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Community & Culture
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
From at-home science activities to a virtual journey under the deep blue sea, мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ groups like SuperNOVA and Ocean School are helping parents and kids stay engaged in learning during COVID-19 school closures.
Research, Health Professions, Community & Culture, Nursing
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Monday, March 30, 2020
A collaboration between actor/filmmaker Ellen Page and Dal faculty member Ingrid Waldron, "There's Something in the Water" — a sobering but inspiring look at resistance to environmental racism in Nova Scotia — is now available to stream on Netflix following a successful film festival run in the fall.
Research, Graduate Studies
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Earlier this month, Interdisciplinary PhD student Mehrnaz Ashrafi became the first ever мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ PhD student to defend their thesis remotely after her defence was moved online due to COVID-19. Learn what advice she has for other students who will be doing the same in the coming weeks.
News
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Thursday, March 19, 2020
A look back at a past pandemic, and a look forward at what's ahead from Dal News as we take a short break to focus our time and energies on Dal's COVID-19 response.
Graduate Studies
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Friday, March 13, 2020
Medical Neuroscience PhD student Tareq Yousef was the big winner of мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥â€™s eighth annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held on Wednesday evening, taking home both the judges and audience prizes.
Sports
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
Fifth-year women's volleyball player Courtney Baker has been named the U SPORTS player of the year and a first team All-Canadian. Victoria Haworth has been named a second team All-Canadian.
Research, Agriculture
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
PhD student Sopie Watts is spending a semester in Auckland, New Zealand developing and testing gene-editing tools to help improve and transform apple crops.
Sports
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Lorena Heubach and Matthew Coolen have been named this week's Subway AUS Athletes of the Week
Agriculture, Research
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Student Ashley MacDonald studies why Canadians are throwing away so much food — and how food waste prevention and management strategies can be improved to address the problem.
Sports
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
It was a weekend of bitter-sweet finality for the Tigers basketball and track teams.