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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 unveils new cardiopulmonary research facility

Written on October 13, 2017. Posted in News.

With $7.7 million provided by the provincial and federal governments, the University unveiled the new Queen’s CardioPulmonary Unit (QCPU) on Oct. 6. The Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science and the Canada Foundation for Innovation funded the translational medicine research facility,...

City of Kingston launches Mayor’s Innovation Challenge

Written on October 13, 2017. Posted in News.

Post-secondary students in Kingston now have the chance to implement their own project during a four-month paid internship with the city through the Mayor’s Innovation Challenge. The recently created Mayor’s Innovation Challenge is looking for students and recent graduates from Queen’s, Royal Military...

Watson Hall unveils first campus LINQ space

Written on September 29, 2017. Posted in News.

For English professor Shelley King, it’s rare that she gets to see “a ghost or glimmer of an idea actually being enacted” at Queen’s. This changed for her on Tuesday with the unveiling of the first campus Library Information Network at Queen’s (LINQ) Library in Watson Hall. Located on the main floor...

Fitra technologies wins summer pitch competition

Written on August 25, 2017. Posted in News.

With over $100,000 in seed funding on the line, eight student entrepreneur teams and four regional ventures fought for their businesses at the Isabel Bader Centre last week. Founded in 2012, the Dunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Centre (DDQIC) is a pan-university initiative that works to support...

Professor Ascough wins prestigious innovative teaching award

Written on June 26, 2017. Posted in News.

Moving away from the traditional style of teaching to an interactive classroom, Professor and Director of the School of Religion Richard Ascough is a firm believer in trial and error. “We need to give people the room to experiment and even be willing to fail and admit failure. I want them to be able...

Queen’s unveils renewed nano-tech labratory

Written on January 20, 2017. Posted in News.

A short drive north of campus, Queen’s Innovation Park houses facilities for research and development. On Jan. 19, in a media-focused tour, they revealed a revamp and rebrand for their nano-technology lab. The lab originally dates back to 2015, when Innovation Park partnered with CMC Microsystems....

Winter break news roundup

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in News.

While campus saw a mass exodus for winter break, the University, Kingston Police and national funding groups chugged along with new developments. Here’s what you missed while lighting the menorah, carving up a turkey, singing a carol or just taking a break from the books: Principal’s Implementation...

Queen’s receives $31.7-million investment towards Innovation and Wellness Centre

Written on October 14, 2016. Posted in News.

As the first member of Queen’s administration stepped up to the podium on Tuesday, a hush fell over the crowd of attendees that had been invited to hear the latest funding announcement from Queen’s. In attendance at the announcement, which took place in the atrium of Beamish-Munro Hall, were Principal...

SparQ brings new innovations to the heart of campus

Written on February 26, 2016. Posted in News.

After being empty for two years, the first floor of Carruthers Hall is lively once again with students turning innovative new ideas into tangible products. SparQ Studios, originally located in the Integrated Learning Centre (ILC), has moved its studio to the former Gordon Vogt Studio Theatre. The...

A way to QTap into your schedule

Written on October 6, 2015. Posted in News.

What started as a first-year project has turned into an iPhone app for Queen’s students. Last year, Rony Besprozvanny and Zach Yale, both Sci ’18, partnered up for an assignment in their APSC 100 class. For the assignment, they were tasked with taking an Android-based app and updating it for Apple’s...

Queen’s receives $900,000 to support student innovation

Written on October 8, 2014. Posted in News.

The Government of Ontario announced last Wednesday that it’ll provide a $900,000 grant to support innovation at Queen’s. The funds will come from the provincial government’s Campus-Linked Accelerator (CLA) program. The announcement was made by the Honourable Reza Moridi, minister of research and innovation. The...

Colourful innovation wins $25,000

Written on September 19, 2014. Posted in News.

The winners of this year’s Queen’s Summer Innovation Initiative (QSII) created an addition to the consumer 3D printer, improving its ability to print in colour. QSII is a 16-week intensive program that allows students the opportunity to become entrepreneurs. A joint initiative between the Faculty...

Student start-ups: racing towards innovation, or killing creativity?

Written on September 10, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

Queen’s must provide entrepreneurial opportunities to studentsTaylor Mann, ArtSci ’13 There are numerous ways for institutions to innovate. Many universities naturally excel at one of these: research. But we shouldn’t ignore the other ways in which a campus can foster innovation, specifically through...

The next dimension

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

We live during exciting times. The entire globe is connected via an invisible online network, the Curiosity rover roams the surface of Mars and we have the technology to print a house in 20 hours. While some may be content sitting back and watching these advancements unfold, students at Queen’s...

According to the research

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in Features.

You can’t have teaching without research and vice versa, according to John Smol. Smol, a professor in the department of biology, is one of five top researchers at the University who have collectively received $1.3 million in research grants through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans...

Student-created program introduced in classrooms

Written on October 29, 2013. Posted in News.

A new opportunity for blended learning is being tested in classrooms today. NPulse, an online program set to be tested in today’s PSYCH 100 lecture, aims to bridge the gap that may develop between students and professors in larger classes. Blended learning incorporates traditional lecture-style classrooms...

Tag: innovation

Queen's Hyperloop Design Team reaches California

Queen’s unveils new cardiopulmonary research facility

City of Kingston launches Mayor’s Innovation Challenge

Watson Hall unveils first campus LINQ space

Fitra technologies wins summer pitch competition

Professor Ascough wins prestigious innovative teaching award

Queen’s unveils renewed nano-tech labratory

Winter break news roundup

Queen’s receives $31.7-million investment towards Innovation and Wellness Centre

SparQ brings new innovations to the heart of campus

A way to QTap into your schedule

Queen’s receives $900,000 to support student innovation

Colourful innovation wins $25,000

Student start-ups: racing towards innovation, or killing creativity?

The next dimension

According to the research

Student-created program introduced in classrooms

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