Celebrate inquiry-base learning at the 6th Annual Inquiry@Queen’s Undergraduate Research Conference, March 8th and 9th, 2012 in Stauffer  Library.

Apply today to present at Inquiry@Queen’s. Deadline is 4:00pm. Monday, February 6th, 2012. For further information and application information go to http://iatq.ca/conference.html.

The Dutch publisher Elsevier publishes many of the world’s best known mathematics journals, including Advances in Mathematics, Comptes Rendus, Discrete Mathematics, The European Journal of Combinatorics, Historia Mathematica, Journal of Algebra, Journal of Approximation Theory, Journal of Combinatorics Series A, Journal of Functional Analysis, Journal of Geometry and Physics, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Journal of Number Theory, Topology, and Topology and its Applications. For many years, it has also been heavily criticized for its business practices. Let me briefly summarize these criticisms. Read more.

SpringerImages is a growing collection of scientific images that spans the scientific, technical and medical fields, including high-quality clinical images from images.MD. The continually updated collection – currently over 3.3 million images – gathers photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables, and is available to libraries and their patrons via a searchable online database. The SpringerImages interface enables users to search faster, more broadly and more accurately, through captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from the image to the source article. Users can create personalized image “sets,” and can easily export images for use in their own presentations or lectures.

Sustainability Watch: evidence-based summaries on over 200 sustainability-related topics; monitoring thousands of leading journals and periodicals, this product presents best practices in a variety of sustainability areas including environmental impacts and pollution prevention initiatives, corporate citizenship, and long-term sustainable business practices”>Sustainability Watch: evidence-based summaries on over 200 sustainability-related topics; monitoring thousands of leading journals and periodicals, this product presents best practices in a variety of sustainability areas including environmental impacts and pollution prevention initiatives, corporate citizenship, and long-term sustainable business practices.

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Noel James (Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering) was recently appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to geology and carbonate sedimentology … read more.

A Canadian biologist has been named as one of “10 people who mattered this year” (CBC News)

Jan. 11 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CDT
Contact: James Simon – jsimon@crl.edu
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This event will present what the Center for Research Libraries has learned about how electronic evidence and documentation of human rights violations are collected, maintained, and used. CRL staff and experts will discuss the evolving role of technology in human rights documentation and suggest strategies and best practices for organizations and archives to maintain this documentation for the future.

The School of Environmental Studies is pleased to present a seminar on GHG Emissions and Carbon Footprint Accounting by Guliad Egeh.  Guliad is one of only a handful of certified GHG Inventory Quantifiers in the world. 

The presentation will focus on the methodology and quantification of GHG emissions and carbon footprints. Dr. Adam Fenech, from the Department of Environmental Sciences at U of T, will end the presentation with a brief look at the proposed carbon goals for the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve (FABR). 

WHEN:  Thursday December 1st, 2:30pm

WHERE:  Biosciences Building, Room 1120

Saleem Ali from the University of Vermont will be giving a talk entitled “Minerals and Society: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future” on November 23, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 11:20, in Kingston Hall room 101.

Saleem H. Ali is Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and the Director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security at UVM’s James Jeffords Center for Policy Research. He is also on the adjunct faculty of Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies and the visiting faculty for the United Nations mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica).

Dr. Ali’s research focuses on the causes and consequences of environmental conflicts and how ecological factors can promote peace. Much of his empirical research has focused on environmental conflicts in the mineral sector. His most recent book is titled Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future. He is also the author of Mining, the Environment and Indigenous Development Conflicts.

Everyone is invited to attend.

What if every scientist could share their data as easily as they tweet about their lunch? Michael Nielsen calls for scientists to embrace new tools for collaboration that will enable discoveries to happen at the speed of Twitter. http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_nielsen_open_science_now.html