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April 2019

Staff  –  Research, Medicine
Thursday, April 18, 2019
The federal government has announced a $1.6-million grant, over four years, for Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), a new knowledge mobilization network to improve children’s pain management in Canada and around the world.
Staff  –  News
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
At its meeting Tuesday, Dal's Board of Governors voted to approve tuition and fee changes for 2019-20, including a four-year plan to increase international fees for future students. Read more about the changes and how the budget plan increases support for international students.
Heather Aipperspach  –  Student Life
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
HÂþ»­ graduate student Andrew Holland received the Student Entrepreneur of the Year award at the HÂþ»­ Impact Awards recently for his work in helping facilitate the adoption of BikeAround, an innovation targeted towards seniors in Atlantic Canada that combines low-impact exercise with virtual reality.
Genevieve MacIntyre  –  Arts and Social Sciences
Friday, April 12, 2019
This year’s FASS publication and performance launch featured a breadth of works covering immigration, indigenous research, religion, health, animal welfare, media, performing arts, languages, and gender, sexuality and race.
Rebecca Rawcliffe  –  Computer Science, Senior Administration
Friday, April 12, 2019
An unlikely background in the arts and a chance conversation led Andrew Rau-Chaplin to a future in computing. Now, he's putting his rich academic career and industry experience to work, overseeing rapid growth in the Faculty of the Computer Science as dean.
Matt Reeder  –  Oceans, Science, Community & Culture
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Launched last fall, the joint online ocean literacy initiative from HÂþ»­ University, the Ocean Frontier Institute and the National Film Board of Canada has been nominated for a Webby People’s Voice Award.
Matt Reeder  –  Community & Culture
Thursday, April 11, 2019
A startup from Waterloo that’s creating a unique new technology for the mass storage of renewable energy has packed its bags for Halifax as it seeks to tap into the city’s blossoming battery scene and research going on at HÂþ»­.
Emma Geldart  –  Agriculture
Thursday, April 11, 2019
This year, three generations of the Bowlby family proudly received their Barley Rings on Dal's Agricultural Campus at the Barley Party on April 5.
Ryan McNutt  –  News, Community & Culture, Science
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
This week, Dal Libraries launches the Chris Hadfield Space Photographs Collection, making HÂþ»­ the first institution to share a publically accessible educational project of the Canadian astronaut’s photography from his time aboard the International Space Station. For PhD student Caitlin Cunningham, bringing the collection to life has truly been an out-of-this-world experience.
Matt Reeder  –  Environment, Sustainability and Society, Economics
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Third-year economics students from Dal's China Program tapped into their English-language skills at a student conference late last month to explore some of the most pressing sustainability issues facing the world.