Queen's extends training agreement with Chinese ministry
Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s and the Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) renewed their two-decade-long relationship this week with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Under the agreement, Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s will continue to provide training to Chinese officials and the MLR and its affiliates will continue to offer an internship program for Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s students.
Advanced dark matter experiment coming to SNOLAB
A major dark matter project is making SNOLAB, located near Sudbury, its new home.
The underground science facility has been chosen to host the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS), an international, multimillion-dollar dark matter experiment currently based in Minnesota.
Controversial Facebook study reviewed by Queen's ethicist
Writing on behalf of 27 ethicists from across North America, Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s philosopher Udo Schuklenk and a team of five co-authors have written a commentary for the journal Nature on a controversial Facebook study.
Kinesiology Researcher lands on exclusive list
¹ú²ú´«Ã½ researcher Ian Janssen (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Department of Public Health Sciences) has earned a place on Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers list. He is the only Queen ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ ’s professor to make the list and one of only 88 researchers working in Canada on the 3,215 member list.
The School of Urban and Regional Planning and Geography working together
¹ú²ú´«Ã½ has been a leading centre for education, research and outreach on urban and regional planning for almost 80 years, most recently through the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), founded in 1970, and the Department of Geography, founded in 1960.
Summer Orientation to Academics and Resources (SOAR)
The SOAR program aims to help ease the transition of our incoming first-year students and their families. Participants will have an opportunity to learn about academic expectations, resources, learning strategies, and common student transition issues.
Master of Industrial Relations joins the Faculty of Arts and Science
Queen's University has a long-standing commitment to teaching and research in industrial relations.
The Industrial Relations Centre finds a new home with the Faculty of Arts and Science
The Faculty of Arts and Science is happy to announce that as of July 1, 2014 the Industrial Relations Centre will now work within the Faculty. ¹ú²ú´«Ã½ Industrial Relations Centre (IRC) is a leading provider of premium professional development programs in labour relations, human resources and organization development.