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Emily MacKinnon  –  Computer Science, Student Life
Friday, January 24, 2025
HÂþ»­'s ShiftKey Labs invites all gamers to get creative this weekend at its 2025 Global Game Jam, an event that promises to help everyone level up their game-creation skills.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, News
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The students behind Harvesting Impact hope the podcast cultivates meaningful conversations about the future of food and sustainability.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Computer Science, News, Engineering
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The province's investment establishes a microelectronics research hub at HÂþ»­ that is designed to develop industry partnerships and a provincial sector focused on supplying the semi- and superconductors essential to powering modern technology.
Matt Reeder  –  Law, News
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Dal rose 11 spots to rank 89th overall in the world for the study of law in Times Higher Education’s 2025 World University Rankings by Subject.
Chelsea Norris  –  Sports
Monday, January 20, 2025
Several teams were in action this weekend with the women's volleyball team battling SMU twice at Dalplex.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, Psychiatry
Friday, January 17, 2025
A research team led by HÂþ»­ has found that brief cognitive behavioural interventions that help young people manage such things as impulsivity, sensation seeking, sensitivity to anxiety and negative thinking can reduce teen substance use disorders.
Emily MacKinnon  –  Computer Science, Student Life
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Acciceptron is the brainchild of third-year student Sai Narayan Karthikeya Redrowtu, who conceptualized an AI-driven platform for vehicles that blends human and machine intelligence to reduce motor-vehicle accidents.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Industry Liaison and Innovation, News
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
This new funding establishes HÂþ»­ as the national headquarters of Lab2Market and will enable the program to expand to more than 50 Canadian universities, colleges, and research hospitals, helping to unlock the commercial potential of $7.8 billion in collective annual research funding.
Laith Alhadeed  –  Medicine, Research
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Researchers have joined forces with Zambian health-care professionals to create the Mfuwe Epilepsy Foundation, with a focus on improving epilepsy care in rural Zambia where health infrastructure is limited.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, Student Life, Engineering
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
A knockout-style tournament started by two part-time academics on Dal's Truro Campus put teams of undergrads to the test in a series of engineering-based challenges testing a variety of skills essential to the discipline.