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Academic All‑Canadians applying research on the ice with the Tigers women's hockey team
Academic All‑Canadians applying research on the ice with the Tigers women's hockey team
Thomas Scott  –  Sports
Thursday, January 25, 2024
A pair of Â鶹Éç Tigers kinesiology majors and Academic All-Canadians have been helping athletes improve through their academic studies and embarking on their own research journeys.
Tigers celebrate 150 Academic All‑Canadians
Tigers celebrate 150 Academic All‑Canadians
Chelsea Norris  –  Sports
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The Tigers celebrated the acomplishments of 150 Academic All-Canadians on Thursday.
Dal's Truro Start program expands small‑school option to more students
Dal's Truro Start program expands small‑school option to more students
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, Student Life, News
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Dal began offering computer science students the option to complete their first year on Dal's campus in Truro last fall, with a further expansion to students entering the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences coming later this year.
Rates of long COVID significantly lower in children compared to adults, study shows
Rates of long COVID significantly lower in children compared to adults, study shows
Alison Auld  –  Medicine, Research
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The report, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, examined the proportion of children under age 18 who had symptoms that met the definition of long COVID.
Transforming Climate Action: Making space for the ocean
Transforming Climate Action: Making space for the ocean
Andrew Riley  –  Research, Resource and Environmental Studies, Science
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
What happens when climate change forces hard questions about our continued ability to inhabit the places we call home? As coastal regions change, environmental social scientist Dr. Kate Sherren says we need to change with them.
Building a pathway for a human‑centred response to gender‑based violence
Building a pathway for a human‑centred response to gender‑based violence
Amanda Kirby-Sheppard  –  Research, Law, News, Community & Culture
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab and the Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia announce new, multi-year research and innovation partnership to help survivors and their families.
Tigers Weekend Recap (Jan. 20)
Tigers Weekend Recap (Jan. 20)
Chelsea Norris
Monday, January 22, 2024
Another big weekend for the Tigers saw the swimming teams win their last meet before the AUS championship meet and the men's basketball team record two big wins versus Acadia.
Ocean biodiversity could be protected with green hydrogen byproduct, study shows
Ocean biodiversity could be protected with green hydrogen byproduct, study shows
Alison Auld  –  Research, Oceans, Science, Oceanography
Friday, January 19, 2024
Green hydrogen is touted as the one of the most promising solutions to help humanity kick its fossil fuel addiction. Now a new study by Â鶹Éç and partner universities shows that it may have benefits beyond a reduction in CO2 emissions.
Fuelling survival: CIHR‑backed Dal researcher explores possible new way to prevent major cause of newborn deaths
Kate Rogers  –  Medicine, Research, Community & Culture
Friday, January 19, 2024
Dr. Nelly Amenyogbe, a recent recipient of the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence Early Career Transition Award, asks: what if we could prevent millions of newborn deaths by linking feeding practices with vaccinations?
Students share goals as a new year and term get underway
Students share goals as a new year and term get underway
Ariel Mackenzie  –  Student Life, Community & Culture
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Dal student Ariel Mackenzie checks in with some peers to learn more about their resolutions for the year ahead and offers some guidance on how Dal can help.