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Music student Hsiu-Ping (Patrick) Wu believes in the power of getting out of one’s comfort zone. This weekend, he takes part in the Society of Dalhousie Music Students' Nocturne exhibition “Sculptures,” an improvised performance at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Homecoming weekend (October 11-15) is one of the most exciting times of year on campus. Learn what this year's suite of activities has in store.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is not the first Canadian politician to hold the job who’s been confronted with outrage over tax reform proposals. Dal historian Shirley Tillotson looks at the history of tax anger in Canada.

There's a lot of momentum the past few years in Dal's efforts to better support Indigenous students and scholarship. As Mi'kmaq History Month gets underway, we speak to co-chairs Patricia Doyle-Bedwell and Keith Taylor about the work of Dal's Indigenous Strategy steering committee.

Dalhousie co-hosted a lively panel discussion this week on the legalization of cannabis in Canada. The event featured four Dalhousie faculty members and two Schulich School of Law alumni, including the Honourable Anne McLellan, chair of Canada's Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation.

In its first-ever ranking of law programs, Times Higher Education, one of the world’s most prominent global university rankings, has named Dal’s Schulich School of Law one of the top 100 in the world.

New posters and signage remind students and faculty/staff that Dalhousie is a smoke-free campus and encourage respect for one another’s airspace.

A new gene-editing experiment explores human development. With this comes new ethical questions: How do scientists acquire embryos and how are their projects approved? Dal expert Françoise Baylis discusses.

Sara Abdessamie, a second-year Loran Scholar and Medical Sciences student, is one of 26 young people from across Canada chosen to serve on the Prime Minister's Youth Council.

This week, Halifax welcomed guests from the World Energy Cities Partnership for an international conference, one which made its way to campus Wednesday for a discussion about research and innovation in energy and beyond.