General News
COVID-19 Resources On and Off Campus
Apr 16, 2021
Useful COVID-19 resources at Queen's and off campus
Dr. Peter Willis and Bioanalytical Chemistry on Mars
Mar 12, 2021
Dr. Peter Willis, an alumni of the Chemistry Physics program (1994), has been one of the scientists in designing Mars Rovers at NASA. He was invited back at Queens and delivered an...
Let's Talk Astrophysics Symposium
Feb 22, 2021
Let's Talk Astrophysics was held to attract high school students to astrophysics and the natural sciences. The event was featured on the CBC's In Town and Out...
Graduate Studies Information Session on Wed November 18th from 5-6pm
Nov 18, 2020
This info session, led by Prof. James Fraser (Graduate Chair) and Prof. Steve Hughes, will help you better understand opportunities for graduate research in physics and engineering physics...
LGBTQ and STEM Day November 18th 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Nov 18, 2020
Tomorrow is LGBTQ+ in STEM international recognition day, sponsored by Pride in STEM. This day is quite relevant to our department, as it is symbolic of the 60th anniversary of American astronomer and gay activist Frank Kameny’s ...
Department of Physics Statement on #ShutdownSTEM Day of Action - June 10, 2020
Jun 09, 2020
In solidarity with the statements from the Queen’s Principal, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Canadian Association of Physicists, we at the Queen’s Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy condemn anti-Black racism
Dr. Arthur McDonald involved with building ventilators
Apr 09, 2020
Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald leads a team of Canadian physicists in an international effort to design a ventilator to help in the treatment of COVID-19...
Science Rendezvous Kingston Outreach Event
Nov 05, 2019
Graduate student Ingrida Semenec (centre) tests out the van de Graaf generator
Visitor Centre for the McDonald Institute unveiled in Stirling Hall
May 11, 2018
Visitor Centre for the Arthur B. McDonald Astroparticle Physics Research Institute unveiled in Stirling Hall
Prof. James Fraser is inducted as a 2017 3M National Teaching Fellow
Feb 14, 2017
Professor Fraser is the 2015 recipient of the Chancellor A. Charles Baille Teaching Award for outstanding influence on the quality of student learning at Queen's University.
Prof. James Fraser receives the 2016 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics!
Apr 21, 2016
Professor Fraser is the 2015 recipient of the Chancellor A. Charles Baille Teaching Award for outstanding influence on the quality of student learning at Queen's University.