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                            Dentistry, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, June 28, 2013
            Tom Boran, dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, rappelled down 32 storeys of Fenwick Towers to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
        
                    
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                            Physics and Atmospheric Science, Science, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, June 28, 2013
            Dal PhD student helps schoolchildren in Igloolik, Nunavut build their own atmospheric measurement tools and learn about the weather as part of a week-long education outreach program.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Research, Physiology and Biophysics
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 27, 2013
            Med School researcher Robert Rose is part of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada's Research Leadership Circle, which aims to reduce the rate of death from heart disease and stroke by 25 per cent by 2020.
        
                    
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                            Agriculture, Facilities Management, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 26, 2013
            Faculty and staff volunteers ditched their labs and offices last week for a morning of gardening at the Agricultural Campus.
        
                    
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                            Office of Sustainability, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 25, 2013
            The Office of Sustainability hosted a cycle track demonstration during SWITCH Open Streets Halifax to promote the idea of a segregated bike lane on University Avenue.
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture, Senior Administration
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 25, 2013
            The Dal community gathered together on a beautiful Thursday afternoon last week to pay tribute to Tom Traves as he nears the end of his term as president.
        
                    
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                            Research, Biology, Science, News
                    
            
                    Monday, June 24, 2013
            Husband and wife team Heike Lotze and Boris Worm win Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Science.
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, June 21, 2013
            Annual ceremony celebrated Dal faculty and staff who have worked at the university for a quarter-century.
        
                    
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                            News, Biology, Science
                    
            
                    Friday, June 21, 2013
            Biology's Arunika Gunawardena, this year's recipient of Dal's top teaching award, creates a classroom environment where asking questions is the norm and students are equal partners in their education.
        
                    
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                            News, Video
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 20, 2013
            A survey of 18 years of growth and change -- and reflections on Dr. Traves's leadership from the faculty, staff, alumni and community leaders who worked with him.