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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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Marie Visca
Friday, February 12, 2016
Elaine Craig, Dal law professor and an expert in sexual assault law, discusses the challenges faced by sexual assault victims in the court system and some of the legal issues being debated as a result of the ongoing Jian Ghomeshi trial.
Ryan McNutt
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains was on campus Tuesday to celebrate six Dalhousie researchers in joining the university’s contingent of 50 Canada Research Chairs — the largest in Atlantic Canada.
Nikki Comeau
Monday, February 8, 2016
Eight Dalhousie Ocean Sciences and Oceanography students skipped their holiday break this year to travel to Israel and study the Gulf of Eilat, which offers a marine environment unlike anywhere else in the world.
Melanie Jollymore
Monday, February 1, 2016
Surgeons, physicians and scientists at Dalhousie Medical School are striving to better understand, treat and cure HPV-related throat and mouth cancers, rates of which have more than quadrupled in the past decade.
Matt Reeder
Friday, January 29, 2016
As the new director of Dal's Institute for Research in Materials, Daniel Boyd works with researchers across the university to advance the study of advanced materials and clean technology.