Today@Dal
News and events for Dal staff and faculty

For May 27, 2024

Today@Dal

Training opportunity open to all gardeners

Interested in expanding your knowledge and gain valuable gardening skills? Summer School, open to all gardeners, is the perfect opportunity to dig in and participate in a wide variety of hands-on activities in the classroom and outdoors.

Upcoming ocean events

Please share with your students that they can attend the H2O Conference on June 3-4 for free, including an Ocean Career Pathways Exploration Day with sessions featuring networking tips and opportunities to hear from industry experts.

This week on the Multifaith Calendar

The Multifaith Calendar provides our community with a robust and interactive calendar, highlighting the range of important religious and cultural observations that recognizes and celebrates the diversity of faiths and cultural observances celebrated within the University.

Job postings

Chief Ocean Data Officer (Ocean Frontier Institute); Administrative Assistant to Department Head (Psychiatry); Administrative Assistant (Chemistry).

Convocation continues today

Convocation continues this week as thousands of students cross the stage to receive their parchments. Get to know some of them with our grad profile series.

Today's Faculty of Engineering ceremonies (click for live webcast):

  • Beginning at 9 a.m. Diploma in Engineering; Engineering Mathematics; Internetworking
  • Beginning at 12:30 p.m. Biological Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Food Science; Industrial Engineering
  • Beginning at 4 p.m. Biomedical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Materials Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Mineral Resource Engineering

Today on Dal News

Grad profile: Engineering solutions for fellow students

Phoenix Doucet-Bernard’s experience as a champion for his engineering classmates during the COVID-19 pandemic led him down a path of student advocacy.

Creator of Dal’s graduate degree in oral and maxillofacial surgery celebrated for lifetime achievement

Dentistry professor emeritus Dr. Frank Lovely (DDS’59) is the 2024 recipient of the Dalhousie Golden Eagle Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes a Dal alum who has a remarkable and longstanding connection and commitment to the advancement of academic excellence at Dalhousie.

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