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June 2023

Mark Campbell  –  Research, Health Professions, News
Friday, June 16, 2023
Shoppers Drug Mart has made a transformative $2.5 million gift to support diversity and inclusion in health education and research that aligns with Nova Scotia’s health transformation agenda.
Tanis Trainor  –  Research, News, Graduate Studies
Friday, June 16, 2023
Dalhousie’s Faculty of Graduate Studies presents the Governor General’s Gold Medals each year to recognize the university’s most outstanding master’s graduates. Learn more about this year's driven recipients.
Staff  –  News, Community & Culture
Friday, June 16, 2023
They are cheerleaders and advocates for students. They provide outstanding service to students. They are mentors to students. Meet the recipients of the 2023 Rosemary Gill Awards, Dal's top honour for supporting students outside the classroom.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, News
Friday, June 16, 2023
Dr. David Kelvin, an infectious disease expert at Dal, is launching an $850,000 research project to identify hotspots for poxviruses and better understand their spread, filling an important knowledge gap while improving preparedness, prevention, and response efforts for future outbreaks.
Staff  –  Management, Convocation, News, Senior Administration
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Dal's Spring Convocation ceremonies marked the end of a chapter for the Honourable Scott Brison: his final duties in the university's chancellor role, which has seen him help more than 18,000 students celebrate the milestone achievement of convocation.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, News
Thursday, June 15, 2023
So, you have an idea you think can improve the world? An innovation that can help people in their lives? Don’t keep it to yourself, especially when it could earn you a trip to Berlin to share it on the global stage at the Falling Walls Lab competition.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Oceans, Science, Oceanography, News
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Dalhousie-led research program receives $15-million to study how to leverage the ocean to mitigate climate change.
Michael Halpin and Finlay Maguire  –  Computer Science, Research, Arts and Social Sciences
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Efforts to disrupt online misogyny need to focus on stopping online forums from becoming misogynistic echo-chambers, write Michael Halpin and Finlay Maguire.
Alison Auld  –  Student Life, Management, Convocation, Community & Culture
Monday, June 12, 2023
Conor Scott was at the centre of the battle against one of Nova Scotia's most devastating wildfires and in the middle of a frightening rescue to save a man's life in the days leading up to his Convocation ceremony.
Matt Reeder  –  Convocation, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Friday, June 9, 2023
Marie Jones left Dal to take care of her sick teenaged son in the mid-1970s. This week, nearly a half century later, she crossed the stage to receive her parchment — one of 11 degrees her family has earned from the university.