An additional 300 students will be accommodated in Queen’s residences in the winter term.

As part of the University’s THRIVE week, which focused on building positive mental health, Principal Patrick Deane recorded a virtual tour of his family’s hobby farm, New Leaf Farm.

Following months of COVID-19 travel restrictions, Queen’s has begun welcoming international students back to Kingston.

Queen’s Senate met over video-chat platform Zoom this past Tuesday.

Queen’s is launching a new survey to assess teaching during a remote semester, replacing the traditional USATs.

Queen’s opens Education Library and Special Collections Queen’s opened the Education Library on Oct. 19 and granted students access to Special Collections.The Education Library contains 19 seats which can be booked in four-hour time slots from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.The Queen’s University Archive and the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections are now available for individual access by appointment on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FEAS) appointed Dr. Heidi Ploeg as the inaugural Chair for Women in Engineering on Oct. 15. Ploeg will hold a five-year term in the position.

Following a year of campus-wide consultations, Principal Patrick Deane released his report about the future of the University earlier this month.

In light of campus-wide calls for social justice reform, Undergraduate Trustee Shoshannah Bennett-Dwara has engaged the Non-Academic Misconduct Subcommittee (NAMSC) in discussion about the inclusion of the definition of racism in the Queen’s Student Code of Conduct.

The Board of Trustees approved the University’s decision to remove Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from the law school building on Monday.

Despite everything that’s happened this year, it’s just another year for Canadian wildlife. 

In an effort to provide students with safe study spaces on campus, Queen’s Student Affairs has provided a tent outside Mackintosh-Corry Hall for student access.

With Jim Leech’s term as Chancellor coming to a close next year, the search for his replacement is underway.

As of Thursday evening, Queen’s had reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the campus community this week.

When the University conditionally approved the JDUC renovation project in 2019, it also agreed to contribute $10 million in donor funds before the project could break ground. As of October, the University has raised just over $3 million of that goal. 

The University confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 in the Queen’s community on Tuesday.

A peer-to-peer initiative was launched by Queen’s students Oct. 2, urging students to comply with public health regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

With COVID-19 hampering the ability to expand social circles, students hoping to engage in casual sex are facing the challenge of how to do it safely.

While students adjust to remote learning, they should also be preparing for an entirely remote exam period.

In the months following a watershed of Commerce students’ accounts of racial discrimination and systemic oppression within the Smith School of Business, Mark Green, provost and vice-principal (academic), announced a search for the next dean of Smith on Aug. 5.