FASS in Dal News

• Young U.S. voters reduced the ‘Red Wave’ to a ‘Pink Splash’ in the midterm elections — why didn’t polls predict it?
  The U.S. midterms revealed a generational shift away from youth voter apathy. The apathetic, in fact, seem to be those trying to accurately measure public opinion using outdated methods, says Dal PhD candidate Julia Rodgers.
  
• Dal prof re‑threads the needle on Canada’s past — empowering students along the way
  Dr. Lisa Binkley, this year’s recipient of Dal’s Teaching Award for Excellence in Education for Diversity, specializes in creating engaging, discipline-bending classroom experiences that encourage students to think critically about what heritage means.
  
• Classics grads sweep advanced national competition for Greek and Latin translation
  Three recent Classics grads — one now a Dal grad student — excelled in advanced-level competition at last year’s national sight translation competition hosted by the Classical Association of Canada, scooping up awards in both Greek and Latin.
  
• Grad profile: Putting the sociological imagination to work
  Kris George's master's research on class conflict in the gig economy emerged out of his undergraduate studies at Dal — and his passion for the topic kept him motivated through some precarious moments on the path to graduation.
  
• Democracy, disrupted: How digital technologies are being exploited to fuel distrust and disinformation
  Dalhousie’s second annual Stanfield Conversation brought leading political scientists and communications specialists together to explore how technology and media fragmentation are contributing to a crisis of democracy and what can be done to minimize the harm.
  
• We can turn to popular culture for lessons about how to live with COVID‑19 as endemic
  As COVID-19 transitions from a pandemic to an endemic, apocalyptic science-fiction and zombie movies contain examples of how to adjust to the new normal, writes Krista Collier-Jarvis.
  
• Twin sisters upended by war feel the love
  Donors at Dal and beyond support Ukrainian sisters Mariia and Yuliia Lytvynchuk as they settle into student life in Halifax.
  
• Happily ever after? Tradition fights novelty in first Fountain School show of the season
  A wedding, a battle, and lots of sexual innuendo: See scenes from The Tamer Tamed, running Tuesday through Saturday this week.