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Matt Reeder  –  Community & Culture
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
From at-home science activities to a virtual journey under the deep blue sea, Dalhousie groups like SuperNOVA and Ocean School are helping parents and kids stay engaged in learning during COVID-19 school closures.
Terry Murray-Arnold  –  Research, Health Professions, Community & Culture, Nursing
Monday, March 30, 2020
A collaboration between actor/filmmaker Ellen Page and Dal faculty member Ingrid Waldron, "There's Something in the Water" — a sobering but inspiring look at resistance to environmental racism in Nova Scotia — is now available to stream on Netflix following a successful film festival run in the fall.
Ken Conrad  –  Research, Graduate Studies
Monday, March 30, 2020
Earlier this month, Interdisciplinary PhD student Mehrnaz Ashrafi became the first ever Dalhousie PhD student to defend their thesis remotely after her defence was moved online due to COVID-19. Learn what advice she has for other students who will be doing the same in the coming weeks.
Ryan McNutt  –  News
Thursday, March 19, 2020
A look back at a past pandemic, and a look forward at what's ahead from Dal News as we take a short break to focus our time and energies on Dal's COVID-19 response.
Kenneth Conrad  –  Graduate Studies
Friday, March 13, 2020
Medical Neuroscience PhD student Tareq Yousef was the big winner of Dalhousie’s eighth annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held on Wednesday evening, taking home both the judges and audience prizes.
Dalhousie Sports Information  –  Sports
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Fifth-year women's volleyball player Courtney Baker has been named the U SPORTS player of the year and a first team All-Canadian. Victoria Haworth has been named a second team All-Canadian.
Emma Geldart  –  Research, Agriculture
Thursday, March 12, 2020
PhD student Sopie Watts is spending a semester in Auckland, New Zealand developing and testing gene-editing tools to help improve and transform apple crops.
Dalhousie Sports Information  –  Sports
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Lorena Heubach and Matthew Coolen have been named this week's Subway AUS Athletes of the Week
Niecole Killawee  –  Agriculture, Research
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Student Ashley MacDonald studies why Canadians are throwing away so much food — and how food waste prevention and management strategies can be improved to address the problem.
Dalhousie Sports Information  –  Sports
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
It was a weekend of bitter-sweet finality for the Tigers basketball and track teams.