RESEARCH / GRAD STUDIES

Three minutes to change the world

Ten of Dal's elite graduate students faced off in the finals of Dal's 3 Minute Thesis compeition, with Microbiology and Immunology PhD candidate Adrian Herod taking home the top prize for his presentation on salmonella and food safety.

Just add social media: Pediatric pain researcher takes science to parents to make an impact

A Dalhousie pain researcher and a former Much Music-host-turned-parenting-blogger are helping millions of parents around the world learn how to help relieve their children’s pain with the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt initiative.

Facing an "Internet of Things" future

In the next few years, there may be as many as 30 billion different devices connected to the Internet, including many everyday objects you find in your home. That poses major challenges for everything from security to reliability – challenges Computer Science prof Srini Sampalli and his team in the MYTech Lab are working to address.

Celebrating commitment to equity, diversity and inclusiveness

Nominations are now open for the President’s EDI Awards, which recognize outstanding efforts of faculty and staff in advancing equity, diversity and inclusiveness at Dal.

Can you believe it? How synthetic media poses a threat to democracy

Rapidly evolving digital technology enables hackers to more easily access and manipulate information across the internet, exposing a threat to democracy in Canada and elsewhere, said UK-based expert Carl Miller at a Dal-hosted forum last week.

Senate Highlights ‑ February 25, 2019

Highlights of presentations and decisions from the February 25 meeting of the Dalhousie University Senate.

Tigers Weekend Recap (Mar. 7‑10)

Results from the Dal-hosted U Sports Final 8 men's basketball championship and Dal's performance at the U Sports Track & Field Championships.

MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week (week ending Mar. 10)

Maya Reynolds and Matt Coolen (both track and field) are this week's Dalhousie MUSCLE MLK Athlete of the Week.

SUSTAINABILITY

Dal's ambitious redesign of its downtown Sexton Campus has been about more than new buildings and spaces. It's also involved a significant sustainability overhaul that's a possibility to receive Dal's highest-ever LEED rating. Take a closer look with video highlights and more.

STUDENT SUPPORT

For students looking to see if assistive technologies like voice-to-text and smart pens can help with their studies, the up-front costs can be prohibitive. That’s why Dal’s Student Accessibility Centre has established an assistive technology lending library, making these tools available for students to borrow free of charge.

LEADERSHIP

Dr. David Anderson is more than just the dean of Dalhousie Medical School — he still maintains clinical practice in the school, seeing patients weekly as a hematologist.