World on fire
Queen's Alumni Review
February 2, 2024
How the Queen’s University Biological Station takes a multidisciplinary – and symbiotic – approach to solving the environmental crisis.
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Read the full storyA new study finds that new-to-the-workforce employees might make less-than-optimal choices when it comes to their benefits packages when faced with too much information. How can employers and employees address that risk?
Read the full storyHow does operatic training affect memory, cognitive functioning, and learning?
Read the full storySelf-confidence is in the DNA of successful entrepreneurs, but too much can cloud decision-making. Here’s how to keep overconfidence in check.
Read the full storyConcordia researchers and alumni are out to improve every breath we take.
Read the full storyThe multidisciplinary program aims to give about 60 graduate students in engineering the skills needed to design mobile robots that can interact with humans.
Read the full storyProfessor Jacob Brower shows why corporate social responsibility programs still matter. Even if they don’t pay off like they used to.
Read the full storyFrom campus bunkbeds for napping to diving boards for canon-balling into the river, long-forgotten University of Manitoba haunts surface in virtual tour.
Read the full storyFor some, love is a box of chocolates and a bottle of wine. But for Shanshan Liu BComm’11 and Jian Li BComm’12, it’s a pile of fried chicken atop a hot bowl of ramen.
Read the full storyGood vibes and good friends are a good start.
Read the full storyGananoque, Ontario, is known as the “Gateway to the 1000 Islands” — but a new affordable housing project may put the quaint waterfront town on the map for a whole other reason.
Read the full storyIt’s been almost three years since Kingston declared a climate emergency. Was it just a hollow PR exercise, or has it actually deepened the City’s commitment to protecting us from climate change?
Read the full storyHarvesting is celebrated as a way to reconnect with nature and food — but does it put wild plants at risk?
Read the full storyThe result may be a new way to imagine how communities and cities are built.
Read the full storyHow two tech-savvy companies are trying to reduce food insecurity in the north.
Read the full storyThis innovative investment fund is creating a new model for getting financial help into the hands of farmers who can make a difference.
Read the full storyUnearthing the aeroponically-grown cannabis trend in Canada.
Read the full storyWater management in craft breweries needs greater focus.
Read the full storyThanks to researcher Shannon Berch, UBC might be the first Canadian university to successfully cultivate the pricey foodie staple.
Read the full storyAll copy of 124-page culinary guidebook to some of the best places to eat and drink in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Read the copyProfiles of eight notable people associated with Dalhousie University in celebration of the university’s 200th anniversary: Axel Becke (pictured), Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Jeff Dahn, Robert Fournier, James Robinson Johnston, George Munro, Phyllis Noerager Stern, and Robert Stanfield.
Read the copyA case study on how Persado used AI to help arts and crafts retail giant Michaels put personalization at the forefront of its text, Facebook, and email campaigns.
Read the copyAn advertorial on Canadian electronic payment provider Telpay. It was published in The Franchise Voice, a Canadian Franchise Association magazine.
Read the copyMy posts from several years of blogging with Visit Kingston, which is the tourism board responsible for promoting Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Read the copyA press release for Wellness Systems, Inc. on the launch of a mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination station.
Read the copyA full website write for EZ STAK, which is a manufacturer of modular interior storage systems for work trucks, service bodies, vans, and trailers.
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