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Dal News Weekly

No. 527 | March 24, 2023

COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Student leadership with purpose: Get to know Dal's 2023 Governors' Award winners

Dal's Board of Governors' award winners embody what's possible when passion meets purpose, each contributing in their own important ways to building community on campus, serving the broader community, improving diversity and inclusion, and so much more.

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Impact that lasts: Here is a full list of this year's Impact Awards winners

A total of 37 awards were handed out to individual students and student societies at this year's Impact Awards ceremony in recognition of recipients' impressive contributions to academic life, student life, residence life, and community service.

Presenting Dalhousie's top co‑op students of the year

Thousands of Dalhousie students unlock their potential through co-op work terms with some of the most exciting companies and organizations across Canada and beyond. Meet just a few who've made the most of their work-integrated learning experiences this past year.

PhD in Health candidate helps military veterans rediscover fun and identity through art

PhD in Health candidate Lynette Peters has established the Cerberus Helmet Project, a ceramics studio which provides no-cost access to pottery and glaze work for active and retired Canadian Armed Forces veterans and public service personnel.

Fountain School's best and brightest shine at Concerto Night

This year’s Concerto Night, the Fountain School’s most popular annual concert, featured student soloists performing classics from Bruch, Beethoven, Kabalevsky, Mozart and more as well as an orchestral work by composition student Dylan Hay.

Vydykhan named Subway AUS Athlete of the Week

Women's volleyball player Talia Vydykhan has been named the Subway AUS athlete of the week.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How listening to North Atlantic right whales could help humans protect them

Researchers trying to save the critically endangered species struggle to track them, but new research out of Dalhousie could help fill some of those gaps by listening to the whales themselves as they coast through Canadian waters.

GLOBAL SUBJECT RANKINGS

Find out Dal’s leading subjects in the latest QS world university subject rankings, which included 1,594 institutions from 161 countries.

Read more: Dalhousie places in the top 200 globally in nine subjects

NOW YOU KNOW, SALMON-EDITION

Antioxidants in salmon’s diet give the fish their distinctive colour, but internet rumours proliferate about how farmed salmon achieve the same colour, writes Stefanie Colombo.

Read more: The colour of farmed salmon comes from adding an antioxidant to their feed, with benefits for everyone

RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABILITY

Dal's Bioenergy and Bioproducts Research Lab is working to help make water supplies safer with research that converts abundantly available biomass waste like coffee grounds and sawdust into high-value materials for wastewater treatment.

Read more: From trash to treasure: Sustainable solutions for wastewater treatment

THIS WEEKEND AT THE FOUNTAIN SCHOOL

Litmus Blue, happening Saturday in Dal's Joseph Strug Concert Hall, celebrates good music by people who don’t normally get programmed, says Jacob Caines, the ensemble's director.

Read more: Dal Wind Ensemble's latest show devoted to marginalized music

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