October 2, 2006 Source: :
http://qnc.queensu.ca/story_loader.php?id=45211e719c384 Queen's in the
News David Thomson
(Statistics) discusses his research that uses a radio solar telescope to
examine the reasons for dropped cell phone calls in the Globe and Mail. Tony Dimnik (Business) comments on the various stereotyped images of
accountants we see in the movies in the Globe and Mail. He also continues to
comment on the benefits of non-degree programs for managers who are looking
to develop their skills in finance and accounting, most recently in the
Vancouver Sun and Cape Breton Post. Shannon Goodspeed (Business) comments on the ‘Dress for Success’ workshop
offered to Queen’s MBA students in partnership with Holt Renfrew in the
National Post. Emeritus professor Stewart Fyfe (Political Studies) comments on factors that
affect voter decision in relation to Kingston’s 2006 municipal election
campaign in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Virginia Walker (Biology) discusses her research that involves bacteria that
can make ice cream smoother and artificial snow last longer in the Kingston
Whig-Standard. Terry Bridges (Physics) comments on the Queen’s observatory open house event
every second Saturday of the month in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Kathy Brock (Political Studies) comments on the split divide of Kingston’s
Liberals as to who they want to lead their party during the next federal
election in the Kingston Whig-Standard. Queen’s is featured in a Canadian Press story that appears in the Halifax
Chronicle Herald, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Niagara Falls Review,
Summerside Journal-Pioneer, and Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record as
the first Canadian medical college to license a woman, Dr. Jennie Trout, to
practice medicine.
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