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For Jamie Gray, Sci ’09, support from friends is crucial to identifying and acknowledging mental illness.

Gray, who was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder after he came to Queen’s, said he went to Kingston General Hospital for diagnosis after his friend in nursing suggested he do so.Continue...

Ask Kazutoshi Mori, one of the laureates of this year’s Canada Gairdner International Award for biomedical research, and he’ll tell you comic superheroes inspired his career in biophysics.

“As a child, I liked to read comics,” he said to an audience of about 40 students and faculty at Queen’s Cancer Research Institute on Tuesday.Continue...

The Senate Educational Equity Committee (SEEC)’s annual report shows the University was more reactive than proactive with equity issues in the past year, committee chair and history professor Adnan Husain said.

The committee presented the report to University Senate on Oct. 22.Continue...

The timing of this year’s Fair Employment Week couldn’t be better, Roberta Lamb, Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) political action and communication committee co-chair, said.

Arts and Science Dean Alistair MacLean sent a memo to all department heads this week asking them to plan their 2010-11 budgets and curricula without using term adjunct professors, Lamb said.Continue...

About 20 students have been diagnosed with H1N1 flu virus as of last Sunday, Housing and Hospitality Services Director Bruce Griffiths said.

Griffiths said housing and hospitality services is monitoring cases and has implemented additional precautions to clean doorknobs and surfaces in residences this week.Continue...

More than 80 people braved the cold to attend Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new School of Medicine building.

“This particular gathering is a metaphor for the tenacity needed to do this in less than optimal circumstances,” Vice-Principal (Academic) Patrick Deane said jokingly to those standing under a tent set up on site at Arch and Stuart streets.Continue...

Students taking the Queen’s Advanced Accounting Program (QAAP) will be able to receive a graduate diploma in accounting starting next summer.

The University Senate approved the proposed program at its Oct. 22 meeting.Continue...

Last night, Queen’s faculty, students and family of Leslie Doucet gathered in Wallace Hall to celebrate her life.

Doucet, a graduate student and teaching assistant in global development studies, died on Oct. 16.Continue...

Saed Abu-Hijleh almost didn’t make it past Pearson Airport officials to get into Canada. After arriving in Toronto this week, the Palestinian geography professor was held for four hours and questioned about his intentions for visiting.Continue...