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                            Research, Architecture and Planning, Medicine, Planning, Community Health and Epidemiology
                    
            
                    Thursday, December 22, 2016
            Nova Scotia has a new way to visualize health care data thanks to the work of Dal researchers: an interactive website that will help decision makers, researchers and clinicians better understand health indicators across the province.
        
                    
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                            Music, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, December 22, 2016
            Photo Essay: Christmas classics, Hanukkah favourites, a performance from the All Nations Drum group — members of the Dal community were treated to a sensational suite of seasonal sounds at the Annual Âé¶¹Éç Carol Sing this week.
        
                    
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                            News, Human Resources
                    
            
                    Wednesday, December 21, 2016
            A look at how groups and units across the university are turning the results of Quality of Work Life (QWL) workplace survey into action.
        
                    Wednesday, December 21, 2016
            Last month the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) hosted its first public lecture featuring Benjamin Halpern from the University of California, discussing the patterns of global ocean health.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, International
                    
            
                    Monday, December 19, 2016
            Three outstanding students from Uganda and Belize are Âé¶¹Éç’s newest Queen Elizabeth Scholars, part of a national collaborative initiative that fosters cross-cultural study exchange.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Monday, December 19, 2016
            For 30 years, the Âé¶¹Éç Alumni Association's Winter Clothing Bursary has been helping refugee students adjust to their new community and climate.
        
                    
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                            History, Arts and Social Sciences
                    
            
                    Friday, December 16, 2016
            A new course launching this winter, connected with Dal's Black and African Diaspora Studies minor, offers an in-depth look at the African Nova Scotian experience spanning the province's history.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Medicine, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Microbiology and Immunology
                    
            
                    Friday, December 16, 2016
            Dal alumnus and Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald has pushed the boundaries of human knowledge. Now, a new set of Dal research chairs named in his honour is set to support researchers like Randall Martin (Physics & Atmospheric Science) and Jean Marshall (Microbiology and Immunology) striving to do the same.
        
                    
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                            Law, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, December 15, 2016
            The wrongful conviction of Donald Marshall Jr. shone a light on racism in the criminal justice system and helped lay the foundation for Dal's Indigenous Blacks & Mi’kmaq Initiative. Last month, the Schulich School of Law paid tribute to Marshall with the unveiling of a portrait in his honour.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, News, Psychiatry
                    
            
                    Thursday, December 15, 2016
            The Department of Psychiatry's Cheryl Murphy, this year's recipient of Dal's Early Career Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching, helps students see the relevance of mental health in everything they do.