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                            Communications and Marketing, News
                    
            
                    Monday, August 23, 2021
            Âé¶¹Éç has partnered with m5 Marketing & Communications to undertake a refresh of its brand with the goal of grounding its focus and establishing itself at the forefront of the post-secondary sector.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Science, Agriculture, News, Engineering
                    
            
                    Friday, August 20, 2021
            A group of Âé¶¹Éç students who joined together last year in an innovation sandbox program have won an award for a device they designed as part of a national design competition centred around accessibility.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 19, 2021
            Edging his way to retirement after a distinguished career, lawyer Doug Ruck (BA ’72, LLB ’77) has taken on the job of chairing a task force into systemic anti-Black racism within the College of Physicians and Surgeons and leading an external investigation into systemic discrimination at the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.
        
                    
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                            Student Life, Community & Culture, Science
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 18, 2021
            Âé¶¹Éç PhD student Landon Getz founded the Queer Atlantic Canadian STEM group a few years ago with a mission to make STEM fields more inclusive and welcoming in Atlantic Canada. Now, Getz is looking to expand the group's impact on a national scale.
        
                    
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                            Research, Arts and Social Sciences, International Development Studies, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, August 17, 2021
            Charities and non-profit organizations must make their voices heard this election. At the same time, Elections Canada and the CRA should reassure them their involvement is encouraged, writes Dal's John D. Cameron.
        
                    
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                            Research, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, August 17, 2021
            Âé¶¹Éç has ranked in the top 300 universities globally and among the top 12 universities in Canada in the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy's 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
        
                    
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                            Research, News
                    
            
                    Monday, August 16, 2021
            Dal researchers are the recipients of close to $600,000 in funding that will help acquire cutting-edge tools they need to conduct world-class research tackling issues such as energy storage, atmospheric extremes and language acquisition.
        
                    
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                            Research, Health Professions, Women In Research, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Friday, August 13, 2021
            Dal researchers OmiSoore Dryden and Matt Numer share their expertise on health disparities faced by the 2SLGBTQ+ community in a panel event next week hosted by the Âé¶¹Éç Medical Research Foundation as part of Halifax Pride.
        
                    
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                            Medicine, Research, Women In Research
                    
            
                    Thursday, August 12, 2021
            An $800,000 investment has been made in a study led by Dr. Karina Top of Dal's Faculty of Medicine that aims to further improve Canada’s identification and response to adverse events people may experience following COVID-19 vaccination across 10 provinces.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Medicine, Community & Culture
                    
            
                    Wednesday, August 11, 2021
            Dr. Trevor Jain (MD ’99), a 34-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and a married father of two, came up with an idea early in the pandemic to recognize the contributions of essential workers to battling COVID-19: the COVID Warrior challenge coin, which is inspired by Dr. Jain’s own highly decorated military career.