DAL Magazine Spring/Summer 2023

Dalhousie is leading an unprecedented multi-university research program that aims to turn the tide on climate change.

Maintaining sensible conversations on inclusivity, progress, and a better world.

This year’s Aurum Award winners—a dentist, a lawyer, a musician, a judge, and a nurse practitioner—each share a dedication to their communities, a commitment to justice and a passion for change. We are proud to honour them and share their stories with you.

Learn how Dal is boosting clean technology’s stellar future.

Dal’s Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development helps its learners level up their skills.

Archiving the history of the Dalhousie Alumni Association.

Approved drug offers promise of potential antiviral. Seafood beats beef in nutrition, environmental battle. Social work scholar ranks top in the world. Weaving Black history into the Canadian narrative. Recruitment of new Black scholars to boost key academic priorities at Dal. Chemist wins award for science that begins with structural beauty.

Cindy Jensen (BComm’84) shares a day in her life as a Beijing-based business consultant.

For Andrew Ritcey (BPE’76, MA’87), giving is not so much a passion as it is a calling—one he feels increasingly driven to answer.

Leah Ellis (BSc’11, MSc’13, PhD’18) is the co-founder and CEO of Boston-based Sublime Systems, whose decarbonized cement seeks to keep the world building sustainably.

Dr. Becca Babcock (PhD'11) finds inspiration in the stories we use to understand our lives.

Dal alum Sebastian Manchester (BEng’12, MASc’14) is powering homes in rural Africa.

Developer, investor, entrepreneur and mentor: George Armoyan (BEng'83) has built multinational businesses and carried forward a family legacy that means even more to him.

Patricia Porto de Barros Ayaz: Inspired by experience