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Dal News Weekly

No. 580 | April 12, 2024

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Saluting Dal's top student leaders: Introducing the 2024 Board of Governors' Award winners

The Dal community is full of amazing students who inspire their peers, lead by example and make a difference in their communities. But for those students who truly go above and beyond, there’s Dalhousie’s Board of Governors’ Award — the university’s top honour in student life. Meet the four students being recognized this year for their outstanding achievements.

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DalSolutions: Harnessing rivers to fight climate change

While pursuing research aiming to restore Nova Scotia salmon habitats, Dr. Shannon Sterling and Dal alum Dr. Edmund Halfyard stumbled into the forefront of carbon dioxide removal science and a growing market demand to remove the gas from the atmosphere.

Science‑led event connects Black and African Nova Scotian high school students with the Dal community

A Faculty of Science-led engagement event brought prospective students from Black and African Nova Scotian communities to the Dalhousie campus to make connections and explore career opportunities in science.

Project to address harmful language relating to Indigenous peoples receives prestigious Mellon Award 

The Faculty of Management’s Dr. Stacy Allison-Cassin and project co-lead Camille Callison have received $1.8 million from the Mellon Foundation for their Respectful Terminology Platform Project.

Researchers investigate natural therapeutics to manage cancers in companion animals

Faculty of Agriculture Professor Dr. Vasantha Rupasinghe is developing a manufacturing process for pet nutraceutical products in collaboration with Canadian company Adored Beast Apothecary to help manage cancers of dogs.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dalhousie launches historic $750‑million Bringing Worlds Together campaign for transformational change

Dalhousie new fundraising initiative, the largest ever among Atlantic Canadian universities, aims to build a better future for everyone.

Reimagining what a university class can be: History students adapt learning into graphic novel

Dal history prof Dr. Lisa Binkley challenged students to take what they were learning in her course about Métis identities, literature, laws, and history and integrate it into a graphic novel adaptation of Métis author K.D. Beckett's book Rocking Ten.

SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING

Students and others marvelled at this week's rare solar eclipse during a public viewing on Studley Campus, catching a glimpse through solar filter-telescopes and glasses and creating a festival-like atmosphere on the quad nearby.

Read more: Solar power: Dal comes together to experience rare eclipse

FIELDHOUSE TRANSFORMED

Exam season is here, which means Dalplex's massive multi-purpose athletics facility has undergone its twice-annual overhaul into an exam hall. Watch a time-lapse video of the metamorphosis and learn more about what it takes to get the space ready.

Read more: From courts to class finals — see Dal's Fieldhouse transformed

GLOBAL RANKINGS

See where Dal stands out in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, which includes 1,559 institutions from 96 locations around the world ranked across 55 narrow subjects and five broad subject categories.

Read more: Dalhousie ranks in top 200 globally for eight subjects in latest QS ranking

WOMEN IN ROCK

The 2024 Junos highlighted the importance of representation and diversity within the music industry in traditionally male-dominated genres.

Read more: It’s thrilling to see female‑led groups like The Beaches claim space in rock culture at Junos 2024 and elsewhere

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