Queen's in the News Archive
| Date | Text |
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| January 15, 2013 |
Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Flexible, bendable computer laptop called the PaperTab may revolutionize tablet computing, on CTV News Channel. Houchang Hassan-Yari (Centre for International and Defence Policy) – Egyptian court overrules Hosni Mubarak's life sentence, on CTV News Channel. Kevin Banks (Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace) – Ontario Labour Board rules teachers cannot walk off the job to protest Bill 115, on CTV News Channel. Jackie Duffin (School of Medicine) – Modern day medical miracles, on Vision TV. Kip Pegley (School of Music) – How the music people listen to in their car affects the way they drive, on Global TV Toronto. Judith Davidson (Psychology) – Cognitive behavior therapy can help people overcome insomnia, in Metro Ottawa and Metro Toronto (commuter newspapers). Gerald Evans (Infectious Diseases) – Ten things to know about the norovirus, in Huffington Post Canada. Christian Leuprecht (Political Studies) – Civil unrest in Egypt and Syria, on CKNW (Vancouver). |
| January 14, 2012 |
Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Flexible, bendable computer laptop called the PaperTab may revolutionize tablet computing, in Cape Argus (South Africa), Reason.com and several other websites. Aneesh Tarun (School of Computing PhD student) – Flexible, bendable computer laptop called the PaperTab may revolutionize tablet computing, on Reuters TV. Martin Hand (Sociology) – Is the Internet making people bad spellers, in the International Business Times. John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – Canadians pin retirement dreams on not-so-safe houses, in the National Post; the Canadian real estate market, on CTV News Channel. Nick Bala (Law) – Families can control their wealth and assets through will and estate planning, not pre-nuptial arrangements, in the National Post. John Smol (Biology) – Contamination near the oil sands development in Alberta is not naturally occurring, on CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks. Christian Leuprecht (Political Studies) – Canada considers sending troops to Mali, on CKNW (Vancouver radio). Geoff Smith (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) – Lance Armstrong needs to admit he took performance enhancing drugs to save his reputation, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Kathy Brock (School of Policy Studies) – The legacy of Sir John A Macdonald, on CKWS TV. Barry Cross (School of Business) – Prof. Cross's book Lean Innovation is No. 1 on the Globe and Mail business book bestseller list, on CKWS TV. |
| January 11, 2013 |
Sharryn Aiken (Law) – Minister Kenney visits Sri Lanka, on Tamil Vision International. John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – Canadians pin retirement dreams on not-so-safe houses, on Reuters Business News and Financial News. Elaine Petrof (Infectious Diseases) – Fake poop created to treat C. difficile, in the Globe and Mail. Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – PaperTab prototype wows at electronics show, in the Toronto Star. Andrew Grant (Political Studies) – The civil unrest continues in Mali, on CTV News Channel. |
| January 10, 2013 |
Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Paper tablet (known as ‘PaperTab’) may revolutionize future tablets, in the New Indian Express, FoxNews.com, and a number of other international trade publications. John Smol (Biology) – Contamination near the oil sands development in Alberta is not naturally occurring, on National Public Radio, Omni News Television, Fox Business News, New Scientist magazine, and many other environmental magazines and websites. Geoff Smith (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) – Lance Armstrong may confess on Oprah, in the Globe and Mail. Thor Koeppl (Economics) – Mark Carney faces challenges as Bank of England head, in the National Post. John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – The Canadian housing bubble has burst and few will emerge unscathed, in Macleans. Robert Lovelace (Global Development Studies) – Metis, non-status Indian ruling could cost millions, on cbc.ca and News Talk 1010 Toronto; Skepticism surrounds Stephen Harper meeting with the First Nations, on GlobalNews.ca. Kathy Brock (School of Policy Studies) – Agenda unclear on eve of key meeting between Prime Minister and natives, in the Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and several other Postmedia newspapers. Atif Kukaswadia (School of Medicine PhD student) – Football and movies filled the void for many NHL fans, in the Winnipeg Free Press, Estevan Mercury, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Truro Daily News and a number of other national daily newspapers. Laura Murray (English) – Toronto’s top educator says sorry after admitting to plagiarism, in the Dawson Creek Daily News, Victoria Times Colonist, Prince George Citizen and the Coast Reporter. Peter Hennessy (Education) – Teachers’ rights have not been violated, op-ed in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Duncan McDowall (History) – Kingston is prepared to celebrate the birthday of Sir John A. Macdonald, in the CKWS Television. Elaine Petrof (Infectious Diseases) – Synthetic poop could cure C. difficile infection, on CBC Radio Ottawa’s All in a Day. Christopher Knapper (Education) – Reflections from a pioneer on teaching and learning in Canada, in University Affairs. |
| January 9, 2013 |
Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Paper tablet (known as ‘PaperTab’) may revolutionize future tablets, in the International Business Times, Times of India, New Zealand Herald, Deccan Chronicle, Orlando Sentinel, a number of other international news sources, Ontario Morning and the Kingston Whig-Standard. Elaine Petrof (Infectious Diseases) – Synthetic poop can cure C. difficile infection, in Yahoo News India, Science Daily, News Track India, Huffington Post, Prince George Citizen, Whistler Question, Truro Daily News, Estevan Mercury, Global Calgary, Global Edmonton, Global Winnipeg, Dawson Creek Daily News, Brandon Sun and a large number of other national daily newspapers. Ken Wong (School of Business) – Winning the Stanley Cup may be easier than winning back fans, in China Daily and CKWS TV. Grant Amyot (Political Studies) – Silvio Berlusconi’s divorce settlement, on France 24 TV. John Smol (Biology) – Contamination near the oil sands development in Alberta is not naturally occurring, on the CTV News Channel’s Power Play, Rutherford Show (Calgary and Edmonton talk radio), CBC Radio Saskatoon, QR77 (Calgary radio), and the Kingston Whig-Standard. Bruce Pardy (Law) – Global warming hasn’t stopped but it has stalled says a new prediction, in the National Post. Christian Leuprecht (Political Studies) – Canadian government considers sending troops to Mali, on CTV News Channel; Don Cherry comments on Canada giving funding to Haiti, on QR77 (Calgary radio). Kathleen Lahey (Law) – Women’s rights hits a roadblock in Indonesia, in the Toronto Star. Brandon Tozzo (Political Studies) – U.S. government calls for a trillion dollar coin, in the Toronto Star. Vincent Mosco (Sociology) – Facebook is asking users how they are feeling, in the Vancouver Province, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald and the Ottawa Citizen. Peter Hodson (Biology) – Contamination near the oil sands development in Alberta is not naturally occurring, in the Edmonton Journal. Chris Simpson (School of Medicine) – Online chat to help people quit smoking, on canada.com. Joshua Kurek (Biology) - Contamination near the oil sands development in Alberta is not naturally occurring, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. |
| January 8, 2013 |
Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Paper tablet is an iPad with a twist, in the Telegraph (UK), Mail on Sunday (UK), Times of India, News Track India, Freepress Journal (India), USA Today, New York Daily News, Dallas Morning News, Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Sun, Computer World Singapore, Computerworld Malaysia, PC World, Good Gear Guide, Computer World Australia and a number of other national and international daily newspapers and trade publications. Ken Wong (School of Business) – Winning Stanley Cup may be easier than winning back fans, in the Hartford Courant, Japan Today, Eurosport Australia, Eurosport Asia, Ireland Eurosport, UK Eurosport, Daily Press (Virginia), Yahoo Sports, a number of other U.S. radio stations, Vancouver Province and the Kingston Whig-Standard. John Smol (Biology) – Athabasca oil sands leaving toxic traces, in the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Nature, Macleans Magazine, National Post, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Global Saskatoon, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Global Toronto, Edmonton Journal, Brandon Sun, Hamilton Spectator and a number of other national daily newspapers. Also appeared on CBC News The National, Global News National, CBC Power and Politics, CTV News Channel, CBC Radio As It Happens, CBC Radio World News Tonight and a number of other radio stations across Canada. Joshua Kurek (Biology) – Athabasca oil sands leaving toxic traces, in Nature, MacLeans Magazine, National Post, Huffington Post, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Global Saskatoon, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Global Toronto, Edmonton Journal, Brandon Sun and a number of other national daily newspapers. Andrew Grant (Political Studies) – Retired diplomat blasts Tories for saying Canada has not been asked to send troops to Mali, in MacLeans Magazine, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Global Winnipeg, Vancouver Province, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Global Montreal, Prince George Citizen, Dawson Creek Daily News, Global Edmonton and a number of other daily newspapers across Canada. John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – Ontario joins trend of eco-friendly buildings, in the Globe and Mail and on CTV News Channel. Vincent Mosco (Sociology) – Is Idle No More the new Occupy Wall Street, on cbc.ca. |
| January 7, 2013 |
Peter Hodson (Biology) – Cold water fish break the ice with antifreeze, on National Public Radio and a number of other American radio stations. Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing) – Revolutionary paper tablet computer reveals future tablets to be thin and flexible, in the Dallas South News, El Paso Times, the Austin American Statesman and Electronic Times. David Hanes (Astrophysics) – Large animals can survive outdoors during frigid Canadian winters, in the Globe and Mail. Kieran Moore (School of Medicine) – Doctors turn to Google to track influenza outbreaks, in the Globe and Mail. Raymond DeSouza (Chaplain’s Office) – God doesn’t care about the national championship game, in the National Post. George Smith (School of Policy Studies) – Artificial NHL lockout deadline are doing more harm than good, in the National Post. Nick Bala (Law) – Canada needs to clarify sperm donor rules, on CTV News Channel. Kevin Banks (Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace) – Legal challenge to Bill 115 regarding Ontario teachers, on CTV News Channel Louis Delvoie (Centre for International and Defence Policy) – By this time next year the current Syrian regime will be little more than a memory, in the Ottawa Sun, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun and the Winnipeg Sun. Stephen Archer (School of Medicine) – Hunger striker can face long-term health complications, in the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Province, Vancouver Sun and Calgary Herald. Dick Zoutman (Infectious Diseases) – Flu season sweeps the nation as cases spike, on Global Calgary, Global Toronto and Global Regina. Sidneyeve Matrix (Film and Media Studies) – How important is setting boundaries for your children for using the internet, CKNW (Vancouver radio); new laws are being passed in the U.S. prohibiting employers from demanding employees Facebook passwords, 650 CKOW (Saskatoon radio) and 980 CJME (Regina radio). |
