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February 2024

Penney Miller  –  Research, Psychiatry, Medicine, News
Monday, February 12, 2024
HÂþ»­'s Dr. Vincent Agyapong leads research with Wellness4MDs, a program aimed at helping Canadian physicians, residents and medical students reduce stress, depression and burnout.
Kate Hayter  –  Arts and Social Sciences, Music, News, Community & Culture
Friday, February 9, 2024
Fountain School Director Dr. Jérôme Blais and collaborator Suzie LeBlanc are nominated for Classical Album of the Year (Solo Artist), while composition faculty member Amy Brandon is nominated for Classical Composition of the Year for a piece recorded with Symphony Nova Scotia and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.
Darcy MacPhail  –  Continuing Education, News, Community & Culture
Friday, February 9, 2024
Dal’s Faculty of Open Learning & Career Development has partnered with the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia to build a program centred around career and leadership training, one-on-one counselling, job search assistance, and a work term.
Kenneth Conrad  –  International, Economics, Science
Friday, February 9, 2024
Dr. Barry Lesser has received the title of “Honourary Citizen of Shandong Province" for his work on the China Program, which offers students from Shandong University of Finance and Economics the option of completing the final year or two of their degree at HÂþ»­.
Stephen Abbott  –  Student Life, News, Community & Culture, Senior Administration
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Students looking to elevate their leadership skills, set better goals, and create change in the Dal community and beyond can find guidance and insight by joining the Student Leadership Academy.
Emily MacKinnon  –  Alumni, Senior Administration, Community & Culture
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Alum Grace Jefferies-Aldridge (BA’00) will draw on her personal and professional experience to help build a more inclusive university where relationships are paramount.
Staff  –  Student Life, News
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Sydney Keyamo (BSc'23) and Jack Killeen (BSc'23) will each receive $5,000 to put towards funding a full-time master's or professional program at any public university in Canada.
Gabrielle Milner  –  Arts and Social Sciences, Theatre
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
In Artificial Oddity, Dal theatre students imagine how different technologies throughout history — from human-controlled fire and the wheel to the internet and beyond — have been received by humanity.
Genevieve MacIntyre  –  Research, Arts and Social Sciences, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Community & Culture
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Carnival From the Ground Up, a new exhibition of 70 photographs and stories on display in New Orleans now, pays tribute to the people who make the city's carnival by hand and who take it to the streets on foot.
Chelsea Norris  –  Sports
Monday, February 5, 2024
Congratulations to Talia Vydykhan (volleyball) and Nginyu Ngala (basketball) for being named the PepsiCo Athletes of the Week!