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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, Dalhousie University study suggests

Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, Dalhousie University study suggests

A new Dalhousie University study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting.  Read more.

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Rianne Zinck
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Megan Bailey, Candis Callison, Adrian Howkins, Élise Devoie
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Dalhousie is helping to prepare Canada’s defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.

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By Melanie Jollymore
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Dalhousie professor Patrick Lee is on a mission to prove that human reovirus can kill cancer stem cells.
By Ryan McNutt
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
“If we are what we eat, what is it that we’re eating?” When anthropologist Elizabeth Fitting poses the question, she’s trying to provoke a broader discussion about how our food is produced and what its path from producer to product says about our values as a society.
by Marilyn Smulders
Monday, June 22, 2009
How young girls use meanness as a way of negotiating their place in the hierarchy.
by Rachael MacKeigan
Friday, June 19, 2009
Exploring the experiences of homeless youth in Canada
By Rachael MacKeigan
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Currently, there are laws to regulate oceans and waterways and others to deal with land use planning, but few consider both at the same time. "Coastlines can get lost in the mix,” says Dalhousie Law professor Aldo Chircop.