Arts and Science

Arts and Science

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Congratulating new graduates

Over 5,500 diplomas are being mailed to new Queen’s graduates.

August 7, 2020
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Theatre companies pushing storytelling boundaries with online audiences

The Conversation: During the pandemic a night at the theatre may now mean holding up props over Zoom or being personally walked through a customized mystery over the phone.    

August 4, 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
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Life-saving labels

New software developed at Queen’s University helps reduce human error in data collection and management, including for COVID-19 testing.

July 21, 2020
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Joining forces for innovative technology solutions to COVID-19

Queen’s researchers are partnering with industry to transform decision-making and healthcare through two Digital Technology Supercluster project.

July 17, 2020
Daniel David Moses
Queen’s remembers Professor Emeritus Daniel David Moses

Award-winning playwright and poet arrived at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ in 2003 as a ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ National Scholar.

July 15, 2020
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Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian lands under greater threat in Brazil during COVID-19

The Conversation: Jair Bolsonaro's government has put forward laws that could put Indigenous land into the hands of mining, agricultural, and timber businesses.

July 14, 2020
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Discovery of ‘thought worms’ opens window to the mind

Queen’s University researchers uncover brain-based marker of new thoughts and discover we have more than 6,000 thoughts each day.

July 13, 2020
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Keeping an eye on the prize

Queen’s University researcher David Lyon has earned the prestigious Molson Prize for decades of work in surveillance studies.

July 8, 2020