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Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Making friends with guilt: How personal experience inspired Dal prof's new book redefining guilt as a force for good

Chris Moore, professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, knows a great deal about the painful and profound journey through guilt — 40 years ago, he lived it, following a drunk driving incident with deadly consequences. Now, that personal experience has helped inspire a highly anticipated new book on why we feel guilt and why it's so important to building and healing relationships with one another.  Read more.

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Richard leBrasseur
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
With people staying in, the world around them is becoming more quiet, writes Landscape Architecture Professor Richard leBrasseur. A look at how natural sounds are now being heard more often.
Alison Auld
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
A virologist at Dalhousie and the IWK Health Centre, Dr. Alyson Kelvin is currently in Saskatoon, working with colleagues there on identifying and testing a vaccine for COVID-19.
Michele Charlton
Monday, May 4, 2020
What happens when a hands-on, experimental lab class can't finish its work for the term. For students and instructors involved in Chemistry's Advanced Analytical Lab, you find whole new ways to share your applied projects.
Alison Auld
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Pediatric cancer patients should be revaccinated after receiving chemotherapy or face a higher risk of pneumococcal disease and chickenpox, according to new research from Dal’s Canadian Center for Vaccinology.
Matt Reeder
Thursday, April 30, 2020
New smartphone apps being developed could help track and trace where people with the virus have been and alert others who might be at risk of coming into contact with it. But Stan Matwin, director of Dal's Institute for Big Data Analytics, says decision-makers must grapple with how to make these programs both effective and respectful of people’s privacy.