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Nicole LeBlanc
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Dr. Geoff Williams, gastroenterologist, has been selected as Doctors Nova Scotia's 2017 Patient Choice Award winner, an honour that recognizes physicians who have created meaningful relationships with their patients and made significant contributions to the health and well-being of their community.
Matt Reeder  –  Student Life, Management, Community & Culture, Engineering
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Business Management student Ben Bright and Engineering grad Vijay Kumar are helping link students with applied work experiences through their new web platform StuGig.
Rebecca Rawcliffe  –  Computer Science, Community & Culture
Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Faculty of Computer Science welcomed 45 girls ages 8-12 and their parents to campus earlier this month as the Halifax chapter of Ladies Learning Code hosted its largest event to date.
Cherry Au  –  Law, Oceans, Research, English, Arts and Social Sciences, Oceans, History
Thursday, May 25, 2017
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.
Michaela Gardner  –  Medicine, Student Life, Community & Culture
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Dalhousie Medical School’s new Service Learning Program, which just completed its first year, pairs second-year Medicine students with community partners to link classroom learning with real-world impact.
Staff  –  Communications and Marketing, Community & Culture
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
From the Dalhousie Alumni water station to the "Relay to #Dal200" team raising funds for Phoenix Youth Programs, there was a lot of black and gold to be found all over the Scotiabank Blue Nose Marathon this past weekend.
Michaela Gardner  –  Community & Culture, Human Resources
Friday, May 19, 2017
Human Resources and the Dalhousie Professional and Managerial Group (DPMG), together with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia and the Halifax Partnership, hosted close to 100 recent immigrants on campus this week to help them develop career skills for success in their new home.
Molly Marcott  –  News, Senior Administration
Friday, May 19, 2017
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Tom Jenkins, Chair of the National Research Council of Canada, joined Dal President Richard Florizone for a public fireside chat last weekend to discuss their new book on Canadian innovations.
Staff  –  Research, Agriculture, Management
Friday, May 19, 2017
A new study from researchers in three Dal faculties finds that women, people with lower incomes and those with a high‑school education are more likely to skip meals, snack more often.
Matt Reeder  –  Dal 200, Community & Culture
Friday, May 19, 2017
Toward 200: Dal professor Mona Holmlund is authoring a commemorative pictorial history book for Dal's 200th anniversary in 2018.