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All spruce'd up: How Dal "elves" helped Woody the Talking Christmas Tree make his winter wake‑up call
The computer scientists who saved Christmas? Thanks to the work of faculty members Hanieh Shakeri and Joseph Malloch, a beloved Dartmouth institution has been able to entertain children of all ages this holiday season. Read more.
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Monday, December 8, 2025
Dalhousie Engineering students joined schools across Canada in gathering on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women to remember the 14 women murdered at École Polytechnique in 1989.
Legacies that last: Faculty and staff achievement celebrated at Dal's annual employee award ceremony
Friday, November 21, 2025
Nearly 30 awards were presented to more than 50 individuals and groups from across the university at the 8th Annual Legacy Awards. Read the full list of honourees.
Friday, October 31, 2025
College Royal was another incredible success, bringing together students, staff, and faculty in a celebration of agricultural tradition, hands-on learning, and community.
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
Dal joined the prestigious top 200 cohort in the Times Higher Education’s (THE) Global University Employability Rankings for 2020, a list developed with input from nearly 9,000 recruiters in more than 22 countries.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Katie Mahoney (BSc’16) was just finishing up a degree in marine biology when a Facebook challenge sent her career in a completely new direction.
Friday, December 18, 2020
The holiday season is a time of festivities, social gatherings and making memories. The situation this year could challenge some of those rituals and comforts and prompt new ways of celebrating, says Martha Radice, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Featuring musical performances from students in the Fountain School of Performing Arts, as well as greetings and well-wishes from across the Dal community, rewatch Dalhousie's digital event to mark the season and the end of a uniquely challenging year with spirit and song.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Lissa Skitolsky, the Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at Dal, reflects on the story of Hanukkah and negotiating between past and present in the holiday tradition.