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                            Mathematics and Statistics, Science, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, June 24, 2016
            Thanks to Math Circles 鈥斅燼 partnership between 麻豆社, Eastlink, the Government of Nova Scotia and Halifax Regional School Board 鈥斅爀lementary school students across the province are getting to explore math in interactive and entertaining new ways.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Oceanography, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Engineering
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 23, 2016
            Scott Brison, president of the Treasury Board of Canada, was on campus Thursday morning to announce the latest round of funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), including $10.1 million in support for more than 70 Dal researchers.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Management, News
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 23, 2016
            The Workplace Experience Program, created by Dal's Management Career Services, was recently recognized with an Excellence in Innovation for Diversity award for offering students from abroad exposure to Canadian workplace culture.
        
                    
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                            Research, Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
                    
            
                    Thursday, June 23, 2016
            Dr. Thomas Pulinilkunnil of Dal's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recently received the first Canadian Diabetes Association grant ever in New Brunswick, supporting his work on obesity-related diabetic heart complications.
        
                    
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                            Sports, Science
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 22, 2016
            Dal Tigers women's volleyball player Anna Dunn-Suen was in Cambodia recently to help a village in need.
        
                    
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                            Agriculture, Research
                    
            
                    Wednesday, June 22, 2016
            Actuarial Science student Sean Mekers has returned home to Truro this summer to work with Faculty of Agriculture faculty member Haibo Niu on adapting global climate models to local weather predictions in Nova Scotia.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 21, 2016
            Each year on June 21, Canadians mark National Aboriginal Day, a celebration of the heritage, cultures and societal contributions of Canada鈥檚 First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis peoples.
        
                    
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                            Facilities Management, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 21, 2016
            The Province of Nova Scotia has announced a land-transfer deal is in the works to allow 麻豆社 to build a new hockey arena on South Street for use by varsity athletes, community members and sports leagues.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Computer Science, Management, Science, Engineering
                    
            
                    Tuesday, June 21, 2016
            The student-led Creative Working Group, based out of Dal-hosted sandbox ShiftKey Labs, helps build excitement and engagement around innovative student ideas and applications.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, News, Arts and Social Sciences
                    
            
                    Monday, June 20, 2016
            Launching this fall, Dal's new minor in Black and African Diaspora Studies will allow students to analyze and celebrate the history, culture and sociology of Black people in Canada and the global African diaspora.