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Dal News Weekly

No. 454 | October 14, 2021

CONGRATULATIONS DAL GRADS!

 
Dalhousie's Class of 2021 fall grads were celebrated during a university-wide celebration event via YouTube Thursday afternoon, scenes of which are shown above. Missed it or were unable to tune in? Watch a recording of the event now.

Read on below for profiles of some of our many exceptional grads and share your well-wishes by signing the Class of 2021 virtual yearbook. All the best to our grads!

GRAD PROFILES

 

Connecting past, present and policy through women's history

Holly Dickinson's decision to dive back into academia at Dal to pursue her passion for women's history had a lot to do with her desire to understand the present.

A shared experience

Santosh Medisetty and Vishnu Kandimalla are putting the skills they've learned in Dal's Master of Computer Science program to work in helping solve problems in ocean technology.

‘Community is key’ for OT grad

As Amelia Fletcher graduates this fall with her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy degree, she does so already on track to becoming a leader in the profession.

OTHER NEWS

Buyer beware: Study shows cannabis labelling can be misleading

A new study from Dalhousie and international partners found that cannabis labelling doesn’t accurately reflect a plant’s chemical composition, which is particularly concerning for patients using the substance for medical reasons.

Immersive Nocturne arts festival exhibit born from an interchange of ideas

A unique storytelling project created by faculty members at Dalhousie finds a public audience this weekend as part of Halifax's annual Nocturne arts festival.

How Canada compares to welfare states in COVID‑19 cases and deaths

When it came to managing the spread of COVID-19, Canada fared better than the United States and the United Kingdom, but worse than other welfare states like New Zealand and Japan, write Raluca Bejan and Kristina Nikolova.

Meet Dozie Okoye, economist

This week on Sciographies, meet Dozie Okoye, an associate professor in the Department of Economics who studies human capital and economic development with a particular focus on the African continent.

Tigers Weekend Recap (Oct. 8‑10)

Thanksgiving weekend action for the Tigers

SWAB SUCCESS

Nearly 25,000 asymptomatic rapid tests have been administered or distributed on campus since the start of September — with Dal students, faculty and staff showing up in big numbers to do their part to help keep one another safe.

Read more: Swab story: COVID rapid tests a big hit with the Dal community

COMMUNITY

Slideshow: Explore scenes from this year's Mawio'mi on the Studley Campus quad.

Read more: Dal's 11th annual Mawio'mi brings Indigenous culture and celebration to campus

FOUNTAIN SCHOOL

For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2020, members of the public are being invited back in to enjoy the thrills of a live Fountain School performance beginning this week with The Dog in the Manger — a theatrical production.

Read more: Fountain School ushers in live audiences again with first theatre production of the season

PAYING TRIBUTE

A new jet-black granite fountain installed in the Alumni Gardens on Dalhousie's Agricultural Campus this past spring pays tribute to the victims of the tragic events that unfolded across northern Nova Scotia in April of 2020.

Read more: Memorial fountain commemorates victims of 2020 tragedy and their families

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