Recently in Dal News

• Song of remembrance: Dal professor pens tune about sacrifice, loss, and legacy
  "Pebble," written by Dr. Jason Brown of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, explores themes of loss, the echoes of war, and the fragility of memory.
  
• The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
  New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure, write Dal's Julia M. Wright and others.
  
• New Indigenous student centre opens on Dal's Sexton Campus
  The doors to the new Indigenous Student Centre on Sexton officially opened this week, marking a milestone in the Faculty of Engineering’s efforts to create a more vibrant, inclusive campus that values connection, culture, and community.
  
• Meet Dalhousie’s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees
  Three Dalhousie researchers—Jennifer Bain, Mark Stradiotto, and Finlay Maguire—join the Royal Society of Canada, honoured for groundbreaking work in musicology, sustainable chemistry, and infectious disease genomics.
  

• 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.
  
• CBC’s Mary Lynk on democracy’s crossroads: 'Lines are being crossed that once seemed unimaginable'
  Journalist and Dal alum Mary Lynk returns to her alma mater to moderate the 2025 Stanfield Conversation on challenges to the rule of law and the future of liberal democracy.
  
• Art meets academia: Dalhousie represents at Nocturne 2025
  Dalhousie artists and innovators dig deep, showing the university's creative footprint in Halifax’s largest public art festival.
  
• Life, death, and everything in between: Everybody comes to Dalhousie’s stage
  Everybody, the sold-out DalTheatre production running from Wednesday to Saturday this week, invites audiences on an unpredictable journey through life, death, and meaning.
  
• Walking with voices: The Mi’kmaw SoundWalk brings Halifax’s past into the present
  Explore Mi’kmaw history with an immersive, GPS-guided journey through Halifax that brings stories, music, and memory to life through your mobile device.