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Should children get the COVID-19 vaccine?
2021-01-22
Should children get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The Conversation: Historically, we immunized children against diseases like polio that were a clear danger to them, but COVID-19 is usually mild in children.
 

Supporting mental health initiatives at Queen’s
2021-01-22
Supporting mental health initiatives at Queen’s

Mental Health Promotion Week at Queen’s builds on Bell Let’s Talk Day with events and resources offered by groups across the university.

A little Thrive to boost your February
2021-01-21
A little Thrive to boost your February

Queen’s Human Resources is hosting a Thrive boost with a series of events Feb. 8-12, including a special keynote speaker.

Continuing the Conversation
2021-01-19
Continuing the Conversation

Principal Patrick Deane is moving closer to a new strategic framework through a series of town halls.

Flags raised in solidarity
2021-01-19
Flags raised in solidarity

The university has embarked upon a mission to make the Anishinaabe First Nations People, Six Nations Confederacy, Two Row Wampum, Métis Nation, LGBTQ2S+ Pride, and Trans Pride flags visible throughout campus.

Local action on a global problem
2021-01-19
Local action on a global problem

This year’s Kingston Climate Change Symposium, co-sponsored by Queen’s, focused on lessons being learned during the pandemic. 

Planning for post-pandemic recovery
2021-01-18
Planning for post-pandemic recovery

The Queen’s School of Policy Studies is laying out strategies for building a better society in the wake of COVID-19 in a series of white papers.

Increasing diversity in engineering and tech
2021-01-18
Increasing diversity in engineering and tech

Queen’s Engineering joins six Ontario universities in fellowship to increase diversity in engineering and technology.

Longer, stricter lockdowns most effective, according to Queen’s economist
2021-01-18
Longer, stricter lockdowns most effective, according to Queen’s economist

Queen’s researcher Christopher Cotton is one of the authors of “Building the Canadian Shield,” an approach that says a longer lockdown will save more lives and cost less economically.

Record number of student-athletes earn Academic All-Star honours in 2019-20
2021-01-18
Record number of student-athletes earn Academic All-Star honours in 2019-20

A total of 426 varsity student-athletes were recognized for having earned at least a 3.5 grade-point average over the past academic year at Queen's.

Sophie de Goede named a U Sports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian
2021-01-14
Sophie de Goede named a U Sports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian

The third-year Queen's commerce student is a standout on the rugby field, on the basketball court, and in the classroom.

‘Bridgerton’ a romanticized portrayal of Britain at the dawn of modernity
2021-01-14
‘Bridgerton’ a romanticized portrayal of Britain at the dawn of modernity

The Conversation: Netflix series alludes to and obscures social, racial, and political tensions in England’s Regency era, the extraordinary decade that marks the dawn of the modern world.

 


 

Queen’s researcher named IEEE Fellow
2021-01-13
Queen’s researcher named IEEE Fellow

Alireza Bakhshai has been recognized for contributions to the development of synchronization techniques for power electronics converters.

Modelling the new coronavirus variant
2021-01-13
Modelling the new coronavirus variant

Queen’s expert Troy Day discusses the new models he developed to predict the future of the pandemic in Ontario.

Threatened artist and academic creates new life for her family
2021-01-11
Threatened artist and academic creates new life for her family

Queen’s Scholars at Risk committee works to welcome first Artist Protection Fund Fellow.

Enabling better aging: The four things seniors need, and the four things that need to change
2021-01-11
Enabling better aging: The four things seniors need, and the four things that need to change

The Conversation: Canadians are living longer, but are they living well? The challenges to aging well go beyond the problems in long-term care. Substantial change to Canada's support service systems is long overdue.

 


 

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