| January 4, 2013 |
Ian Janssen (School of Kinesiology and Health Studies) – Exercise can extend your life by as much as five years, in the St. Louis American. Douglas Bland (School of Policy Studies) – Professor Bland’s fictional book Uprising has parallels to the current Idle No More movement, in the National Post, Regina-Leader Post and Montreal Gazette; the Idle No More native protest movement is growing, in the Toronto Star. Vincent Mosco (Sociology) – The Federal Trade Commission decides not to prosecute Google over 'search bias', in the National Post; the Idle No More native protest movement is growing, in the Toronto Star. Theodore Christou (Education) – The Ontario government imposes contracts on Ontario teachers, on CTV News Channel and Toronto Star and Metro Toronto (commuter newspaper). John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – The condo market in Toronto and Vancouver is at risk of crashing, in Maclean's magazine. Richard Beninger (Psychology) – Can developments in neuroscience be used to unconsciously influence human behavior, on CBC.ca. George Smith (School of Policy Studies) – NHL owners and players union have to put aside bitter emotions in order to come up with a new deal, in the Toronto Star. Nick Bala (Law) – Canada needs better sperm donor regulations, on Maritime Morning (Halifax, Moncton and Saint John talk radio). Brandon Tozzo (Political Studies) – The U.S. government agrees to a deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff,' on CKNW (Vancouver radio). Robert Pike (Sociology) – Indian village bans women from using cellphones, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. |
| January 3, 2013 |
Richard Beninger (Psychology) – What happens to our brains when we feel pleasure, on CBC TV's The National. Louis Delvois (Centre for International and Defence Policy) – Op-ed on why Syrian leader Bashar al Assad's days are numbered, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Robert Lovelace (Global Development Studies) – Op-ed on the growing popularity of the Idle No More movement, in NOW Magazine (Toronto weekly). |
| January 2, 2013 |
John Andrew (School of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Business) – Canada is in a housing-affordability crisis, in the Globe and Mail. Louis Gagnon (School of Business) – Reverse takeovers deserve intense financial scrutiny, in the Globe and Mail. David Hanes (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) – Why planets are round and not square, in the Globe and Mail. George Smith (School of Policy Studies) – Time is becoming a factor in NHL lockout, in the National Post, 2012 was a bad year for labour relations, in the Winnipeg Free Press and Ottawa Citizen; back-to-work legislation brings different results, in the Toronto Star. Blaine Allen (Film and Media Studies) – This Hour Has Seven Days was one of Canada's most controversial news shows, in the National Post. Houchang Hassan-Yari (Centre for International and Defence Policy) – Canada considers sending troops to Mali, on CTV News Channel. Ken Wong (School of Business) – The success of the Ottawa-based website Shopify, on CTV National News. Chris Eckert (Biology) – Why alligators and crocodiles are so strong, on CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks. John Pliniussen (School of Business) – Dr. Pliniussen's quote about Research in Motion's loss of service happening on the same day as the launch of Apple's iPhone 5 makes the top 12 list of business quotes of the year, in the Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, and 20 other newspapers and websites. David Skillicorn (School of Computing) – Growth of iPhone and Android could be a security nightmare for the government, in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and several other Postmedia newspapers. Andrew Graham (School of Policy Studies) – Federal government needs to start planning now for Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations in 2017, in the Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and several other Postmedia newspapers. David Detomasi (School of Business) – Federal government caught flat footed by the CNOOC-Nexen deal, in the Toronto Star, New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, and Winnipeg Free Press. Adrian Baranchuk (Cardiology) – Snow shoveling increases the risks of heart attacks, in the Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald. Sidneyeve Matrix (Film and Media Studies) – Social media websites' terms-of-use policies are confusing and hard to understand, on CBC.ca. Vincent Mosco (Sociology) – The Quebec student protest created change but failed to spread across Canada, in the Waterloo Record and Guelph Mercury. Martin Hand (Sociology) – Is technology hurting the human race by making life too easy, in the New Brunswick Telegraph Journal and Huffington Post Canada. Jill Scott (Languages, Literatures, Cultures) – Forgiveness during the Christmas holidays, on CBC Radio's Ontario Today. Kip Pegley (School of Music) – Music can help relieve some symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, on Radio Canada International's The Link and in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Kathy Brock (School of Policy Studies) – “Idle No More” movement is growing in popularity, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Christian Leuprecht (Political Studies) – Kingston Penitentiary is not cost-efficient to operate, in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Robert Lovelace (Global Development Studies) – Op-ed on Idle No More movement growing in popularity, on Rabble.ca; op-ed on violence against Aboriginal women, on Rabble.ca. |
