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The Budget Advisory Committee’s draft budget plan for 2019-20 keeps more money in Dal’s Faculties and service/support units, includes targeted investments in key areas such as infrastructure and student assistance, and recommends a four-year plan for larger increases to international tuition for future students (exempting current international students from these larger increases).

How does a lifelong interest in cycling connect to a career in dentistry? For Dr. Ben Davis, dean of Dal's Faculty of Dentistry, it's all in the mechanics.

The Schulich School of Law will host the Kawaskimhon National Moot — which incorporates Indigenous orders alongside federal, provincial and international law — for the first time in the law school’s history March 1-3. Students will work on issues related to First Nations children.

Marty Leonard spent her years in academic research focused on the natural world — birds, for the most part. Now, as Dean of Graduate Studies, she’s focused on giving Dal’s 3,500 grad students the best possible experience.

Adopted by the Board of Governors last Tuesday, the Investment Committee’s Fossil Fuel Investment Review report aims to increase awareness of Dal’s ESG (environment, social, governance) practices that help guide investment decisions, including specific communication around risks related to climate change.