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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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Enoch Ng
Friday, February 16, 2024
Dalhousie's Dr. Jon Bailey and his team of researchers navigate the world of anesthesia in microgravity, setting out to make surgery and pain management a reality in the cosmic operating room.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Monday, February 12, 2024
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Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Carnival From the Ground Up, a new exhibition of 70 photographs and stories on display in New Orleans now, pays tribute to the people who make the city's carnival by hand and who take it to the streets on foot.
Alison Auld
Thursday, February 1, 2024
A new high-resolution imaging probe developed by Dalhousie researchers promises to give physicians a new tool to combat chronic back pain.