Men’s Basketball

The Queen's Gaels men's basketball team (4-1) recorded its biggest victory of the season on Saturday at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) by defeating the CIS No. 4 ranked Brock Badgers (3-1) in thrilling fashion, 87-81. Sukhpreet Singh tallied a team-high 18 points, Tanner Graham and Patrick Street added 17 and 16 respectively for the Gaels. On Friday, the Gaels lost 84-71 at home to the No. 9 McMaster Marauders (4-2).

Women’s Basketball

The Queen's Gaels women's basketball team (4-1) had its regular season winning streak snapped at four games on Saturday at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC), falling to the CIS No. 7 ranked Brock Badgers (3-1) 69-50. Emily Hazlett and Abby Dixon each tallied 13 points for the Gaels. On Friday the Gaels defeated the McMaster Marauders (4-2) 60-53.

Women’s Volleyball

The Queen’s Gaels women’s volleyball team (4-4) battled back after losing the opening set to clinch a 3-1 win against the Guelph Gryphons (3-4) Saturday, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19. Shannon Neville was a key player for the Gaels as she recorded 16 kills while picking up 20 digs.

Men’s Volleyball

The Queen's Gaels men's volleyball team (7-1) extended its winning streak to six games on Saturday afternoon at the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC), with a straight sets sweep of the Guelph Gryphons (2-6) 25-17, 25-15, 25-20. Marko Dakic recorded a game-high 12 points while Chris Brunet picked up nine kills, and Mike Tomlinson added five kills and two solo blocks for Queen's.

Women’s Hockey

The Queen's Gaels women’s hockey team (7-1-2-1) suffered their first home loss of the season at the hands of the No. 5 Western Mustangs (8-0-3-0) by a score of 4-1 on Saturday night at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.

Men’s Hockey

The Queen’s Gaels men’s hockey team (8-3-0) fell 4-2 on the road Saturday to the Guelph Gryphons, snapping a three-game winning streak, which included a 4-3 defeat of the No. 8 Western Mustangs (9-3-0) on Thursday.

Along with the rainbow of autumn colours comes a lot of yard work, at least raking is good exercise. Doing it yourself is a great way to ‘Get Your 150’.

Here are some safety tips for raking leaves.

- You can burn nearly 300 calories during an hour of raking so make sure to warm-up! Don’t forget to stretch your shoulders, neck, and back. Side bends and knee-to-chest lifts help loosen you up prepare for the raking, bending, and lifting you'll do.

- Stand upright and rake leaves to the side of you, changing side and hand grip every so often. When picking up leaves remember to bend at the knees - not the waist. Never twisting to toss leaves.

- Take a rake break! Remember to rest for 10 to 15 minutes and stay hydrated. If you feel stiff, stretch to release tension.

A new ranking of university programs by Maclean’s has Queen’s making the top 10 in all 10 categories.

Offered for the first time alongside the magazine’s annual university rankings, Maclean’s ranked universities in 10 different undergraduate programs – biology; business; computer science; education; engineering; environmental science; geology; mathematics; nursing and psychology.

“Queen’s continues to be recognized as one of Canada’s leading universities,” says Alan Harrison, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic). “To be ranked in the top 10 of all 10 categories speaks to the diversity of strengths that help set Queen’s apart.”

Large research-intensive universities, such as the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and McGill University, all had strong results as the indicators with the most weight measured research impact. Despite being a medium-sized university, Queen’s was ranked in the top 10 for all the programs, with the best result being second place for geology.

Jean Hutchinson, Head of the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, says that the rankings have “validated” the department’s efforts.

“We work very hard in Geology at Queen's both in the classroom and in the field to ensure what we are doing has impact. The incredible dedication and hard work of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni have resulted in a superb learning environment,” Dr. Hutchinson says.

Queen’s Program Rankings

• Geology – 2
• Education – 5
• Business – 6
• Engineering – 7
• Psychology – 7
• Biology – 8
• Computer Science – 9
• Nursing – 9
• Environmental Science – 10
• Mathematics – 10

Maclean’s program rankings combine five indicators that are assigned a weight to come up with an overall score. Three indicators are based on data provided by Amsterdam-based Elsevier from their Scopus database, one of the most comprehensive compendiums of peer-reviewed literature in the world, with metrics calculated by its SciVal Analytics. The other two indicators are based on a survey of more than 1,200 deans, chairs, and professors at more than 80 schools asking them to list which schools offered the best programs and were doing the best research.

In the Maclean’s 2016 university rankings, released earlier, Queen’s led the way in student satisfaction among Canada’s medical-doctoral universities, while holding its fourth-place overall position within the category.

There is a massive amount of research going on at Queen’s University and a recent photo contest has helped provide a view of some of the amazing work being accomplished.

This September, the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) launched the first Art of Research photo contest, calling on faculty, staff and students to showcase their research, scholarly and artistic work. Dozens of images were received highlighting a wide range of research from microbiology to the humanities, and locations such as a lab on campus to the Ebola outbreak zone in Africa.

“Our inaugural Art of Research photo contest was truly a great success! We received over 50 entries from students, faculty, and staff that spanned the disciplines, ” says Melinda Knox, co-managing editor of (e)AFFECT, the Queen’s research magazine. “The winning submissions illustrate that research is not just about output: it is also an artistic endeavour and this should be celebrated.”   

A panel of judges selected the first, second, third-prize winners, as well as an honourable mention. Another six photos were included in a shortlist.

Shown are the winners and shortlisted photos. See the Research website for the story behind each photo.

As the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) provider for Queen’s University, Homewood Health publishes a regular newsletter called Vitality!

The newsletter is intended to support key personnel with a wealth of information on the topic presented, which for this edition is “Improving Time Management Skills.”

For more information on the Queen’s EFAP, visit queensu.ca/humanresources/employees/efap.html.

For 24-hour EFAP services call 1-800-663-1142 (English) or 1-866-398-9505 (French).