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"We're just scratching the surface": OTN leader named to Canada's Top 40 under 40

"We're just scratching the surface": OTN leader named to Canada's Top 40 under 40

OTN Scientific Director Rob Lennox discusses the growing impact of ocean tracking and why scientists are only beginning to unlock the potential of the data they collect.  Read more.

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By Colin Craig
Monday, January 7, 2008
Write Here in Plain Sight (WHIPS) aims to demystify the writing process.
By Marilyn Smulders
Thursday, January 3, 2008
It’s been a secret Peter Aucoin has been keeping to himself for a couple of months. Sixty-one appointees to the Order of Canada were told of their appointments back in October and asked to keep mum until the Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean made the official announcement.
By Marilyn Smulders
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Dalhousie student Chelsea Nisbett stands in the midst of a whirlwind: she’s launching a music career, finishing her bachelor’s degree and working part-time in the Registrar’s Office all at the same time.
Dal News Staff
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
What's your resolution for 2008?
By Dawn Morrison
Sunday, December 30, 2007

It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, and in fact, it is. Anyone who’s read The Stardance Trilogy by science fiction writer Spider Robinson and his wife Jeanne, is familiar with the concept of “zero-gravity dance.” Now, this 30-year dream is becoming a reality (and an Imax film), thanks in part to Dalhousie professor John Barnstead.