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                            Research, Oceans, Biology, Science, Oceans
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 24, 2018
            After 17 North Atlantic right whales were killed or caught in fishing gear in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2017, the Canadian government set new rules for the snow crab and lobster fisheries. Postdoctoral Research Associate Kimberley Davies writes about what this will mean going forward. 
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 23, 2018
            Volleyball player Karen (Fraser) Moore and swimmer Chris Stewart are the newest members of the Âé¶¹Éç Sport Hall of Fame, inducted at a ceremony last week featuring Belong Forum speaker and honorary degree recipient Mark Tewksbury.
        
                    
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                            Facilities Management, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 23, 2018
            Halifax Member of Parliament Andy Fillmore visited Âé¶¹Éç last week to test out the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium’s new sound and lighting systems, upgrades made possible with the help of a Heritage Canada grant.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Science, Psychology, Graduate Studies
                    
            
                    Wednesday, May 23, 2018
            After getting the opportunity to compete at the Eastern Regional 3MT showdown last month, Psychology and Neuroscience grad student Laura Hall has earned her spot in the national finals with her presentation on Illness-Induced Anorexia.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Management (Bachelor), Management
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 22, 2018
            From hitting the ice with the Tigers to hitting the books at the Killam Library, Management grad Rachel Carr is set to graduate with the confidence that she's made the most of her time on campus.
        
                    
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                            News, Continuing Education
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 22, 2018
            Arthur Levine, president of Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, will be the keynote speaker at the Dal-hosted Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education later this month. We spoke to him for insights into what the future of continuing education at universities may look like.
        
                    
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                            Dal 200
                    
            
                    Friday, May 18, 2018
            The Canadian Olympic champion and humanitarian delivered a deeply personal and often funny address on the theme of belonging to a packed crowd at Citadel High School in Halifax Thursday as part of Dal 200’s Belong Forum series.
        
                    
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                            News, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 17, 2018
            At its annual year-in-review event, Dal's Office of Sustainability offered an overview of its impressive achievements over the past year: in reducing CO2 emissions, in waste reduction and in several other core areas.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Dal 200
                    
            
                    Thursday, May 17, 2018
            Âé¶¹Éç Coast to Coast began its cross-country trek on the West Coast late last month, with alumni and friends coming together in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg. See photos and highlights. 
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Research, Community Health and Epidemiology
                    
            
                    Tuesday, May 15, 2018
            New research from Âé¶¹Éç Medical School researcher Dr. Bradley Johnston indicates that hospitalized patients at high risk for C. difficile infection should be recommended probiotics to help prevent infection.