Science and Art: Nobel Prize‑winning alum captivates capacity Dal crowd
Art McDonald, two-time Dal alum and co-recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, returned to campus Monday night to talk with students, faculty and community members about his groundbreaking research into the fundamental building blocks of the universe.
Dalhousie launches a university-wide mental wellness initiative, aimed at building a positive mental health environment for faculty, staff and students.
With course registration for returning students starting Monday, we take a quick look at the changes to the academic dates approved for this upcoming year, including a fall study break and the end-of-term "lieu day" in the schedule.
With Dalhousie once again ranking prominently among the world's most international universities, we talk with some of the Dal leaders working to increase global collaborations for students and researchers and to support international students who study here.
ShiftKey Labs, the Dal-hosted information communications technology sandbox, teamed up with the global technology company to host a “hackathon” event for students. Their challenge: develop applications using information from the Government of Nova Scotia’s Open Data Portal.
The public expo, which takes place Tuesday, March 22, features senior-year Capstone Projects that integrate course work and engineering design skills to provide innovative solutions for local industrial partners.
Inspired by an Entomology class on Dal's Agricultural Campus, Environmental Science student Sawyer Olmstead has taken his passion for bees from the lab to the farm.
Hosted this past weekend by the School of Health and Human Performance Graduate Society, Dal Crossroads is an adjudicated and peer-reviewed event that allows students of all levels from across Canada to share health-related research.
As part of Brain Awareness Week (March 14-18), Dal's Brain Repair Centre hosted a public forum in which several of its researchers shared insights into what goes on inside our heads.
In her application to Dalhousie's Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Natalie Archer (BSc'95, DDS'01) vowed she would make a difference as a dentist. She has made it her life's work to follow through on this promise by getting to the root of elder dental care.
Men's and women's track and field and women's basketball Tigers took part in national championships this weekend, while runners Matthew McNeil and Colleen Wilson represented Canada at the FISU World Cross Country Championships in Italy.
Shannay Beals (Track) and Matt Coolen (Track) are this week's G2 Athletes of the Week.
GRAD STUDIES
PhD student Ubong Peters (Biomedical Engineering) took home first prize at Dal's Three-Minute Thesis finals, competing against nine other finalists to succinctly summarize their research in rapid-fire presentations.
At the sixth-annual Weldon Literary Moot, students from the Schulich School of Law came together with volunteer actors and legal professionals to perform a mock trial based on a JRR Tolkien classic and raise funds for local education organization Halifax Humanities 101.
For first-year History student Ellie Street, every trip to to the archives is an adventure as she sets out to explore the history and heritage of Halifax.
Sustainability and Biology student Jasveen Brar’s enthusiasm for science and education have taken her from international United Nations conferences to the very ends of the earth.
- Have you submitted your suggestions for the Dal Originals yet? We need your help to identify Dalhousie’s pioneers, influencers or life changers who helped make us what we are, and whose stories we will honor and share in 2018. Nominate a Dal Original today.
- Congrats to the Schulich School of Law's William Lahey. On Thursday, it was announced Prof. Lahey will become the 25th president and vice-chancellor of the University of King's College this July. Read the announcement.
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