Today@Dal
News and events for Dal staff and faculty

For May 01, 2024

Today@Dal

Employee bus pass registration (XPass)

Dal is proud to provide the discounted Employee Bus Pass Program (XPass), which is a partnership between the Office of Sustainability and Halifax Transit, providing a 25% discount on all pass types. Registration is now open for the summer enrolment period.

Call for mentors

The BIPOC Graduate Student Mentoring Academy is an exciting initiative that aims to provide greater support for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) graduate students. Mentor applications are now open.

Advising framework feedback

Do you advise undergraduate students at Dalhousie? Faculty and staff are invited to complete a survey to help us learn more about undergraduate advising across the university.

Steam shutdown Saturday, May 4

Facilities Management will be conducting essential maintenance on the steam distribution system this weekend, from 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 until noon on Sunday, May 5. This impacts all of Carlton Campus, Weldon Law, the Dalhousie Arts Centre and Goldberg Computer Science Building.

Operations & Maintenance Response Fund

The Office of Research Services is now accepting Faculty applications to the 2024 Operations & Maintenance Response Fund for researchers with a CFI-funded research project/equipment.

Campus Spotlight

  • Designing assessments with generative AI in mind
    Kate Crane, an educational developer at Dalhousie's Centre for Learning and Teaching, shares four strategies and tangible examples to help faculty chart a path forward with generative artificial intelligence in mind

Campus by Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed provides resources for faculty and staff and a place for you to learn, share and connect with colleagues at universities around the world. Interested in contributing your expertise? Reach out to stefanie.wilson@dal.ca

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