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Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood‑testing innovation

Every drop counts: Dal master's student advances to Falling Walls finals with blood‑testing innovation

Linh Tran is taking research that could make blood testing easier for patients while delivering more diagnostic information from smaller samples to an international stage in Berlin this fall.  Read more.

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Matt Reeder
Friday, September 18, 2026
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.
Brittany Lambert
Monday, September 28, 2026
Students exchanged ideas, career advice and contacts with employers representing leading organizations from Halifax, Calgary, Toronto and beyond.
Mary-Eleanor Power
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Designed around real-world challenges facing firefighters, the program supports professional growth and helps enhance emergency response capacity in communities throughout Nova Scotia.

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Matt Reeder
Thursday, January 5, 2023
A small satellite designed and built by Dal Engineering students finally launched into orbit last week. It is the first deployment of its kind for a satellite made in Atlantic Canada.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Discovery, community and celebration — oh my, 2022 was indeed quite a year. Take a look back at 35 of Dal News' top stories of impact, insight and achievement from across the past year.
Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
As he prepares to leave Dalhousie at the end of December, Deep Saini sits down with Dal News for an interview covering how the university persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic, the promise he sees in Dal’s future, and his final message for the Dal community.
Rick Ezekiel, Vice-Provost, Student Affairs; Dr. Cristin Muecke, Regional Medical Officer of Health
Friday, December 16, 2022
Nova Scotia Public Health is sharing information about its investigation into two cases of meningococcal disease in Dal’s residence community in Shirreff Hall. They are also sharing the very sad news about the sudden death of one of those students. Read the full message from Vice-Provost Student Affairs Rick Ezekiel and Dr. Cristin Muecke, Regional Medical Officer of Health.
Andrew Riley
Friday, December 16, 2022
Two Dalhousie-based researchers aim to deliver a new understanding of the waters that surround us with help from data to be transmitted from a satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.