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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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Alana Milner
Monday, June 1, 2015
Canadian Foundation for Innovation announces funding to support the Research Program for Rare Pediatric Diseases (RaPiD), which counts Dalhousie Medical School researcher Dr. Chris McMaster as a co-principal investigator.
Alana Milner
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Grad students with Dal's Transatlantic Ocean System Science and Technology (TOSST) research school are en route to Cape Verde, where they will collaborate with students and researchers from across West Africa.
Marie Visca
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
An interdisciplinary project involving the Faculties of Health Professions and Dentistry, focused on oral health in the aboriginal community of NunatuKavut, culminated in a forum for community members, researchers and policy makers.
Ryan McNutt, with files from Nicole LeBlanc
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Dal scientists Derek Tittensor and Heike Lotze contributed to an international study that used fossils of extinct marine species to determine species and areas at-risk for extinction in today's oceans.
Allison Gerrard
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Dalhousie Medical School researcher Dr. Jennifer Corcoran and her team have identified the gene in herpesvirus-8 that can cause virus-induced cancers.