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School of Computing Celebrates 50 Years

Last weekend marked the beginning of our 50th year in the School of Computing. The festivities welcomed back our alumni, our previous department heads, and our retired faculty and staff. Together with many of our current faculty, staff, and students, we acknowledged and celebrated this community for how it has shaped the School into what we are today.

Distinguished Service Award recipients announced

This year’s recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards are a group of faculty and staff members who have made a lasting impact throughout their outstanding careers at Queen’s University.

The 2019 recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards are:

Inspiring an amazing academic journey

Rhodes Scholar Claire Gummo (Artsci’17) nominated Stéfanie von Hlatky, her former professor in the Department of Political Studies for the Rhodes Inspirational Educator Award.

When Claire Gummo (Artsci’17) arrived at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2017 it was a dream come true.

Queen's University alumna named Gairdner laureate

Connie Eaves (Artsci'64, MA'66) earns the prestigious Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for her work in cancer research.

Premiere Party for Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies*

Housed in the state-of-the-art Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, the new Master's and PhD in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies* are unique because of their linkage of adjacent disciplines: film and media studies and, more generally, the study of screen cultures, film and media production, and

Alfred Bader: Celebration of an extraordinary life

Alfred Bader, BSc’45, BA’46, Msc’47, LLD’86, died on December 23 at the age of 94. Dr. Bader’s connection to Queen’s spanned more than 70 years. The generosity of Dr. Bader and his wife Isabel Bader, LLD’07, transformed Queen’s in countless ways. As Principal Daniel Woolf has noted, Dr. Bader’s legacy at Queen’s "will live on in future generations who will be enriched by his profound love for this university."

Ottawa Philanthropist Expands Queen’s Arts Apprenticeship Program

Students graduating from the arts and humanities at Queen’s University are getting more opportunities for work experience, thanks to the growth of a Kingston apprenticeship program.

The Queen’s Career Apprenticeship Kingston program connects new arts and humanity graduates from Queen’s with a Kingston employer.

Connecting Queen's Black Alumni

Queen’s Black Alumni Chapter (QBAC) is launching a kickoff event scheduled for Oct. 20 in Kingston during Homecoming.