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PhD student earns prestigious Trudeau scholarship

Bailey Gerrits is working to rid the world of gender-based violence.


Queen鈥檚 University doctoral student Bailey Gerrits is one of 16 students across Canada to earn a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholarship. The unique award has been presented annually since 2001 to the most talented doctoral students in Canada and abroad.

International collaboration heats up antifreeze research

High up on the sixth floor of Botterell Hall, a glass flask is spinning in a bath of thick green liquid. Inside the flask is Professor Peter Davies鈥 (Biochemistry & Biology) attempt to solve one of nature鈥檚 riddles: how can plants, fish and insects live in sub-zero temperatures without freezing?

Monitoring Magnetospheres

Queen鈥檚 researcher works to debunk the theory behind massive stars.

Queen鈥檚 University PhD student Matt Shultz is researching magnetic, massive stars, and his research has uncovered questions concerning the behaviour of plasma within their magnetospheres.

This image shows the magnetosphere of a massive star. (Image by Richard Townsend)

Cancer Conversations

Kingston high school students are visiting Queen鈥檚 to talk about cancer.

Together with the Queen鈥檚 Cancer Research Institute (QCRI), Let鈥檚 Talk Science, and the Kingston branch of the Canadian Cancer Society鈥檚 Research Information Outreach Team (RIOT), students will spend the day learning about cancer biology and research.