• Fountain School flautist to host prestigious program on CBC
  This Saturday morning, be sure to tune into CBC’s This Is My Music with Tom Allen to hear Patricia Creighton, flute instructor in Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts and Principal Flautist with Symphony Nova Scotia, share some of the music that moves her.
  
• Royal Society of Canada recognizes research excellence at Dalhousie
  Seven world-class researchers from Dalhousie have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement — one of the largest cohorts ever from the university.
  
• From political science to "Power & Politics": How Vassy Kapelos uses school‑honed skills to hold politicians to account
  Vassy Kapelos (MA’06), host of CBC's "Power & Politics," is returning to her alma mater later this month to moderate Dalhousie's inaugural Stanfield Conversations. Learn more about how Kapelos’ time in political science classes at Dal led to a career as one of Canada’s most accomplished political journalists.
  
• ‘Dark Souls’ videogame: Themes of ruin harken to images popularized by European Romantics two centuries ago
  ‘Dark Souls’ draws on the literary theme of the ‘last man’ that emerged from the work of French author Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville and those inspired by him, writes PhD candidate Michael Cameron.
  
• Ask an expert: Kiran Banerjee on what the Taliban’s takeover means for Afghanistan and the global community
  This week, we delve even deeper beyond the headlines with a two-part series on the Taliban's re-emergence in Afghanistan. In part two, Kiran Banerjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Canada Research Chair, explain what the Taliban’s return will mean for Afghan citizens and the international community.
  
• Ask an expert: Kiran Banerjee on the rise of the Taliban and its brisk power grab in Afghanistan
  This week, we delve even deeper beyond the headlines with a two-part series on the Taliban's re-emergence in Afghanistan. In part one, Kiran Banerjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and a Canada Research Chair, discusses the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the regional implications of its return to government.
  

Recently in Dal News

• Fountain School flautist to host prestigious program on CBC
  This Saturday morning, be sure to tune into CBC’s This Is My Music with Tom Allen to hear Patricia Creighton, flute instructor in Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts and Principal Flautist with Symphony Nova Scotia, share some of the music that moves her.
  
• Royal Society of Canada recognizes research excellence at Dalhousie
  Seven world-class researchers from Dalhousie have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada for their outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement — one of the largest cohorts ever from the university.
  
• From political science to "Power & Politics": How Vassy Kapelos uses school‑honed skills to hold politicians to account
  Vassy Kapelos (MA’06), host of CBC's "Power & Politics," is returning to her alma mater later this month to moderate Dalhousie's inaugural Stanfield Conversations. Learn more about how Kapelos’ time in political science classes at Dal led to a career as one of Canada’s most accomplished political journalists.
  
• ‘Dark Souls’ videogame: Themes of ruin harken to images popularized by European Romantics two centuries ago
  ‘Dark Souls’ draws on the literary theme of the ‘last man’ that emerged from the work of French author Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville and those inspired by him, writes PhD candidate Michael Cameron.