Queen's researcher examines the evolution of flight
Research by post-doctoral fellow Alexander Dececchi challenges long-held hypotheses about how flight first developed in birds. Furthermore, his findings raise the question of why certain species developed wings long before they could fly.
Trade deal could negatively impact Canadian automotive industry, according to Queen’s researchers.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will negatively impact the Canadian automotive industry, according to a new study co-authored by Queen’s researchers John Holmes and Jeffrey Carey who are affiliated with the Automotive Policy Research Centre (APRC) at McMaster University.
Economics department sweeps best paper awards
Faculty and students from ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Economics Department have swept the top prizes given out by the Canadian Journal of Economics.
Queen's researcher finds truth to age-old maxim 'work hard, play hard'
Queen’s University biology professor Lonnie Aarssen has published a study that, for the first time, provides strong empirical support for a correlation between a motivation to seek accomplishment and an attraction to leisure.
Queen's researcher forms international partnership with Australian firm
Researcher Richard Oleschuk and Trajan Scientific and Medical (Trajan) in Australia are collaborating on the development of the next generation of biochemical instrumentation that will improve the detection of diseases such as cancer.
The power of cinema
Piers Handling (Arts’71) is rather blunt about his Queen’s experience: “It changed my life.â€
On Monday, the director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) returned to the university to receive an honorary degree.
From PhD dissertation to award-winning book
My book, Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe: Henrietta Maria and Marie Antoinette examines the debate surrounding these two controversial queens consort as wives, mothers and mistresses of royal households during the years preceding the English Civil Wars of the 1640s and the French Revolution in the late-18th century, respectively.
New Queen's research study measures the positive benefits of spiritual health
Queen’s University post doctoral fellow Valerie Michaelson is exploring research around adolescents and spiritual health. While spiritual health has long been recognized as important to health and well-being, there has been renewed interest in understanding what it is, and how it relates to the health of young people.