News from the Faculty

• Meet this year's Dalhousie teaching award winners
  Dalhousie’s teachers make a difference in the lives of our students each and every day. Get to know the eight impressive individuals who are being recognized with this year’s University-Wide Teaching Awards.
  
• Grad profile: A designer degree
  Tiana Kira has developed her eye for detail in Dal's Costume Studies program, working her way into a job with a global custom bridal design company based in Halifax.
  
• Grad profile: Raising a joyful noise
  Jack Bennet, taking a double major in Music and Environment, Sustainability & Society, builds community through music with his role in organizations like Halifax's The Big Sing.
  
• Grads profile: Twin sisters, dedicated RAs
  Twin sisters Emily and Felicia Halliday may have taken different courses at Dal, but they've been united in their commitment to supporting their fellow Dal students as Residence Assistants.
  
• Setting the stage for the future: Dalhousie Arts Centre expansion draws support from Canadian artists
  Under the leadership of Honorary Chair Sarah McLachlan, a stellar group of performing artists from across Canada have come together to support the $27.7-million expansion to the Dalhousie Arts Centre.
  
• Dal prof receives prestigious French honour
  Professor Taghrid Abou Hassan of Dalhousie’s Department of French is invested as a Knight in the Order of the French Academic Palms, a prestigious education award that celebrates the promotion of French language and culture.
  
• "Sea"‑ing change in ocean scholarship — from Confederation to our future
  As part of a three-day event hosted by the Social Sciences and Humanities Oceans Research and Education network, researchers from across the university came together to discuss some of the economic, ecological, social and cultural ties that have shaped Canada’s interactions with the ocean since Confederation in 1867.
  
• The experience of a lifetime for Dal's new Queen Elizabeth II Scholars
  Six Dalhousie students are soon departing for Tanzania and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to spend the summer working on innovative research projects with local organizations.