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November 2024

Ellie Garry-Jones  –  Student Life, Student Services, News
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
An exciting new support team established this year helps students get back on track after setbacks and identifies ways to improve safety and belonging at Dal.
Wyatt Carling  –  Student Life, Community & Culture
Friday, November 8, 2024
Remembrance Day hits home in a deep way for these мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ students who also serve as reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Community & Culture
Friday, November 8, 2024
George Stairs set a new academic record for marks when he was a student at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥. Just a few years later, he perished serving in the First World War — a story of sacrifice captured in compelling fashion in a newspaper found in a trench on the frontlines.
Matt Reeder  –  Student Life, Registrar, Community & Culture
Friday, November 8, 2024
A record number of prospective students and their supporters got up close and personal with мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ last weekend at the fall Open House event in Halifax.
Tony Walker & Simon Harper  –  Research, Environmental Programs, Science
Friday, November 8, 2024
Canada’s more than 13,000 beekeepers are a critical untapped resource of citizen scientists. By analyzing honey sample compositions, researchers can monitor contaminants in the air and soil that are collected when honeybees forage for nectar, pollen and water from nearby flowers.
Allison Barss  –  Alumni, News
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Less than a decade into her career, nursing alum Dr. Rachel Ollivier shares that she is inspired and determined to help shape the future of women’s health.
Jocelyn Adams Moss  –  Research, Psychology, Science
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The psychologists and co‑directors at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥'s Centre for Psychological Health share their personal journeys and research interests in the latest episode of Sciographies.
Tanis Trainor  –  Sports, Community & Culture
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Players and Coach Tye share their excitement about this year’s championship hosted at мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ for just the second time in program history.
Emily MacKinnon  –  Computer Science, Research, News
Thursday, November 7, 2024
The fellowship recognizes the computer scientist's groundbreaking work in personalized and adaptive digital interventions powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning and is accompanied by a research grant of $250,000 over the next two years.
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Biology, Science, Chemistry
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Dina Rogers takes centre stage in Berlin this week along with close to 100 competitors from around the globe presenting their research-based ideas to improve the world to an audience of international thought leaders and Nobel Prize Laureates.