National Recognition for Computing Science Researcher
A Queen’s University researcher has received a top national award in the field of computer science.
Ahmed Hassan (Computing) recently received the Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize for 2014 from the Canadian Association of Computer Science. (University Communications)
Life sciences degree now offered online
Queen’s Faculty of Arts and Science will begin offering its first online Bachelor of Science degree this fall – a three-year general BSc in Life Sciences.
Queen’s researcher named great Canadian explorer
John Smol honoured by Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
John Smol has spent over 30 years researching and exploring the circumpolar Arctic. He has given lectures on all seven continents. He has advanced climate research and influenced policies in many countries around the world.
PhD student earns prestigious Trudeau scholarship
Bailey Gerrits is working to rid the world of gender-based violence.
Queen’s University doctoral student Bailey Gerrits is one of 16 students across Canada to earn a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholarship. The unique award has been presented annually since 2001 to the most talented doctoral students in Canada and abroad.
International collaboration heats up antifreeze research
High up on the sixth floor of Botterell Hall, a glass flask is spinning in a bath of thick green liquid. Inside the flask is Professor Peter Davies’ (Biochemistry & Biology) attempt to solve one of nature’s riddles: how can plants, fish and insects live in sub-zero temperatures without freezing?
Professor fêted for career exploring Canadian identity
Historical geographer and Professor Emeritus Brian Osborne has spent his life studying “place” and the “layers” of human presence that tell the story of people.
Disraeli Project draws to a close
The Disraeli Project, which produces scholarly editions of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s correspondence, will close in November 2015.
Monitoring Magnetospheres
Queen’s researcher works to debunk the theory behind massive stars.
Queen’s University PhD student Matt Shultz is researching magnetic, massive stars, and his research has uncovered questions concerning the behaviour of plasma within their magnetospheres.
This image shows the magnetosphere of a massive star. (Image by Richard Townsend)