After overcoming significant challenges as a first-year Dal student, Ashley Hill now runs the PREP Academy. There, she leads a team supporting African Nova Scotian students who may feel similarly bewildered and out-of-place when first entering a post-secondary setting.

A Schulich Leader Scholarship offers a passport for exceptional new students in STEM fields to explore their academic passions and elevate their entrepreneurial ambitions free from financial pressures. Find out what inspires Dal’s newest Schulich Leaders.

Season Five of Sciographies launches Thursday, September, 14 and will feature a new episode each week until Thursday, November 2. Listen to a trailer now.

A mural designed by Mi’kmaw artist Tayla Fern Paul will be painted at the intersection of Larch and Jennings streets near мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ this month — a project that brings together neighbours, students and the мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ community to promote mutual respect in the area.

The Royal Society of Canada added two world-class researchers from мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ to their esteemed ranks: Dr. Krista Kesselring and Dr. Stefanie Colombo.

Biology PhD student Diana Haider explored ocean sciences in Belgium as part of a mini-course.

Soccer players Kaitlyn Clarke and Michael Trim are this week's PepsiCo Athletes of the Week.

A jam-packed roster of events, from an opening ceremony complete with cheer-off to a DJ party and movie night on the quad, offers the newest members of Dal’s student community a chance to get to know campus and each other.