Julia van Drunen (Physical Chemistry, PhD ’13) at Queen’s University recently received one of five summer fellowships from the international Electrochemical Society for her research in the fields of water treatment and fuel cell technology. Ms van Drunen began her graduate studies testing a nickel-based catalyst design for water treatment. The catalyst looks like a… Keep Reading
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development and Rita Byvelds, Senior Program Advisor with the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation have been conducting meetings with local companies to promote the benefits of the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) program. The program supports projects that create and… Keep Reading
Queen’s has been selected to help develop the world’s largest brain research databases. The High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) at the university will manage data for the Ontario Brain Institute’s (OBI). Brain-CODE (Centre for Ontario Data Exploration). “We provide the highest level of security for the protection of intellectual property and compliance,” says Ken… Keep Reading
Customers Encouraged To Take Steps To Protect Their Basements Utilities Kingston is now offering the Preventative Plumbing Program for financial assistance and has launched a public education campaign. These initiatives are aimed at helping Utilities Kingston customers prevent basement flooding and sanitary sewer back-ups in their homes and neighbourhoods. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFERED The Preventative Plumbing… Keep Reading
Since Kingston-born Bryan Adams began the Canadian leg of his world tour one week ago, it’s not only the traditional media who have been writing rave reviews – concert goers are singing his praise as well. A search on Twitter reveals unanimous thumbs up throughout the week by audiences from his first shows in Newfoundland,… Keep Reading
A Queen’s University physicist and a PhD student have created an innovative device to control the depth of a laser cut, enabling pinpoint accuracy during surgeries and avoiding complications that can occur when cuts are made too deep. “The issue of depth control has always been a problem in laser surgery,” said professor James Fraser.… Keep Reading
The Southeastern Ontario Palliative & End-of-Life Care Network, along with many other national, provincial/territorial and local organizations, is encouraging Canadians to think and talk about their wishes for end-of-life care on April 16th – National Advance Care Planning Day. “Imagine, one day, without any warning, you find yourself in a hospital in a life-threatening situation,… Keep Reading
On Friday, Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a new, state-of-the-art monorail vehicle manufacturing facility in Hortolândia – São Paulo, Brazil. The new production site design and construction is based on technology transferred from Bombardier’s manufacturing and engineering hubs here in Kingston – where one of Brazil’s trains will also be built and tested – as well as… Keep Reading
Complimentary Tours Of City Hall Begins On May 14 Kingston’s City Hall Ambassadors are about to get very busy sharing the exciting history of the Limestone City with visitors and residents alike. City Hall tours will commence on May 14 and continue through the summer to September 30, 2012. This very popular program features approximately… Keep Reading
Muggles around the world have yet another reason to celebrate as the interactive “Pottermore” website finally opened its doors on the weekend. Announced in June, the portal for fans of the fantasy series was reserved to a select group of members until this past Saturday. But now anyone can register to be divided among the… Keep Reading
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development John Paul Shearer, Director of Business Development presented on the Building Sustainable Economies panel at the 2012 Economic Revitalization Conference on April 11. The Conference, organized by the Queen’s School of Business Monieson Centre was themed Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Communities and connected academics, policymakers, community leaders, and… Keep Reading
