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News Stories related to: Confronting COVID-19

2020-06-03

Innovative research advancing understanding of COVID-19

The Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization funds six new projects to help fight the global pandemic.

2020-06-01

Occupational Therapy students, faculty, and staff work together to make the most of online learning during COVID-19 pandemic.

2020-05-28

Educating future frontline health care professionals

Kingston hospital sites will provide unique learning opportunities for health sciences students during COVID-19.

2020-05-27

Supporting teachers with online education

Faculties of Education and Engineering and Applied Science share teaching resources webpage to help educators across Canada.

2020-05-27

Ventilators co-designed by a Canadian team led by Queen’s Nobel Laureate ready to go

Ottawa orders 10,000 ventilators developed by team led by Art McDonald and global collaborators in fight against COVID-19.

2020-05-26

Rapid Response funding awarded to help confront COVID-19

The Vice-Principal (Research) announces first round of internal funding for projects supporting medical and social coronavirus related solutions.

2020-05-22

Global community responds to need

Smith School of Business community in China sends thousands of masks to Kingston.

2020-05-19

Research@Queen’s: Championing AI for social justice

How Queen’s researchers are using AI to level the legal playing field for Canadians, including those affected by COVID-19 unemployment.

2020-05-19

Disrupting routine thinking

Psychedelics can help reset the brain, shaking it out of old patterns. The coronavirus pandemic could have similar impacts.

2020-05-13

Queen’s launches AI-enhanced tools for those affected by pandemic layoffs

MyOpenCourt, a project of the Conflict Analytics Lab at the Faculty of Law and Smith School of Business, helps out-of-work Canadians to understand their legal rights and options.

2020-05-13

Connecting youth to the Queen’s experience

The Enrichment Studies Unit is linking elementary and secondary school students with resources that introduce them to university studies.

2020-05-13

Principal Patrick Deane shares details of Fall 2020 planning

Senior leadership meets with hundreds of faculty and staff online to talk about the coming year.

2020-05-11

More than food banks are needed during the coronavirus pandemic

The Conversation: The ability of food banks to meet the needs of food insecure Canadians has plummeted just when it is needed most.

2020-05-08

Helping leaders make public health decisions during COVID-19

Queen’s researcher Dongmei Chen and collaborators receive federal funding to explore how the social dynamics of coronavirus transmission impact decision making.