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Dalhousie launches Atlantic AI Institute to help shape responsible AI in the region
A new Dal-hosted research institute will connect researchers, students, partners and communities to advance AI research, learning and innovation rooted in Atlantic Canada. Read more.
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Friday, August 7, 2026
Combining genomic analysis, computer modelling, and international collaboration, Dalhousie scientists are helping shape the global response to an Ebola outbreak this year.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
A national collaboration will connect researchers and community partners to explore how relationships with animals can strengthen resilience, improve well-being and inform policy.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Dal PhD student Zoya Tyabji’s approach to shark and ray conservation in South Asia earned her a keynote speaker spot at the world’s largest gathering of shark and ray researchers earlier this year.
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Compelling speakers from across the Dal community and beyond are gathering at the Student Union Building this Sunday for the fifth annual TEDxDalhousieU event.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Susanne Craig (Oceanography) and Mark Gibson (Process Engineering and Applied Science) are the only Canadian members of a worldwide NASA project on ocean systems and the impacts of climate change.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Dr. Graham Dellaire, Dalhousie Medical School’s Cameron Research Scientist in Cancer Biology, has developed a technique that could make gene therapy more effective and safer to use.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Dalhousie Medical School researchers Dr. Fred Burge and Beverley Lawson were part of a multi-province team which found that investment in home-based palliative care reduces overall costs to the health-care system.
Friday, February 19, 2016
With financial support from Irving Shipbuilding, the Dal-headquartered Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) has announced funding for nine research projects across Canada. One of them is Dal Biologist Julie LaRoche's study of plankton and algal blooms, which are crucial to ocean ecosystems.