March 15, 2024

Balancing human rights and freedom of speech in Canada

Online connectivity has introduced a new realm in which individuals can interact with each other and by extension, commit harm and wrongdoing.
March 8, 2024

Queen’s welcomes newest Canada Excellence Research Chair

World renowned scientist Yanwen Zhang was announced today as the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Impact of Radiation in Energy and Advanced Technologies. This appointment will see Zhang move her research program from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to Queen’s University, where she will begin her term in Spring 2024.
March 8, 2024

Why Insomnia Cookies chose Kingston for its second Canadian branch

The American chain Insomnia Cookies opened its second Canadian location in Kingston, a testament to the city’s awakening business atmosphere. But some experts warn the sugar rush might wear off after a while.
The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy interest rate at 5 per cent on Wednesday, a highly-anticipated move from policymakers who continue to battle elevated inflation.
Queen’s professor-turned-CEO Ahmad Ghahreman is scaling up his clean technology start-up Cyclic Materials while enlisting former students.
The First Nations Resource Charge (FNRC) is one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to the endorsement of the Conservative Party of Canada, under the leadership of Pierre Poilievre.
Before he founded Blackleaf Capital, Chinni Kanu, Comm ’24, realized he wanted to go into investment banking during his first year at Queen’s. While in his second year, he was already recruiting for a full-time job upon graduation.
Black patients are less likely to receive an accurate skin disease diagnosis, even if the doctor has help from artificial intelligence. 
Local bars in Kingston have long relied on students to prop up alcohol sales. Every year has brought a wave of newly minted adults, giddy with independence and eager to test out their alcohol tolerance.
Kingston has been experiencing warmer winter weather this season when compared to historical averages. These sunny days are credited to a combination of climate change and naturally occurring weather trends.
The streets of Kingston became a sea of yellow bananas last Wednesday as 1,600 Queen’s students dressed up in banana suits for a collective bar crawl.
The Queen’s Brain Tumor Program (QBTP) is revolutionizing the way post-operative brain tumor care is delivered in southeastern Ontario.
For the first few weeks, ChatGPT was an amusing new toy. Then someone figured out it can do more than write bad poetry. One year in, it’s dramatically heralding the end of white-collar jobs.
Though AI has made it easier for Excel monkeys to crunch numbers, and programmers to generate and revise code at unprecedented scale and efficiency, it has also made it much easier for bad actors to influence politics and elections.
One of the 2015 Nobel Prize laureates in Physics, Arthur McDonald, recently spoke about the history of the universe at the George and Maureen Ewan Lecture series at Queen’s University.
Queen’s University first showed signs of financial strain in March 2020, when it projected its first operating deficit in years. It has since spiraled into fiscal quagmire.
A new conference takes shape at Queen’s, exploring the interplay between business, government, and policy issues.
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