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                            Research, Oceans, Oceans
                    
            
                    Friday, July 12, 2019
            Earth-orbiting satellites and AI tools can track fishing vessels around the world, writes postdoc Melina Kourantidou.
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, July 11, 2019
            Technology’s impact on the world of business was in full focus at the Black Business Initiative (BBI) Summit last month, with Âé¶¹Éç providing support as a keynote sponsor and with several Dal community members as key participants.
        
                    
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                            News
                    
            
                    Thursday, July 11, 2019
            For someone who was immersed in soccer from a very young age, getting to referee at the Women's World Cup in France this year — all the way to the semi-finals — was a dream come true for Dal Physiology and Biophysics instructor Marie-Soleil Beaudoin.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Dentistry
                    
            
                    Wednesday, July 10, 2019
            When a workplace injury required dental hygenist Marilyn Harris to rethink her career, she decided to return to Âé¶¹Éç to pursue a new degree and open new doors. It was a hard choice — but one she wouldn't regret.
        
                    Tuesday, July 9, 2019
             As the impacts of climate change escalate, bankruptcies and other corporate financial woes are likely to increase, writes Dal postdoctoral fellow Lisa Benjamin.
        
                    Tuesday, July 9, 2019
            Dal students taking a special summer course on sharks get to showcase more than just their their scientific skills, thanks to a unique art-based assignment focused on some of the ocean's most fascinating and misunderstood creatures.
        
                    
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                            Research, Agriculture, Engineering
                    
            
                    Monday, July 8, 2019
            Two Dal faculty members in Agriculture and Engineering are investigating strategies to better separate oil from water and examine the risk of spills in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago thanks to new federal funding.
        
                    
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                            News, Arts and Social Sciences
                    
            
                    Friday, July 5, 2019
            The Government of Canada is investing in the Dal-hosted Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative — a partnership set to help the Canadian Armed Forces better prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers around the world.
        
                    Friday, July 5, 2019
            Photo Essay: Members of the Dal community gathered to mark the arrival of summer with the annual Strawberry Jam social event on the Studley Quad.
        
                    
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                            Management, Resource and Environmental Studies, Graduate Studies, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, July 4, 2019
            Resource and Environmental Management student Julietta Sorensen Kass is offering Halifax residents and visitors alike the chance to exchange texts this summer with some of the towering trees that call the Public Gardens home.