News Archive

March

'It's business to me'
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
What price for chastity? The American college student who is auctioning off her virginity speaks to Dalhousie economics students.
Heard it through the grapevine
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
The Dal Wine Society uncorks interest in wine appreciation.
Take a deep breath
Friday, March 27, 2009
Dalhousie’s Atlantic RURAL Centre’s Environmental Health Laboratory is conducting a half-million-dollar study in Halifax to determine what's in the air we're breathing indoors.
Sustainability, seven days a week
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Muggy Mondays and Tupperware Tuesdays are two of the initiatives put into practise by the student group SustainDAL.
A ban on bottled water?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Following a student referendum, the University of Winnipeg has become the first university in Canada to ban bottled water on campus. Should Dalhousie follow suit?
A new front in the fight against cancer
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (PATH), the largest cancer research project ever undertaken in Atlantic Canada, will study 30,000 volunteers for up to 30 years to learn how lifestyles, environment and genetics influence cancer risks.
From 'me to we' thinking
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
In his new book We Generation, Prof. Michael Ungar says students can help their parents’ generation “rethink some of our own me-thinking ways.”
Keys to the kingdom
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
The Department of Theatre offers history, music and theatre students the chance to take a summer class in the Czech Republic.
Turtle threatened by modern menace
Monday, March 23, 2009
Biology professor Mike James explores the dangers of plastic ingestion for leatherbacks
Changing the conversation
Friday, March 20, 2009
Raffi Cavoukian, Jeff Moore, Elizabeth May and David Orr share their thoughts on our sustainable future.