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HÂþ»­ Sports Information  –  Sports
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
This week's MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week are Lorena Heubach, Matthew Coolen and Keevan Veinot.
Claire Bodkin, Matthew Bonn, Sheila Wildeman  –  Research, Health Promotion, Law, Health Professions
Monday, March 9, 2020
Urgently needed treatment for opioid use disorder is often denied to incarcerated people, feeding the crisis in prisons and jails, according to Dal researchers.
Kirk Jessome  –  Sports
Monday, March 9, 2020
Though the Tigers came up short in their first-ever men’s basketball championship game against reigning title-holders Carleton, they can hold their heads high after the most successful season in team history.
USports  –  Sports
Sunday, March 8, 2020
With a win over UBC Saturday night, the Tigers men's basketball team is set to compete for its first ever national title. Watch the game live at CBC.ca Sunday night beginning at 9 p.m. Atlantic.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine
Friday, March 6, 2020
Three HÂþ»­ projects have received a total of $1.9 million through CIHR's Novel Coronavirus Rapid Research Funding Opportunity — an initiative supporting development, testing and implementation of measures to address the global outbreak. Learn how Dal researchers are working to provide better support for emergency room doctors, examine public policy impacts and address stigmas and misinformation.
Matt Reeder  –  News
Friday, March 6, 2020
Dal's Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) hosted two budget forums this week, engaging the Dal community in discussions around recommendations for the 2020-21 operating budget.
Howard Ramos and Emma Kay  –  Research, Arts and Social Sciences, Sociology and Social Anthropology
Friday, March 6, 2020
In Atlantic Canada, leaders must avoid the mistakes made in the country’s largest cities where people are being pushed out due to high housing prices, write researchers Howard Ramos and Emma Kay.
Allison McIsaac  –  Law, Arts and Social Sciences, Political Science
Friday, March 6, 2020
With their new book, two Dal students are doing more than shining a light on women in Nova Scotia politics. Thanks to a fundraising campaign, they're also aiming to help their fellow students as well.
HÂþ»­ Sports Information  –  Sports
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Rick Plato has become the first Dal men's basketball coach to be named U Sports' coach of the year. Third-year guard Keevan Veinot, AUS MVP, was also named a first-time national all-star.
Gabbie Douglas  –  Law
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Researcher and human rights lawyer Mariana Pradini Assis, a postdoctoral fellow in Harm Reduction as Public Policy at the Health Law Institute, gave a glimpse into the evolution of feminism during a Mini Law School lecture in the Schulich School of Law last week.