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Dalhousie leads global AI workshop on the future of livestock farming
A Dalhousie‑led global workshop explored how AI-powered digital twins could transform livestock farming by predicting health, improving welfare and reducing methane to build a more resilient climate‑smart food system. Read more.
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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.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
A young scientist shares her journey from two cultures into biochemistry and her drive to create new solutions for plastic waste.
Friday, January 9, 2026
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden brings visionary leadership to the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Health as Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies: Antiracism in Health Education and Practice.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Three exceptional Dalhousie researchers were included by world-leading data analytics company Clarivate in its annual list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2023.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Researchers at Dalhousie and the University of Oxford examined how refugees were received in Canada and the UK, finding low reception rates in both countries and limited pathways for settlement.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Saving those swept into the sea. Distant marine food source clogged with microplastics. Winter offers no defence against Lyme-infected ticks. World's most voracious predators? It's us. Combatting stress linked to cancer.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Dalhousie professor Dr. Paul Bentzen is in a race against time. Supported by a team of researchers and students, he’s breeding and studying the Atlantic Whitefish with the goal of bringing it back from the brink of extinction.
Friday, December 15, 2023
Climate change and overfishing are depleting global fish stocks with clear implications for the food security future of billions of people.