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Throwing their support behind Queen's

Last year, more than 13,000 benefactors helped support Queen’s University in its goal “to provide an environment where opportunity meets excellence.”

The ongoing Initiative Campaign – with an overall goal of raising $500 million by 2016 – is aimed at supporting projects that make Queen’s a destination for exceptional people, enhancing student learning experiences, securing the university’s global reputation in discovery and inquiry and nurturing a supportive community.

YEAR IN REVIEW: Bevy of awards for Queen's in 2014

A number of Queen’s faculty earned prestigious awards throughout 2014, including a record number being elected to the Royal Society of Canada.

Recognition came in many forms and at various levels; all of them were exciting for the recipients as well as the Queen’s community.

The Gazette takes a quick look at some of those awards:

Royal Society of Canada record

Canada's universities pursue global ambitions

Canada’s universities have global ambitions, according to a new internationalization survey conducted by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). Overall, 89 per cent of institutions say that the pace of their internationalization efforts has accelerated during the past three years, and 82 per cent list internationalization among their top five strategic priorities.

The Alfred Bader Lecture - Roald Hoffmann Nobel Prize Laureate

ONE CULTURE, or THE COMMONALITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ARTS AND THE SCIENCES

The claim of a rift between scientists and technologists on one hand, and humanists
on the other, is criticized on several grounds. Using examples from chemistry, poetry,
painting and ceramics a case is made for an underlying unity of science and the arts.
The common elements of these human activities are creation with craftsmanship,
concisely communicated, in a cross-cultural and altruistic way, with aesthetics figuring

School of Music Concerts

Choose from among more than a dozen musical events taking place on campus in November and December.

School of Music Calendar...

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