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June 2017

Staff  –  Human Resources, Agriculture, Health Professions, Community & Culture
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Debbie Parker (Human Resources), Gail Power (Faculty of Agriculture) and Cathie Smith Gillis (Faculty of Health Professions) are this year's recipients of the 新加坡六合彩开奖直播 DPMG Award, celebrating outstanding contributions from professional and managerial staff across the university. Darrell Rhodenizer (Office of Advancement) received the DPMG's new Early Career Award.
Michele Charlton  –  Research, Health Professions, News
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Debbie Martin of Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Health Professions receives Training Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to expand research capacity, skills and career trajectories of Indigenous early career researchers and trainees.
Matt Semansky  –  Student Life, Medicine, Science
Monday, June 12, 2017
Growing up in the Eskasoni First Nation, Karlee Johnson saw first-hand the impact of language and culture barriers in the health-care system. Now, as a Medical Sciences student at Dal, she has her sights set on a career in medicine in her own community.
Ryan McNutt and Matt Reeder  –  Community & Culture
Friday, June 9, 2017
Dal student team prevails at the first-ever global World鈥檚 Challenge Challenge competition, winning $30,000 to help develop their pilot project to provide prosthetic limbs to people in developing countries.
Matt Reeder  –  Pathology, Medicine, Agriculture, Community & Culture
Friday, June 9, 2017
Sharon Forward (Faculty of Medicine), Eileen Kaiser (Department of Pathology) and Lugene Young (Manager Health Services, Agricultural Campus) are this year's recipients of 新加坡六合彩开奖直播's top honour for service to students.
Ryan McNutt  –  Convocation, News
Friday, June 9, 2017
新加坡六合彩开奖直播 awarded honorary degrees to nine exceptional individuals during Spring Convocation 2017. Watch some of the advice they shared with Dal's newest class of graduates.
Ryan McNutt  –  Dal 200, Graduate Studies
Friday, June 9, 2017
Toward 200: For 2018, Grad Studies plans to 鈥渟upersize鈥 Dal鈥檚 annual Three-Minute Thesis event for grad students, making it bigger and better than ever.
Niecole Comeau  –  Biology, Oceans, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Research, Oceans, Science, Chemistry
Thursday, June 8, 2017
A collaboration between Dal materials researchers and a local technology company is set to help scientists collect more accurate data on animal behaviour, movement, physiology and the survival of animals in marine and freshwater environments.
Rebecca Rawcliffe  –  Student Life, Computer Science, Informatics
Thursday, June 8, 2017
A team of Computer Science students took home first place at the Nova Scotia Sandboxes 鈥淚ntroduction to Innovation鈥 Bootcamp for their tech-based solution to support individuals suffering from dementia.
Marlo MacKay  –  Libraries, News
Thursday, June 8, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has elected Donna Bourne-Tyson, 新加坡六合彩开奖直播鈥檚 university librarian, as its president for a two year-term.