Campus and Community

Campus and Community

Campus and Community
Faculty
Photograph of Richardson Hall
Provost's update on 2021 winter term

Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Mark Green shares an update about academic planning for first-year undergraduate students.

July 30, 2020
[Panelists participate in a Zoom call]
Aging, long-term care, and COVID-19

Dean Jane Philpott and members of the Queen’s community discuss the lessons learned about senior care during the pandemic with the second installment of the Conversations Confronting COVID-19 series

July 29, 2020
Artist's concept of DNA strands
Is DNA key to whether you get COVID-19?

Queen’s researcher leads Canadian arm of international project aiming to sequence the genomes of 100,000 COVID-19 patients to better understand their genes and the disease.  

July 29, 2020
Photograph of the Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre
Supporting Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ communities

Queen’s is increasing security at Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre after recent vandalism.

July 29, 2020
Photograph of Deanna Fialho, Director of the Centre for Student Equity and Inclusion.
Creating safe and inclusive spaces

The new director of the Yellow House looks to the future.

July 29, 2020
[emergency tracking]
Tracking the pandemic in Ontario's ERs

Queen’s University researcher Steven Brooks receives $1.2 million in funding to build a provincial database to track COVID-19 patients.

July 27, 2020
Photo of the Queen's School of Medicine building
Reducing barriers to medical education

The Queen’s School of Medicine is increasing efforts to recruit Black and Indigenous students.

July 24, 2020
Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions

The Conversation: Buildings account for a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Sustainably sourced wood could be a better building material.  

July 24, 2020
Lynda Colgan
Queen’s education professor wins prestigious NSERC Science Promotion Prize

Lynda Colgan adds national research outreach award to a list of recognition for career achievements.  

July 23, 2020
Photo of a high school students raising their hands
High school heroes

Baillie Awards give graduating students the chance to recognize influential secondary school teachers.

July 22, 2020