CELEBRATING STUDENTS

2015 Student Impact Awards

Last Thursday, the Dal community came together to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our students at the 2015 Impact Awards in Halifax. The Agricultural Campus also celebrated its students at its SAIL Impact Awards this past Monday. Congrats to all the winners! (Look for more Impact Award profiles next week.)

See the winners (Halifax and Truro): Red carpets and rising stars
Impact profile: Student Entrepreneur of the Year Carlisle Norwood
Social media highlights: 2015 Impact Awards
From last week: Meet the Board of Governors award winners

Supporting Dal's employees

With the next iteration of Dal's workplace survey set to launch in April, we take a look back at what's been happening at Dal in response to the most recent survey (2013).

Sharing the goal of a safe, healthy campus

This year the Environmental Health and Safety Award was presented to WorkSAFE@Dal — a collaboration between Custodial Services and the School of Occupational Therapy — and the Killam Library's Health and Safety Committee.

Fountain School's "Seagull" takes flight

For its final theatre production of the season, the Fountain School of Performing Arts takes on Anton Chekhov's comedy "The Seagull."

A passion for fashion

Dal students showed off their clothing creations at the second-annual Vaudeville Fashion Show.

Alumni named Atlantic Outstanding Young Farmers for 2015

Agriculture alumni Sara ('05) and David ('07) Simmons run Pure Holsteins dairy farm in Little Rapids, Nfld, and were recently feted by Canada's Outstanding Young Farmers Program.

Status update: Building a work relationship with Facebook

Working out of Facebook's London, England office, Computer Science alumnus Peter O'Hearn develops software tools for the world's most popular social networking site.

RESEARCH

When PhD student Chris Burns and research associate David Stevens noticed strong industry interest in their work with Jeff Dahn's battery lab, they saw an opportunity to translate their battery-testing system to commercial use.

FOOLISHNESS

Did you catch our special April 1st feature? Don't be foolish enough to miss out on the "news" about Dal's plans for a complete, 24-7 underwater living and learning experience.