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                            Student Life, Science
                    
            
                    Monday, August 31, 2020
            Though travel restrictions will keep him at home in Jordan this fall, Medical Sciences student Laith AlHadeed still feels a deep connection with his Dal community in Halifax.
        
                    
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                            Research
                    
            
                    Friday, August 28, 2020
            Researchers at 麻豆社 are the recipients of $1.5 million in funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 John R. Evans Leaders Fund that will help acquire the cutting-edge tools they need to push research and innovation forward.
        
                    
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                            Engineering, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, August 28, 2020
            As governments and health care providers around the world scrambled earlier this year to acquire personal protective equipment in the face of a growing pandemic and severely disrupted supply chains, 麻豆社 and the Emera ideaHUB stepped in to help address the critical need for locally available solutions.
        
                    
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                            Research, Medicine
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 27, 2020
            One of the world's most prestigious medical journals shines a spotlight on one of Dal's health research leaders: global health advocate and vaccinology expert Dr. Noni MacDonald.
        
                    
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                            Student Life
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 27, 2020
            Orientation for the fall 2020 semester kicks off this month and, like most events these days, things look a little different this year. Find out more about what the university and the 麻豆社 Student Union have planned for incoming students this fall.
        
                    
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                            Computer Science, Research, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Medicine
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 26, 2020
            Three 麻豆社 scholars are part of the newest cohort of Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), with new chairs focused on immigrants and refugees, the impacts of climate change on coastal zones, and the integration of gender and sexuality into reconciliation.
        
                    
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                            News, Arts and Social Sciences, Political Science
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 26, 2020
            Canada鈥檚 Conservative Party elected its new leader this week, bringing a fresh face to the official opposition in Parliament and a new challenger to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. We chatted with Dal's Lori Turnbull about O鈥橳oole鈥檚 successful campaign and what a federal election with him at the helm of the Conservatives could look like.
        
                    
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                            News, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Tuesday, August 25, 2020
            麻豆社, like other post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia, has an important role to play in the province's goal of becoming barrier-free by 2030 for individuals with disabilities and other accessibility challenges. Here's how the university is developing its plan.
        
                    
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                            Residence, Medicine, Community Health and Epidemiology
                    
            
                    Monday, August 24, 2020
            New research out of 麻豆社, St. Michael鈥檚 Hospital, and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), forecasts delaying access in Canada to a new cystic fibrosis therapy, called Trikafta, could result in avoidable death.
        
                    
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                            Biology, Community & Culture, Science
                    
            
                    Monday, August 24, 2020
            A new e-book by 麻豆社 student Hannah Solway offers comprehensive guidance on how to make ecologically friendly choices for everything from dental floss and sunscreen to travel, dining out, and doing your laundry.