Today@Dal
News and events for Dal staff and faculty

For January 22, 2025

Today@Dal

Boil water advisory: FAQs and what to do when the advisory ends

Parts of Halifax, including Dalhousie's Halifax campuses, are currently under a boil water advisory.

You're invited: Apuknajit Mid‑Winter Feast Celebration

Please join us in the Ko’jua Okuom at the Killam Library for a mid-winter feast to celebrate Apuknajit! In Mi’kmaw culture, the beginning of February marks Apuknajit, when people gather to share food to get through the hardest month of the year.

In Memoriam ‑ Eli Joy Manning

Campus flags have been lowered in memory of Eli Joy Manning, faculty member in the School of Social Work.

Today on Dal News

New industry‑focused R&D hub receives $1.4M to spark semiconductor sector in Nova Scotia

The province's investment establishes a microelectronics research hub at Dalhousie that is designed to develop industry partnerships and a provincial sector focused on supplying the semi- and superconductors essential to powering modern technology.

Dalhousie rises among world’s top 100 universities for study of law

Dal rose 11 spots to rank 89th overall in the world for the study of law in Times Higher Education’s 2025 World University Rankings by Subject.

Campus Spotlight

  • It's time to embrace digital equity
    Authored by Dr. Kim Brooks, Jody Couch and Ben Tait, explore five considerations Dalhousie is addressing to promote inclusion in the use of digital technologies.

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. 

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