Arts and Science

Arts and Science

[Using an ice auger to drill a hole through the ice on Great Slave Lake, March 2014. The red tent is set up to provide shelter and to heat water for thawing equipment. Credit: Marlene Evans, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)]
New research sets off alarm bells

Accelerated warming has pushed Great Slave Lake across important ecological thresholds.

September 20, 2023
Queen’s community remembers former professor A. Colin Wright

Dr. Wright was a faculty member in the Department of Russian Language and Literature for 35 years.

September 20, 2023
Exploring the Cosmos with Nobel Laureate Dr. James Peebles

Lecture will shed light on how we’ve come to understand the Universe and our place within it.

September 13, 2023
Potential polar ring galaxy NGC 4632. The picture shows a gaseous ring perpendicularly circulating the main spiral disk of the galaxy. (Credit: Jayanne English)
What happens when one galaxy swallows another galaxy?

Queen’s researchers lead the discovery of two potential polar ring galaxies.

September 13, 2023
[Photos of Drs. John Smol and Jacalyn Duffin]
Royal Society awards

Queen’s researchers John Smol and Jacalyn Duffin have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for their research excellence.

September 12, 2023
Photograph of students along University Avenue during the 2023 ASUS Sidewalk Sale.
University Avenue comes alive, and the community comes together

The ASUS Sidewalk Sale helped students connect with each other and the Kingston community this past weekend while raising money for an important cause.

September 12, 2023
A group of people protest against sexual assault and misogyny. Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash
Students developing solutions to campus sexual and gender-based violence

Faculty and university staff at Queen's are embedding training to prevent gender-based and sexual violence into curricular goals of both arts and STEM classes.

September 8, 2023
¹û½´ÊÓƵ hosted the USSRF and USRA recipient BBQ at the Biosciences complex, on August 31.
Building our research communities

Queen’s enhances undergraduate student funding to bolster inquiry-based learning across disciplines.

September 7, 2023
Queen’s remembers Françoise Sauriol, long-time manager of the Chemistry NMR Facility

Dr. Sauriol was well known for her dedication to students, training hundreds on how to use NMR instruments.

September 7, 2023
[Aerial photo of a farm field - Unsplash]
Fixing fertilizer

Queen’s researcher George diCenzo is co-leading a $6 million research project that aims to lower agricultural greenhouse gas emissions by focusing on improving the agriculture sector’s foundational ingredient – soil.

September 6, 2023