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Dal News Weekly

No. 399 | September 11, 2020

AWARDS AND ACHIVEMENT

Royal recognition: Get to know the five Dal researchers newly appointed to the Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada, which brings together scholars, artists and scientists peer-elected as the best in their fields, is welcoming five new Dalhousie members this year: new Fellows Leonard Diepeveen (Arts and Social Sciences), Jennifer Llewellyn (Law) and Douglas Wallace (Science), and new College members Hélène Deacon (Science) and Rita Orji (Computer Science).

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How this professor’s online organizational behaviour course became a hit with students

The Faculty of Management's Dana Kabat-Farr totally reimagined her organizational behaviour course when she took it online this summer, with a great response from students. Here's how she approached it.

Scientists tell their own stories on third season of Sciographies podcast

Sciographies, a podcast and radio show that offers listeners a glimpse into the lives of those who’ve built careers as professors and scientific researchers, returns this month for a brand new season of engaging interviews.

Why the new Dal Mobile app is an essential download for students

Hannah Whaley, a third-year English and Theatre Studies student, explains some of the many benefits of using the new Dal Mobile app, launched this year to help support student community no matter where you're studying from.

Revitalizing an old art

Performer and playwright Katerina Bakolias (BA’15) knew she wanted to incorporate her grandfather’s stories into a creative project after receiving a grant from the National Theatre School’s Art Apart Program, so she transformed them into radio plays to create My Grandfather’s True Stories.

There’s no evidence that blue‑light blocking glasses help with sleep

Some health products haven't been tested for the benefits that they claim to produce. Blue-light blocking lenses are promoted as helping sleep cycles, but there is no evidence to support this, writes PhD candidate Tareq Yousef.

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Robert Huish, an associate professor in the Department of International Development Studies, used the board game Pandemic as inspiration for a new course launching this fall that casts students in different roles with the collaborative goal of preventing and managing pandemics.

Read more: Pandemic, the class: Real‑time simulation‑based course challenges students to prevent virus outbreaks

ASK AN EXPERT

Biology's Derek Tittensor explains the implications of the The WWF's Living Planet Report 2020 and how species’ population trends are important because they are a measure of overall ecosystem health.

Read more: Ask an expert: Derek Tittensor on how human activity is affecting wildlife populations and the global ocean

COMMUNITY

Kelsey Jones, a graduate of the Schulich School of Law’s Indigenous Blacks and Mi’kmaq (IB&M) Initiative, has returned to her alma mater to serve as the program's director.

Read more: IB&M Initiative welcomes new director Kelsey Jones

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