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Uncontested EngSoc election sees Danielle Rivard elected president

Written on February 4, 2022. Posted in News.

On Feb. 3 Engineering (EngSoc) voters elected Danielle Rivard, Sci ’23, President, Evan Wray, Sci ’22, Vice-President of operations, and Jane Cohen-Wallis, Sci ’24, Vice-President of Student Affairs (VPSA). Adam Raco, Sci ’25, was elected the EngSoc Junior Senator for the 2022-23 term. The candidates...

EngSoc extends nomination period for faculty election

Written on January 25, 2022. Posted in Elections, News.

On Jan. 20, the Engineering Society (EngSoc) announced their decision to extend the nomination period for their faculty election. The original nomination period ended on Jan. 19, with campaigning week scheduled to take place Jan. 24 to 31 and elections scheduled to conclude by Feb. 3. Currently, EngSoc...

AI case competition comes to Queen’s

Written on January 18, 2022. Posted in News.

On Dec. 4, Fulcrum Technology Holdings hosted an alumni-sponsored case competition. The competition was part of the Frank Main Innovation Initiative, founded on behalf of Frank Main, Sci ’52, by his children Shane Maine, ArtSci ’92 and Elicia Maine, Sci ’93. The case competition focused on artificial...

$1 million endowment supports access to education

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses the atrocities committed in Residential Schools and may be triggering for some readers. Those seeking support may contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation or Four Directions. For immediate assistance, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline...

Closing the gender equality gap in engineering: In conversation with Dr. Heidi Ploeg

Written on October 22, 2020. Posted in News, University.

This article was updated with new information on Oct. 25. 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. The Board of Trustees approved the position at its...

How ‘Erased by FEAS’ is uniting the voices of BIPOC Engineering students

Written on August 17, 2020. Posted in Features.

This piece uses “Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC)” to refer to the experiences of racialized students. We acknowledge this term is not universal. The ‘Erased by FEAS’ Instagram account was launched on July 10, detailing experiences of systemic violence and discrimination in Queen’s...

University says students attended PDAC conference but risk remains low

Written on March 11, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s students who attended a geology conference in Toronto over the weekend where an attendee later tested positive for the coronavirus have a low risk of contracting COVID-19, the University said Wednesday afternoon. David Walker, Queen’s COVID-19 response lead, told The Journal one person who...

Growing closer to my parents while away at school

Written on January 31, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

University usually marks the first time that teens move away from their home and their parents, and when they really start developing into independent young adults. This might especially be true at Queen’s, with 95 per cent of its student population originating outside Kingston and from over 100 countries. It’s...

Queen's Hyperloop Design Team reaches California

Written on July 29, 2019. Posted in News.

This year, the Queen’s Hyperloop Design Team (QHDT) was one of three Canadian teams to make it to California for the annual Hyperloop Pod competition. While QHDT was one of 21 teams out of 1,500 to make it through the competition’s preliminary rounds to the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California,...

Queen’s Hyperloop team to compete in California

Written on March 29, 2019. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Hyperloop Design Team is travelling to California for Elon Musk’s SpaceX competition. The team will be going to Hawthorne, California to test their prototype on July 21 in the final stage of the competition. Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, the company that built the one-mile Hyperloop test...

Connections Engineering Outreach brings STEM to Kingston

Written on February 14, 2019. Posted in News.

On Feb. 23, Connections Engineering Outreach will put on their second Educational Technology Conference in the newly renovated Mitchell Hall. The conference aims to build a collaborative partnership between the Queen’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the wider Kingston educational community,...

Engineering Society debate addresses financial sustainability

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

The Engineering Society (EngSoc) saw its executive candidates gather in the ILC atrium on Jan. 23 to respond to student questions about their experience, platform and vision for the society if elected. Out of all the executive positions — President, Vice President (Student Affairs) and Vice President...

EngSoc Executive candidates release platforms

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

All candidates declined requests for an interview, but did send brief summaries of their platforms to The Journal via email. President Carson Cook, Sci ’19, is the sole candidate running for President of the Engineering Society (EngSoc) for next year. He worked this year as the Director of IT for...

Queen's Machine Intelligence and Neuroevolution Design club attracts hundreds of students

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

During his time on campus, Cooper Midroni noticed students have become increasingly more interested in artificial intelligence. Unfortunately, outside of their classrooms, the field is difficult to access. To mitigate this, Midroni, Sci ’20, founded the Queen’s Machine Intelligence and Neuroevolution...

Queen’s grants degree to former engineering student 70 years later

Written on November 24, 2017. Posted in News.

Seventy years had passed since Bruce Jameson attended Queen’s when he returned to campus this fall. He arrived for his convocation ceremony, where he was officially granted his degree in engineering chemistry alongside the Class of 2017. In the summer of 1946, Jameson completed a research internship...

