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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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Graduate Studies
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Dal's OpenThink program helps PhDs showcase their research impact and dive into the world of public scholarship. For 2025 participant Lindsay Van Dam, it's become an essential part of her overall PhD experience.
Dawn Morrison
Friday, January 9, 2026
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Matt Reeder
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Switching universities and the focus of his studies a decade ago proved to be the right choice for Dal Biology PhD graduate Adrian Dauphinee, whose passion for plant biology has taken him into an exciting new area of study in the field.
Stephanie Rogers and Raj Lada
Friday, September 29, 2017
AIM to Grow, focused on studying technology-based approaches toward food production in Atlantic Canada, was launched with a conference this week bringing together experts both from the region and from the Netherlands.
Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Egg donors, sperm donors and surrogates are critical participants and patients in the use of reproductive technologies - so why are their rights and health repeatedly overlooked? Dalhousie's Françoise Baylis and co-author Alana Cattapan discuss the issues.
Patti Lewis
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Starting this fall, construction crews will be converting the unfinished space on the third and fourth floors of Dal's Steel Ocean Sciences Building into high-tech research areas that will support ocean science.
Tashianna LaRose
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
As the Invictus Games take place in Toronto this week, Dal postdoc Celina Shirazipour, together with VP Research Alice Aiken, are helping lead new research into the role that adaptive sport plays in the lives of soldiers and veterans.