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Friday, March 13, 2026
Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and digital stewardship of Canada’s past
Thursday, March 26, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Dr. Leanne Stevens, an educator and university teaching fellow in Dalhousie’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and associate dean, academic in the Faculty of Science.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Dr. Kimberley Hall’s Killam fellowship will accelerate her collaboration with NRC partners as they work to advance quantum hardware and strengthen Canada’s future secure‑tech capabilities.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Bioethicist and Philosophy Professor Françoise Baylis is one of 12 international experts appointed to shape the agenda for next week's global summit on controversial advances in human gene editing.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Dal researchers in Science and Medicine took home awards for Innovation, Professional of Distinction and Emerging Professional at last Thursday’s Discovery Awards, hosted by Halifax’s Discovery Centre. Chemistry’s Axel Becke was also inducted into the Science Hall of Fame.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Dalhousie Art Gallery teamed up with two Dal radiologists to try and solve some of the mysteries behind mummified Egyptian remains that have been in the university's possession for over 40 years.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Martha Crago (vice-president research) and Michelle Adams (School for Resource and Environmental Studies) were joined by 11 Dalhousie alumnae as honourees at this week's Progress Women of Excellence Awards.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Biofix Medical Technologies, a start-up company founded by Dentistry postdoc Caitlin Pierlot and her Dal colleagues, is the winner of the 2015 BioNova BioInnovation Challenge.