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All spruce'd up: How Dal "elves" helped Woody the Talking Christmas Tree make his winter wake‑up call

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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Theresa Salah
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.
Ryan McNutt
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.
Stephanie Rogers
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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Katie Webster
Monday, March 27, 2017
With a twisted plot, a plethora of characters and constant scene hopping, the Foundation School of Performing Arts pulls out all the stops in this 'epic' production.
Matt Reeder
Monday, March 27, 2017
Dalhousie has invited the African Nova Scotian Music Association to campus in 2018 to celebrate its 20th annual awards gala during the university's bicentennial year.
Marlo MacKay
Friday, March 24, 2017
Drawings by Group of Seven artist Arthur Lismer from Dal's 100th anniversary have been discovered in the University Archives — just in time for Dal's 200th.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Representatives of Iceland's Reykjavík University — and members of the country's team in MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program), alongside Nova Scotia — came to Dalhousie earlier this month to learn about research and innovation in Halifax.
Miriam Breslow
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Young people from across Halifax came to Dal earlier this month to take part in a competition co-hosted by the Government of Nova Scotia, using public government data to develop new apps, visualizations and predictive models.