News Archive

August 2008

'A dish created from scratch'
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Food provides a window into Islamic customs, says Prof. Amal Ghazal who wrapped her the new history class, Food for Thought: History and the Culinary Cultures of the Islamic World, with a banquet.
A research leader in the social sciences
Friday, August 29, 2008
Dalhousie professors receive funding support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Fun for frosh
Friday, August 29, 2008
DSU's O-week festivities, dubbed Dalympics, kick off on Sunday
Springing ahead with Operation Fall Back
Thursday, August 28, 2008
As students return to Halifax for the start of school, Halifax Police step up patrols in south-end neighbourhoods
Earning her spurs
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Claire Campbell's new fourth-year course, Cowboys in North American History and Culture, explores the cowboy mystique.
Ancient stories reborn
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Classics professor Leona MacLeod hears echoes of ancient Greek storytelling in contemporary film. She shares her enthusiasm for the topic in the new course, Myth Into Film: The Greek World.
The economics of sex
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
There are some interesting new courses in the fall/winter calendar, including Marina Adshade's The Economics of Sex and Love.
Olympics highlights
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The Olympics have come and gone. What's the image that will stay with you from the 2008 games?
Scholar abroad
Monday, August 25, 2008
Haligonian Alex Potter to study at Oxford University in the U.K., then at American University in Washington, D.C.
'There's real strength underneath'
Friday, August 22, 2008
For their free lab, Dalhousie architecture students created signage of steel and wood to reflect the strength and endurance of the former community of Africville.