Originally billed at $62.3 million, new documents show the JDUC revitalization project will cost $85.6 million.
Queen’s Senate convened for an emergency meeting on Zoom to address questions related to the University’s operating budget deficit and its impact on academia.
Mental health is a priority for staff at Queen’s Student Wellness Services.
Vice-Principal (Culture, Equity, and Inclusion) Stephanie Simpson, and Principal Patrick Deane answered questions submitted by students in a sparsely attended room in Goodes Hall. Topics ranged from housing to supporting international students. Both Simpson and Deane identified the ongoing violence in the Middle East as the most important social issue affecting students on campus.
As controversy takes hold of American campuses following the resignation of Ivy League University Presidents, US congress’ investigation into antisemitism on campus continues. Canadian universities are grappling with a similar call out.
There are perks to being senior leaders at Queen’s, and travelling internationally representing the University is one of them.
With COR closed, students must search elsewhere to sober up safely this winter.
Small music courses find themselves on the chopping block as part of the University’s budget cuts.
As promised towards the end of fall term, Provost Matthew Evans settled in for a relatively calm town hall meeting with Arts and Science students.
On December 12, the University announced it is examining the possibility of temporarily suspending admissions into the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and the Professional Master of Public Administration (PMPA) programs. Queen’s cited the programs’ cyclical reviews as reporting insufficient structural resources for the program.
Queen’s announced that it projected a $62.8 million operating budget deficit in May. Since then, the projected deficit has fallen $14.8 million to total $48 million as of December, with the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) accounting for a projected $37 million.
In the first part of an investigative series on the JDUC redevelopment project, The Journal is releasing blueprints for the new JDUC structure.
Queen’s remains in the U15, but recent ranking place the university 16th in Canada.
In an open letter posted on Nov. 29, PSAC 901—the labour union representing graduate and postdoctoral workers at Queen’s—asked alumnus Stephen Smith to give $500,000 to reopen the union’s exhausted Emergency Food Support Fund.
Queen’s students impacted by sexual violence or misconduct should find filing a complaint with the University less confusing.
Between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023, a total of 132 reports of non-academic misconduct were processed through the Non-Academic Misconduct Intake Office (NAMIO), in a marked decrease from previous years. The numbers were published as a report at the Dec. 8 Board of Trustees open session meeting.
Provost Matthew Evans and Arts and Science Dean Barbara Crow drew a crowd consisting of Queen’s staff, faculty, and the AMS executive on Dec. 11. The goal of the town hall was to address concerns regarding the projected budget deficit and planned cuts to academic programming.
Queen’s Arts and Science Online (ASO) students find themselves readjusting their virtual education with the closure of admissions to ASO program options.
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