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                            Research, Health Professions, Health and Human Performance
                    
            
                    Thursday, September 24, 2020
            One of Âé¶¹Éç’s own has become a Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Fellow, one of the highest honours for members of the country’s health sciences community.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Marine Biology
                    
            
                    Thursday, September 24, 2020
            Hal Whitehead’s path to becoming a marine biologist wasn’t cut and dry. But it’s taken him deep under the waves to learn how whales behave and communicate with each other. Learn more in this preview of this week’s episode of the Sciographies podcast.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Wednesday, September 23, 2020
            Troy Ryan assumed the role of head coach of the Âé¶¹Éç Tigers women’s hockey team in July fully understanding the opportunities and challenges that lay ahead — from the COVID-19 pandemic to beyond.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Wednesday, September 23, 2020
            Making adjustments is certainly nothing new for a coach — they’re always looking for ways to improve performance and put more ticks in the win column. But the onset of COVID-19 has certainly brought along a number of new and unique situations for Dal Tigers coaches.
        
                    
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                            Research, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, September 23, 2020
              Canada's minister of national defence and the president of the Toronto Raptors will join retired Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire and others passionate about preventing the recruitment and use of children in violence in a global symposium online next week.
        
                    
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                            Research, Economics, Science
                    
            
                    Wednesday, September 23, 2020
            A new economics study led by researchers at Âé¶¹Éç and the Shandong University of Finance and Economics in China offers fresh insight into how fossil fuel prices affect employment patterns.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Health Professions, Health and Human Performance
                    
            
                    Wednesday, September 23, 2020
            Travis McDonough (BScK’94) CEO and founder of Kinduct Technologies Inc. — a Halifax-based athletic performance tracking software company that works with dozens of professional sports franchises — has announced the sale of Kinduct to Silicon Valley tech company mCube.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Student Life
                    
            
                    Tuesday, September 22, 2020
             As he nears the start of his own independent practice, Dr. Henry Annan is taking time away from his residency to study public policy at Oxford University, funded by the prestigious Chevening Scholarship for future leaders.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, News
                    
            
                    Monday, September 21, 2020
            The acclaimed sitcom Schitt's Creek, co-created by Dal honorary degree holder Eugene Levy and starring alum Sarah Levy, swept to a record-breaking seven wins in the comedy category at Sunday’s Emmy Awards.
        
                    
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                            Research, Arts and Social Sciences, Political Science, News
                    
            
                    Friday, September 18, 2020
            At a time when many Canadian provinces are facing a surge in new COVID-19 cases, Atlantic Canada has garnered national attention for its ability to stave off any major new increases — thanks, in part, to more robust regional border controls. Political Science's Ruben Zaiotti explains some of the drawbacks of this approach and how it might be relaxed.