Recent media releases
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business is partnering with University of Toronto and other leading national research-intensive universities to expand the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) with the announcement of CDL-Atlantic.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Game-changing research by Dr. Keith Brunt at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB) and Dr. Jeremy Simpson with the University of Guelph will revolutionize how doctors and other health professionals monitor heart patient symptoms related to breathing.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
As physicians across Canada familiarize themselves with new national guidelines for prescribing opioids—published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal this week—Dalhousie Medical School is preparing to launch new opioid-prescribing education programs.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Young Nova Scotians of African descent have more opportunities than ever to learn about potential careers in health care, thanks to new camps Dalhousie University is offering through its Promoting Leadership in health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) initiative.
Friday, May 5, 2017
The Dalhousie Arts Centre will become home to the first concert hall of its kind in Halifax, thanks to a generous $5-million donation from businessman and Holocaust survivor Morris Strug.
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Phone: 902-494-1269, or email: janet.bryson@dal.ca
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Phone: 902-494-4144, or email: brian.leadbetter@dal.ca
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Dalhousie in the news
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Media Highlight: Dalhousie professor also one of Canada's top soccer referees
June 23, 2017 12:00 PM
Chronicle Herald: Life is anything but boring these days for one of the country’s top soccer referees, whose day job happens to be a professor of physiology and biophysics at Dalhousie University.
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Media Highlight: Dalhousie summer camps introduce young black Nova Scotians to career in medicine
June 15, 2017 12:00 PM
CBC: What began as a small group of youth attending a day camp in Halifax has evolved into dozens participating in overnight camps across the province as part of Dal's Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotians program.
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Media Highlight: Report says clean needle programs are in high demand, underfunded
June 12, 2017 12:00 PM
The Chronicle Herald: Dr. Susan Kirkland, a professor at Dalhousie’s Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, speaks about harm reduction strategies to deal with the growing opioid crisis.
Recent Dal News stories
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Wisdom and levity on the path to wellness
June 23, 2017 8:30 AM
Internationally known Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm visited Dal this past week to share some of his trademark wit and wisdom about finding happiness during a talk as part of the university's "Work Well" strategy.
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Dal 200 Planning Profile: Faculty of Architecture & Planning
June 23, 2017 8:30 AM
Toward 200: Architecture & Planning will offer Dal and its communities an interactive look at how the university's campuses have grown and changed over its 200-year history.
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Earning their stripes
June 23, 2017 8:30 AM
Students in one Dal lab are learning from one another, across disciplines, as they try and better understand childhood cancers with the aid of an unlikely accomplice: the tropical zebrafish.