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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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Paul Manning
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Get an up-close look at some creepy-crawly insects whose talents for disguise rival anything you'll see Halloween night, with the help of Paul Manning, Killam postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Agriculture.
Matt Reeder
Friday, October 27, 2017
A two-day event kicking off Thursday evening brings researchers like Dal's own Ingrid Waldron together with policy makers, activists and community leaders from across North America for a conversation about race, place and the environment.
Melanie Jollymore
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Dalhousie Medical School has announced its leading research teams and strategic research priorities, following a months-long application and review process known as “The Wave.”
Patti Lewis
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Dalhousie's DAMOS initiative that will help track North Atlantic right whales was one of nine projects at four post-secondary institutions to receive new funding from the Government of Nova Scotia.
Sylvain Charlebois
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The problem of food fraud and its health and economic implications affect a broad range of foods around the world, but technology could soon end the problem, argues Dalhousie's Sylvain Charlebois.