A date is now set for the start of construction that will completely transform the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University and make it into the largest public university-affiliated museum in Canada. Work will begin on May 13, 2024, with the new space scheduled to open in 2026.

Agnes’s new three-floor building will double the existing gallery space. The historic Etherington House will also be turned into a live-in artist residency and community-facing culture hub. Throughout the new space, Western and Indigenous worldviews will sit side by side as equal.

Amidst the global push for climate action, the spotlight intensifies on nuclear energy as a pivotal player in the low-carbon revolution. Canada and Ontario, already relying significantly on nuclear power, face an escalating demand for expansion, amplifying the urgency for innovative solutions to address the stress on existing systems and propel new developments in the nuclear energy sector.

How many astronomers does Kingston have? On April 8, 2024, it will have thousands – at least if you count the amateur scientists who will be observing a total solar eclipse that afternoon. Getting Kingstonians excited to be astronomers for a day is one of the main goals of an outreach program led by the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, which is working with local school boards to promote the science of eclipses and how to watch them safely.

As part of an announcement, the Government of Canada today revealed $1.7 billion in funding to support research and innovation across Canada. Queen’s researchers across disciplines will receive $40.3 million that will advance research programs over several years and support the building of new research infrastructure. 

In 648 BCE, the Greek poet Archilochus wrote that, “nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding the light of the gleaming Sun.”

The Queen’s Board of Trustees has appointed alumnus David Court (Com’79) as its next chairperson. Court, a Senior Partner Emeritus with McKinsey & Company, and current trustee at Queen’s, will assume the role on June 1, 2024, for a term of four years. 

As the world looks for solutions to curb climate change, nuclear energy is anticipated to play a key role in the low-carbon transition. Now, Queen’s will be welcoming an internationally recognized scientist whose research into nuclear materials may help the industry find ways to build safer and longer-lasting reactors.

Yanwen Zhang will join the university as the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Impact of Radiation in Energy and Advanced Technologies.

Queen's Football's Ashton Miller-Melancon was recently named a Top 8 Academic All-Canadian for the 2022-23 season by U SPORTS, a recognition that celebrates the eight best and brightest university student-athletes from across Canada.

Queen’s is remembering Professor Emeritus Vincent Mosco, who died suddenly on Feb. 9 in Orlando, FL. He was 75.

Dr. Mosco first arrived at Queen’s in 1984, joining the Department of Sociology, before moving to the School of Journalism at Carleton University. He returned to Queen’s as Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society in 2003, a position he held until 2011 when he retired.

Interest in undergraduate programs at Queen’s continues to grow, as the university has received almost 58,000 applications for approximately 5,000 first-year spots in fall 2024, an eight per cent increase compared to this time last year and the highest number of applications ever.