Blurring the line between academia and pop culture
Faculty of Arts and Science PhD candidate Meghan Burry is introducing a unique cultural studies course to the Department of English curriculum this year focusing on the literacy legacy of music icon Taylor Swift.
Students becoming future ready through Experience Ventures
The brand-new Experience Ventures program has come to a close with 270 students and five FAS departments taking part. Due to the success of the program, it’s been renewed for two more years.
Discover your passion and purpose during Plan Selection
It’s plan selection time in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students are busy making the important decision of which area of study they wish to pursue during their time at Queen’s University.
New workshop explores the real-world applications of eDNA
The Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) is offering a four-day Environmental DNA Workshop this summer that will benefit those interested in eDNA research or understanding and evaluating research proposals. It will be especially for those interested in natural resource management and monitoring applications. The workshop includes lectures, field and lab demonstrations, and hands-on training in analysis and interpretation of data, but does not require detailed knowledge of genetics or molecular biology.
Keynote kicks off second year of Healthy Communities
With the first year of Healthy Communities programming for FAS faculty and staff complete, a new line-up of offerings is getting underway.
FAS renames medial degree plan to Joint Honours
The Faculty of Arts and Science offers multidisciplinary Honours Plans where students can combine studies in two distinct areas of the student’s choosing. Senate recently approved a name change for the plan to Joint Honours from the archaic Medial terminology.
Provincial funding supports early career researchers
The Government of Ontario recently announced the results for the sixteenth round of its Early Researcher Awards (ERA).
University honours Indigenous women and girls lost to violence
Draped from lamp posts running the length of University Avenue between Union and Stuart streets, the well-known art display by Indigenous artist Jaime Black — called the REDress Project — has been installed by the Queen’s Office of Indigenous Initiatives in recognition of countless lives impacted and lost to violence and systemic neglect.