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February 2022

Matt Reeder  –  News, Community & Culture
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Far from the frontlines of conflict, a small group of people joined together in silent contemplation on Dal campus this week as a way to show their shared concern for Ukraine in the face of intensifying attacks by Russia.
Caitlyn MacDonald  –  Research, Science, Oceanography, Women In Research, News
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Sarah Fortune, who has built her career investigating some of the world's largest mammals and how changing environmental conditions affect their behaviour, is the recipient of the new Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) Chair in Large Whale Conservation — a partnership between CWF and Dal.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Computer Science, Medicine, News, Community Health and Epidemiology
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A team of researchers from Dalhousie and other Canadian organizations has discovered what could be the first link between a case of COVID-19 in deer and humans, suggesting in a new paper that the virus can be transmitted from wildlife to people.
Sophia King Gillis  –  Libraries, News
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was recently banned by a school board in Tennessee — joining other famous works such as The Catcher in the Rye and 1984 that have raised the ire of some in the past. Dal's Dean of Libraries provides insight into this highly charged and divisive topic.
Ken Conrad  –  Research, News, Graduate Studies
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The 2022 cohort of the OpenThink Initiative consists of 15 PhD students from across Dalhousie with varying research interests and an enthusiasm for sharing their ideas with the public.
Dalhousie Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, February 28, 2022
Martine Nyhof (WSWIM) and Reilly Pickard (MHOC) are this week's PepsiCo Athletes of the Week!
Dalhousie Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, February 28, 2022
Men's hockey snags an OT winner, while the women's volleyball team had a tough road weekend.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, News, Community & Culture
Monday, February 28, 2022
Dal's Faculty of Agriculture provided an accessible space and volunteers to help vaccinate an additional 1,500 Nova Scotians over the past month.
Yuri Leving  –  Arts and Social Sciences, News, Russian Studies
Monday, February 28, 2022
Yuri Leving, a professor in Dal's Department of Russian Studies, reflects on the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine — the largest conventional conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
Theresa Anne Salah  –  News, Engineering
Friday, February 25, 2022
Erin O’Keefe Graham wants to help future leaders and entrepreneurs recognize opportunities and embrace challenges when they come through the doors at Dal's Emera ideaHUB.