Today@Dal News and events for Dal staff and faculty
For April 21, 2023
Happening today: Earth Day walk
Come celebrate Earth Day 2023 with the Office of Sustainability's Executive Director Rochelle Owen and the Faculty of Science's Lara Gibson and Susan Gass. Spend your lunch outside learning about biodiversity on campus and chatting about how you can incorporate sustainability into your life. Learn more.
Please wear good walking shoes and bring water in a reusable bottle!
A Dal researcher is part of a team that discovered a naturally occurring slime beneath the Arctic ice cap is full of microplastics, suggesting the tiny bits of plastic are seeping into the marine food web.
Dalhousie officially opened the doors on its new Indigenous engagement office in Millbrook First Nation this week, the first time it has taken such a step to connect directly with prospective and current Indigenous students in their own community.
Adapted sport is growing in Nova Scotia, and Dalhousie’s School of Health and Human Performance students are giving back and getting first-hand experience in parasport through their coursework with Dr. Sarah Moore.
A Global Game Jam held earlier this year revealed just how much pent-up demand there is in the province for opportunities to experiment with video-game development.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a month when Muslims around the world fast from sunrise to sunset. Eid al-Fitr is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon — marking the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Shawwāl, the tenth lunar month.
Muslims celebrate Eid by attending a congregational prayer, visiting family and friends, exchanging gifts and food with each other, and many more traditions. We want to wish those celebrating a joyous and peaceful Eid Mubarak.
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