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November 2020

Kenneth Conrad  –  Alumni, Graduate Studies
Monday, November 30, 2020
After successfully defending her Interdisciplinary PhD thesis at Dal this spring, Lindsay Wallace began a fellowship at the University of Cambridge — strengthened by skills she developed through some of the many professional development programs available to graduate students at Dal.
Michele Charlton  –  Surgery, Science, Medicine, Physics and Atmospheric Science, News
Monday, November 30, 2020
Drs. Jeff Dahn and Kenneth Wilson are two of 114 new appointments to the Order of Canada announced by her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada.
Matt Reeder, with files from Ryan McNutt  –  News, Community & Culture
Friday, November 27, 2020
Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious diseases specialist with Dal’s Faculty of Medicine, organized a pop-up testing site at Dalhousie this week that attracted long lines of young people — many of them students — in for free, rapid COVID-19 testing amid a growing second wave of cases in Halifax.
Stephen Abbott  –  Student Life
Friday, November 27, 2020
Students entering the job market right now don’t have it easy, a reality advisors with Dalhousie’s Bissett Student Success Centre have used to inform their advice and supports to students this year.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Community & Culture
Friday, November 27, 2020
Throughout what has been a tumultuous year, Human Rights and Equity Services at Dalhousie has worked hard to spur important public discussions about diversity, race and issues of inclusion — capping it off this Friday with a conference filled with timely panels and workshops.
Matt Reeder, with files from Ryan McNutt  –  News, Community & Culture
Friday, November 27, 2020
As communities across Canada, including Halifax, adapt once again to a steep rise in COVID-19 cases, Dalhousie is encouraging students, faculty and staff to renew their efforts to follow Public Health and university protocols designed to keep one another safe and limit the spread of the virus.
Michele Charlton  –  Research, Science, Chemistry, News
Friday, November 27, 2020
Mita Dasog, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, received the Emerging Professional Award at this year's Discovery Awards Thursday night, with several other Dalhousie faculty and alumni recognized as finalists.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Oceans, News
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Dal researchers have developed a new model that shows small vessels can cause lethal injuries in North Atlantic right whales, while large ships can kill even at slow speeds.
Janet Dyson  –  Alumni, Student Life, Arts and Social Sciences, International Development Studies
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Inaugural Margaret R. Crickard Scholarship recipients Samantha Howard and Selam Abdella, both International Development Studies students, have worked hard to get to the fourth year of their degrees, exemplifying the values of academic achievement and community involvement.
Dalhousie Sports Information
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Dalhousie University’s Executive Director of Athletics & Recreation Tim Maloney is pleased to announce Anton Berry as the interim head coach of the Dalhousie Tigers women’s basketball team for the 2021-22 season.