Engineering students develop bicycle for teen with cerebral palsy

Written on November 3, 2017. Posted in News.

Because of her cerebral palsy, Napanee teenager Janessa Gerhardt was never able to find a bicycle suited to her limited range of motion. Thanks to engineering professor Claire Davies and a group of her students, Gerhardt now bikes several kilometres everyday. Gerhardt’s physiotherapist at Hotel Dieu...

Orientation Week in photos

Written on September 12, 2017. Posted in News.

Two FRECS (Engineering frosh leaders) sporting their “EngCut” hairstyles. Two ArtSci frosh getting messy during Frosh Olympics. Engineering frosh travelling from Benedickson Park to City Park hand-in-hand. A traditional game of tug of war during ArtSci Frosh Olympics. One FREC amidst the mosh...

Student start-ups: Tees for Bees

Written on September 12, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Some of the most interesting alumni stories over the years have come from graduates who have gone on to start their own businesses and watch them thrive. And that’s exactly what alum Kelly Butler is currently experiencing with her start-up Tees for Bees. Tees for Bees manufactures tee shirts that...

Fall of humanities may mean rise of mixed education

Written on March 7, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

With more universities moulding the humanities with business and STEM, many students may no longer have to decide between education for the sake of knowledge and education for job security. Over recent years, the declining interest in humanities degrees hasn’t changed, nor is it changing anytime soon,...

Clark Hall staff to undergo mandatory training after displaying insensitive tip jars

Written on November 18, 2016. Posted in News.

After last week’s United States presidential election, a reference to a Donald Trump quote on a tip jar at Clark Hall Pub provoked criticism from students and an official apology from Clark Hall staff. On Nov. 11, as students gathered at Clark for Friday afternoon Ritual, staff members set up two...

Kwest installation unveiled for Homecoming

Written on October 21, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Last Thursday, Queen’s kicked off Homecoming with the unveiling of a magnificent, 38-foot-tall installation that marries art and engineering in the Beamish-Munro foyer. The grand sculpture entitled Synapse was unveiled on Oct. 13 in honour of Queen’s 175th anniversary. Synapse is composed of steel,...

It’s not all in the numbers

Written on October 14, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Gender disparities in engineering may be the result of a larger cultural issue, but relieving the impact on students isn’t out of University’s hands. A feature published in The Journal last week showed that for some female engineering students in the faculty’s least gender-balanced discipline — electrical...

Know your Frosh Weeks

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in In Focus.

Of course you’re excited for your Orientation Week, but how much do you know about the others? Queen’s runs nine, unique Orientation Weeks that welcome new students each year, frosh or not. Each Orientation Week immerses students in both school and faculty tradition. Led by passionate student volunteers,...

Reaching for the tam

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in In Focus.

Every September, first-year engineering students enthusiastically attempt to remove a tam from the top of a grease-covered pole in a pit of mud, an annual engineering Orientation Week event known as the Grease Pole. The Journal looked into the origins of the most important player in this event,...

New installation to be built in Beamish Munro Foyer

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in Arts.

This fall, Beamish Munro Hall, commonly known as the ILC, will host a contemporary installation by Toronto-based artist Kwest. In the early 90s, Kwest began making his mark in the Toronto art scene is original works have painted downtown Toronto for years, bringing life and colour to Queen Street...

Engineering wellness centre opens

Written on March 11, 2016. Posted in News.

For the first time, engineering students have access to faculty-specific mental health facilities. The Queen’s Engineering Wellness Centre (EWC), which opened at the start of February, provides engineering students with student-run mental health resources. The centre offers Lego, colouring books and...

Consult with EngSoc, Faculty

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science’s attempts to discourage alcohol-related jacket bars have been poorly executed. The Faculty has implemented two measures to prevent students from attempting the “Beers on the Pier” bar. The first was working with the Kingston Police Force to have...

Queen’s cracks down on jacket bars

Written on November 7, 2014. Posted in Features.

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is discouraging students from pursuing jacket bars involving alcohol this year, starting with the “Beers on the Pier” challenge. Since the first week of September, Kingston Police Force (KPF) officers have been patrolling the pier near Collingwood St....

SciFormal considers revamp

Written on November 8, 2013. Posted in News.

This year’s Engineering Society (EngSoc) Science Formal went overbudget, pushing the Science Formal Committee to consider changing the event’s structure in the future. This year, the event went forward as planned; however, significant overspending affected the planning process, forcing the committee...

Comic encourages Aboriginal education

Written on October 29, 2013. Posted in News.

A University organization is using a comic book to encourage young Aboriginal students to study engineering. The comic book I’m a Chemical Engineer follows the narrative of a cartoon version of Siobhan Dooley, Sci ’12, and is aimed at a grade 4 to 8 reading level. Dooley, who is Aboriginal, is listed...

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