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• Dalhousie surges in 2025 global subject rankings: Discover the top‑performing fields
  Dalhousie leapt forward in the 2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, with impressive gains across multiple disciplines.
  
• Vitamin Sea: How tiny ocean lifeforms shape nutrition
  Dal researchers have discovered seasonal changes in B-vitamin production by tiny ocean life, affecting marine ecosystems and the nutritional value of the seafood we eat.
  
• Mi’kmaw language courses bring culture and connection to Dal students
  Discover how Curtis Michael’s passion for Mi’kmaw language transforms classrooms into spaces of cultural exchange and inspires learners from diverse backgrounds to engage with Indigenous knowledge.
  
• All spruce'd up: How Dal "elves" helped Woody the Talking Christmas Tree make his winter wake‑up call
  The computer scientists who saved Christmas? Thanks to the work of faculty members Hanieh Shakeri and Joseph Malloch, a beloved Dartmouth institution has been able to entertain children of all ages this holiday season.
  

• Mi’kmaw language courses bring culture and connection to Dal students
  Discover how Curtis Michael’s passion for Mi’kmaw language transforms classrooms into spaces of cultural exchange and inspires learners from diverse backgrounds to engage with Indigenous knowledge.
  
• "We're not just learning words, we're building bridges": Dalhousie offers new Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture
  A new stand-alone certificate focused on Spanish language and culture is now available not only to currently registered Dal and King’s students across faculties, but to members of the broader community.
  
• ‘I have to talk about it so that the world can know what happened to women and girls in Sudan’ — terror sparks mass migration
  Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war, write Heather Tasker, Sabine Lee, and Susan Bartels.
  
• DalOpera production sees friendships grow onstage and off
  DalOpera brings Louisa May Alcott’s classic Little Women to life at the Fountain School this week in Mark Adamo’s moving adaptation, exploring love, loss, and growth through a coming-of-age story following four sisters.
  
• Fall Convocation 2025 at Dalhousie: Stories from the stage
  It's Convocation season at Dalhousie, with hundreds of graduates crossing the stage Oct. 28 and 29 in Halifax. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series.
  
• Grad profile: The page‑turner
  Nora Riemersma's passion for the English language has shaped their academic journey. Currently serving as liaison and event manager at a local café and bookstore, Nora is pursuing their creative ambitions in fiction and poetry.