GLOBAL LEADERSHIP

World‑leading impact: Shipping expert Mary Brooks wins international honour

Over four decades, Rowe School of Business faculty member Mary Brooks has reshaped government policy, changed industry thinking and elevated the scholarship of shipping management. Now, she's the first woman to ever receive the top award in her field: the Onassis Prize in Shipping.

The power of momentum: Dal releases 2017‑18 Community Report

Offering a summary of the past year through the lens of Dal's impact on its communities, this year's Dalhousie University Community Report shares stories about the momentum building across the university.

President Florizone brings message of collaboration to Liberal convention

Invited to deliver a keynote address at the 2018 Liberal Party National Convention in Halifax, Dal President Richard Florizone shared inspiring Atlantic Canadian success stories and encouraged delegates to embrace the potential of new collaborations.

Wildlife and wild adventures

The hands-on experiences that Maddie Empey has had in Dal's Bio-Veterinary Science have reinforced her desire to help animals — and to make a difference in her community.

Molly Appeal to support advanced brain research with new tissue processing machine

Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation is launching a new spring Molly Appeal to raise funds for a vital piece of equipment used extensively by researchers across the Dalhousie Medical School.

Pursuing her passion

Growing up on a dairy farm and pursuing a career as an obstetrician-gynecologist (OB/GYN) may seem like two very different paths. But to Julie Vermeer, the two aren’t all that different.

The Conversation: Can we die? The seriously ill need clarity

In Nova Scotia, it's clearer now who qualifies for medical assistance in dying, writes Dal Law prof Jocelyn Downie and her University of Ottawa colleague Jennifer Chandler. Will the other provinces and territories follow suit?

COMMUNITY & CULTURE

This week Dr. Afua Cooper, the most recent James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie and a pioneering voice in Canadian dub poetry and spoken word, was installed as the Halifax Regional Municipality's seventh Poet Laureate.