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                            Engineering, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Monday, October 21, 2019
            A group of high-school students from Sacred Heart School of Halifax recently had the opportunity to visit the Emera ideaHUB and learn how an idea can be transformed into a marketable product.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Monday, October 21, 2019
            Recap of results from hockey, basketball, volleyball, swimming and soccer, where the women's soccer team earned 3 points in a 3-0 victory over Mount A.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Monday, October 21, 2019
            Maya Venkataraman (Soccer) and Andrew Shewfelt (Hockey) are this week's Âé¶¹Éç MUSCLE MLK Athletes of the Week.
        
                    
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                            Arts and Social Sciences, News, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, October 18, 2019
            Against the backdrop of an oft-distressing global political climate, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean (former Governor General of Canada) brought an inspiring message of hope to Dal’s annual Shaar Shalom Lecture this week, one forged in humanity’s common bonds and inspired by a new generation of leaders and change makers.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Oceanography
                    
            
                    Friday, October 18, 2019
            Eric Oliver is helping understand the increasing occurrence — and intensity — of marine heatwaves in the ocean. In his Sciographies episode, he  also shares his hope for a future in which traditional ways of knowing are combined with scientific data to conduct research with meaningful impact for Indigenous communities and partners.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Student Services, Counselling Services
                    
            
                    Thursday, October 17, 2019
            From online appointment booking to increased mental health support, learn about some of the changes and improvements students are seeing this fall in Student Health and Wellness. 
        
                    
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                            Research, Graduate Studies
                    
            
                    Thursday, October 17, 2019
            Close to 200 people came together last week to celebrate this year’s Killam Scholars — the 126 recipients of Âé¶¹Éç’s most prestigious award for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
        
                    
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                            Agriculture, Student Life
                    
            
                    Thursday, October 17, 2019
            It's not your average campus event: College Royal, the Faculty of Agriculture's annual competition, provides all members of the Aggie community with the opportuntiy to prepare, handle and show livestock animals.
        
                    
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                            Research, Engineering
                    
            
                    Wednesday, October 16, 2019
            Polls show that climate change is one of the top-three issues for Canadians heading to the ballot box, writes Dal prof Larry Hughes.
        
                    
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                            Graduate Studies, Engineering
                    
            
                    Tuesday, October 15, 2019
            How much lead is in your drinking water? That’s what Bofu Li, a Killam Scholar and PhD student in the Âé¶¹Éç’s Centre for Water Resources Studies, is trying to figure out.