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    Blind Date with Knowledge
    January 8, 2020

    Microplastics – They are in the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we consume, and we are still learning about what this means for our health, the health of our environment, and our future. How do we tackle this “wicked” problem? Queen’s researcher Myra Hird believes the answer is in our own consumption habits.

    [Will Kymlicka receives the SSHRC Gold Medal from Ted Hewitt, President of SSHRC, left, and Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher and professor emeritus, McGill University]
    Blind Date with Knowledge
    December 16, 2019

    Queen’s professor and researcher is awarded one of the highest honours for the social sciences in Canada.

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    Blind Date with Knowledge
    December 11, 2019

    New report shows the disease has reached an all-time high within Canada’s First Nations communities, impact on children is concerning.

    [Dr. Xiaodan Zhu]
    Blind Date with Knowledge
    December 11, 2019

    How do you teach language to computers? Dr. Xiaodan Zhu discusses how his research, at the frontier of artificial intelligence, is helping computers better understand language, with wide ranging applications.

    [Dr. Amy Wu]
    Blind Date with Knowledge
    December 11, 2019

    How do you design a robot to walk like a human? Dr. Amy Wu discusses her work at BxRL and the first-principles approach in understanding the mechanics and energies of human movement.