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HÂþ»­ Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, March 7, 2022
Julie Moore (WVB) and Keevan Veinot (MBB) are this week's PepsiCo Athletes of the Week!
HÂþ»­ Sports Information  –  Sports
Monday, March 7, 2022
The second last regular season weekend saw the Tigers earn several big wins!
Ariel Mackenzie  –  Student Life, Office of Sustainability, News, Community & Culture
Monday, March 7, 2022
What happens when a nasty snowstorm descends upon the city just as you’re buckling up to test drive a state-of-the art electric vehicle? You test drive two of them instead.
Becca Rawcliffe  –  Computer Science, Research, Women In Research, News
Friday, March 4, 2022
Rita Orji, Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and an associate professor in the Faculty of Computer Science, is one of 39 new Global Young Academy members — and one of only two new members from a Canadian institution this year.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Community & Culture
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Far from the frontlines of conflict, a small group of people joined together in silent contemplation on Dal campus this week as a way to show their shared concern for Ukraine in the face of intensifying attacks by Russia.
Caitlyn MacDonald  –  Research, Science, Oceanography, Women In Research, News
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Sarah Fortune, who has built her career investigating some of the world's largest mammals and how changing environmental conditions affect their behaviour, is the recipient of the new Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) Chair in Large Whale Conservation — a partnership between CWF and Dal.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Computer Science, Medicine, News, Community Health and Epidemiology
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A team of researchers from HÂþ»­ and other Canadian organizations has discovered what could be the first link between a case of COVID-19 in deer and humans, suggesting in a new paper that the virus can be transmitted from wildlife to people.
Sophia King Gillis  –  Libraries, News
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, was recently banned by a school board in Tennessee — joining other famous works such as The Catcher in the Rye and 1984 that have raised the ire of some in the past. Dal's Dean of Libraries provides insight into this highly charged and divisive topic.
Ken Conrad  –  Research, News, Graduate Studies
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The 2022 cohort of the OpenThink Initiative consists of 15 PhD students from across HÂþ»­ with varying research interests and an enthusiasm for sharing their ideas with the public.