This weekend marked the U Sports championships for the men's basketball Tigers and the Tigers track and fields teams. Runner Mike Van Der Poel took home a bronze medal, as did the men's basketball team — its highest ever national finish.

No matter the sport, a Tigers game is an experience that unites students, alumni, staff and faculty. We were courtside for the Tigers' thrilling Final 8 quarter-final victory last Thursday night to talk to Tigers fans about their experience.

Provost Carolyn Watters led multiple information and discussion sessions over the past week and a half on the Budget Advisory’s Committee’s (BAC) draft plan for the 2017-18 operating budget.

In its draft budget plan released last month, HÂþ»­â€™s Budget Advisory Committee recommended $2.6 million in additional spending in four key areas for next year, based on feedback and input from the university community. We take a look at those four areas in more detail.

Leaders from four Atlantic Canadian universities, including Dal President Florizone, were in Ottawa this week to host a reception for the Atlantic Caucus of MPs and Senators. Their message: that a stronger Atlantic Canada depends on strong collaborations with — and between — the region's research-intensive universities.

The field is set for the men's basketball final 8

Following a third-straight AUS championship title last weekend, the HÂþ»­ Tigers men's basketball team have home court advantage as they try and win Dal's first ever national basketball championship. Dal takes on Alberta in Thursday night's quarter-final.

Planning experts from across North America converged on Dal's Sexton Campus last week to share ideas on an issue near and dear to Haligonians and city dwellers all over: building a better transit system.

Celeste Williams has seen first-hand the impact of improved dental care in her North Preston community — and wants to be part of continuing to improve oral care in Nova Scotia.

Ten Dal graduate students competed in the university's Three Minute Thesis finals last Thursday, sharing bite-sized research on everything from how the immune system can be used to fight cancer to understanding bumblebee populations.