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Dalhousie’s Board of Governors approved a stand-alone sexualized violence policy Tuesday that lays out how the university will respond to disclosures and reports of sexualized violence by members of the campus community.

Just days after the announcement that he’ll be leaving Dalhousie in early 2019 to lead the new Quantum Valley Ideas Lab in Waterloo, Dal President Richard Florizone shared his annual year-in-review presentation with the Dal community — offering highlights from the past year from across the university and answering audience questions.

Firefighters were on Dal's Agricultural Campus in Truro on Wednesday night combating a blaze at the Cox Institute. No one was injured, but the cause and extent of the damage are still being investigated.

When Lucy Maud Montgomery came to Dalhousie to further her eduction, it solidified her path towards becoming one of the most beloved authors in Canadian history. A new dedication in Dalhousie’s Forrest Building — fictionalized as Redmond College in Montgomery’s novel “Anne of the Island” — pays tribute to one of the university’s most famous alumni.

When sociologist Chris Murphy was asked to turn a class on terrorism into an online course for the College of Continuing Education’s Police Leadership program, it offered an opportunity to help educate law enforcement on the complexities of terrorism and radicalization.