Gulf oil spill
- ENSC grads attend Climate Conference
- Congratulations to Dawn Free
- Congratulations to Bubby Kettlewell
- Colleen Greer receives Distinction Award
- Stephen Brown in the News
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Events
- Hands on Road
- EcoART
- MES Research Day April 29
- Spring Convocations
- dust in dust out
- New Exhibition by MES student Lisa Figge
- School celebrates with Peter Hodson
- Contaminants in Frozen Ground Conference
- MES orientation
- DSC Party with Profs
- OES E-Drive (Electronic Drop Off)
- The Great Climate Debate
- DSC Clothing Sale
- Environmental volunteer training
- Queen's Conference on Water
- ENSC 315 Poster Event Feb 13 & 16
- Research Day 2012
- Spring Convocation 2012
- Ralph Nader at Queen's
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MES Students in the News
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- MES student Ivana Zelenika-Zovko is highlighted on the Graduate School Website about her research Link
- Ivana is also highlighted for her work on Sustainability Link
- MES students involved in "Putting Tap Water to the Test" Link
- Congratulations to Lyn Garrah who won first prize in The A.D. Latornell Conservation Symposium Student Poster Competition. The Latornell Symposium is Ontario's leading conservation conference; in 2010 it ran from Nov. 17-19 with a theme of biodiversity.
- Graduate Studies highlights Atanu Sarkar Link
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Mike McHugh crosses Canada on his bike to promote awareness of biking. See his blog at http://seemikebike.tumblr.com/ MES student Tina Basso documents her experiences. See her blog at http://tinalouise03.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/new-beginnings/
- Mike McHugh is one of the profiled TEDx speakers November 7, 2010. http://www.tedxqueensu.com/events/speakers/mike-mchugh
- Congratulations to current and new MES students who have been awarded Queen's internal fellowships for 2010-11:
TD Arctic Fellowship - Nicole McDonald
R.S. McLaughlin Fellowships - Mike McHugh, Ivana Zelenika, Jonathan Chretien, Alan Clark
- Congratulations to current and new MES students who have been awarded Tri-Council Scholarships for 2010-11:
NSERC - Lyn Garrah
SSHRC - Emily Keller
SSHRC PhD - Lisa Figge for her PhD in Cultural Studies
- Atanu Sarkar wins best poster at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting for Health Science Research Trainees at Queen's University June 1, 2010. A total of 88 posters were judged.
- Ivana Zelenika quoted in the Queen's Gazette on the campus ban on bottled water Link
- Lisa Figge Lisa Figge is mentioned on Page 14 of Alumni Review along with a nice photo: Link
- Art Installation on Wolfe Island by Lisa Figge - Hands on Road
- CONGRATULATIONS to current and new MES students who have been awarded scholarships and fellowships for 2009-10
NSERC - Zoey Walden
SSHRC - Lisa Figge
OGS - Nikki Philbrook, Shannon Courtney
OGSST - Lyn Garrah
McLaughlin - Mike McHugh, Juliene McLaughlin
- Trash Art February 11-14, 2009
- Peter Ralevic - Canada's Next Great Prime Minister?
Full Story - 5 MES students graduate at the Fall Convocation
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Shoreline Cleanup
- 10 new MES students will arrive for an orientation on September 4, 2008.
- CONGRATULATIONS to current and new MES students who have been awarded scholarships and fellowships for 2008-09
SSHRC - Allan Roberts
OGS - Suzie Ellwood
OGSST - Zoey Walden
McLaughlin - Alexandra Gerber, Lisa Figge
Carmichael - Shannon Courtney
- Green Scheme Tree Planting Event-Victoria Park, Sat May 31 and June 7th, 2008
Why: In September 2006, Green Scheme planted trees and cleaned up Victoria Park as its first urban greening project. As per Green Scheme's identity as environmental stewards, the group is returning this May and June to plant 4 more trees and clean up the park, further enriching the environmental quality and aesthetics of Victoria Park. Website - http://www.greenscheme.ca/
- Featured Convocation Interview with Hilary Davies - Queen's Gazette May 26, 2008
- At the Discovery 2008 Ontario Centres of Excellence conference held in Toronto on May 12th and 13th, Peter Ralevic, of the MES program, was awarded first place in the annual student poster/video competition for thesis 'Decentralized Electricity Generation' with application in rural India. The conference featured graduate projects from universities across Ontario. The video for the competition can be accessed at http://www.ocediscovery.com/student_entries.aspx titled 'Decentralized Electricity Production' (third from the top). Peter thanks the School of Environmental Studies for providing funding for the project.
- Ideas for Change group wins the AMS Queen's Sustainability Campus Environmental Challenge Award of $500! Members are: Anita Bidinosti, Paul Carey, Estelle D'Souza, Karen George, Heather Schmitt, Colleen Sutton and Jason Wamboldt. Their environmental proposal was to create a bike carnival that would encourage students, faculty and staff of Queen's to ride their bikes to the university and around town, and provide services to help with that. The Queen's Sustainability committee meets once a week at 7pm on Tuesday evenings. qs@ams.queensu.ca