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Jennifer Moore  –  Student Life, News, Engineering
Thursday, July 31, 2014
This year's Electrical and Computer Engineering Robotics Competition was pirate-themed, with student-built robots hunting lost treasure through an obstacle course.
Joanne Ward-Jerrett  –  Alumni, Music, Arts and Social Sciences
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Recent grad Iain MacNeil thought he'd become a music teacher. Then he discovered opera.
Jamie Landry  –  Student Services, Multifaith Centre, Human Resources, Community & Culture
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
With Ramadan coming to a close this week, we chatted with members of Dal's Muslim community about how they celebrate their religion's holy month of fasting.
Erin Casey  –  Community & Culture
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Each year dozens of high school students come to campus to unleash their creative potential at Shad Valley's summer program, facilitated by Dal faculty and students.
Duncan Forbes  –  Sports
Friday, July 25, 2014
Coming out of high school, Samantha MacDonald faced a tough decision that many young, elite Canadian athletes face: go south of the border to play for a school in the highly competitive and well-known NCAA, or stay home and play in the CIS.
Nikki Comeau  –  Alumni, Management
Friday, July 25, 2014
Chris Cowper-Smith, Bob Garrish and Shea Kewin met in a Dal entrepreneurship class, where they developed an advanced knee-bracing solution to help people with knee injuries move comfortably.
Laura Hynes Jenkins  –  Medicine, Health Professions, Community & Culture
Thursday, July 24, 2014
The African Nova Scotian Health Sciences Summer Day Camp and the Atlantic Aboriginal Junior University are both designed to welcome and encourage underrepresented groups to think about careers in health care.
Erin Stewart  –  Alumni, History, Arts and Social Sciences
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Stephanie Mark is betting on people's desire to peek inside the closets of fashion's style-makers; so far, her website The Coveteur is proving she has a winning hand
Ryan McNutt  –  Student Life, Student Services, News, Community & Culture, Senior Administration
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Dal community gathered to bid a fond farewell to the vice-president Student Services, who is retiring this summer.
Dal Staff  –  Research, Biology, Science
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Swallow populations across North America are experiencing incredible declines and Dal students are attempting to figure out why.