ACHIEVEMENT AND CELEBRATION

Running the (lab) table: Dal researchers win big at 16th annual Discovery Awards

Dal researchers were named winners in all four major categories at the 2018 Discovery Awards, Atlantic Canada's most prestigious science recognition event.

Taking action on accessibility

Dal grad Siobhan Evans is leading an accessibility audit for Dalhousie to help the university get to know the physical characteristics of its buildings more intimately than ever before — and inform the development of a full-scale accessibility plan.

Women in Leadership dinner highlights the power of "sisterhood"

It was an evening full of uplifting inspiration at the ninth-annual Dalhousie Tigers Women in Leadership Spotlight Dinner, which brought together more than 300 guests to show support for the student-athlete leaders of the Tigers women’s basketball and volleyball teams.

The Conversation: Indigenous knowledge is the solution to Canada’s health inequities

To improve Indigenous health in Canada we need more Indigenous health professionals and more culturally competent health-care providers, writes Dal researcher Debbie Martin. We also need to listen properly to Indigenous stories.

"All You Need Is Love": Fountain School takes on Dante's "Purgatorio"

In taking on a stage production of the middle portion of Dante's "The Divine Comedy," students in the Fountain School of Performing Arts present a vibrant, thought-provoking piece on love, faith and morality. The play runs at the Dal Arts Centre through Dec. 1.

Thinking big about artificial intelligence

At a Dalhousie-sponsored panel event earlier this month, experts from across disciplines came together to engage in big ideas about the future of machines, learning and work — and the critical importance of human agency and insight in building that future.

Dal‑linked play shines light on queer birthing experience

Dal Nursing researchers Lisa Goldberg and Megan Aston have collaborated with a Halifax playwright to turn their research study examining the experiences of LGBQ+ birthing women into a new play: "What to Expect When You Aren't Expected."

The Conversation: Why we are not ready for genetically designed babies

Chinese researcher Jainkui He claims to have created the world's first genome-edited twins. Such action would pose unknown risks to the lives of these children and to humanity as a whole, write Dal researchers Françoise Baylis, Graham Dellaire and Landon Getz.

Encouraging trans‑national training, building better ocean leaders

The new Visiting Fellows program from the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute provides opportunities for ocean experts to study and work at Dal while also enabling Halifax-based researchers to gain experience with internationally-based research projects.

Tigers Weekend Recap (week ending Nov. 25)

Results from basketball, hockey and volleyball.

MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week (week ending Nov. 25)

Jeff Walton (volleyball) and Sophie Gaube (basketball) are this week's Dalhousie MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week.