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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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Kelly Taylor
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Health Promotion Professor Jacqueline Gahagan, who is helping spearhead Dal's new Queer Faculty Caucus, is leading important conversations about health concerns and issues of LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals and communities.
Rebecca Rawcliffe
Monday, July 10, 2017
Dal Computer Science students and faculty are part of a team of interdisciplinary experts in privacy, security and personal safety taking part in a global competition focused on technology for women's safety.
Molly Marcott
Thursday, July 6, 2017
By merging scientific research with performance art, Nursing prof Brenda Sabo and her research team are challenging the stigma surrounding end-of-life care.
Michele Charlton
Friday, June 30, 2017
This August, Dalhousie will welcome students and researchers from all over the world to campus for the 14th annual International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (ICMRM).
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
A new $2.1-million investment from the federal government will help Dal researchers, in partnership with the Nova Scotia Health Authority and German medical technology company Brainlab, build on advances in precision cancer-treatment technology and bring them more quickly to patients.