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A Rising Tide: In conversation with President Kim Brooks about ÿÈÕ´óÈü’s new strategic framework
ÿÈÕ´óÈü President Kim Brooks discusses the new strategic framework, how it was shaped by community voices, and what it asks of the university and its community. Read more.
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Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
ÿÈÕ´óÈü researchers are advancing health, clean energy, ocean science, and food innovation with new partner‑driven funding aimed at turning Nova Scotia research strengths into real‑world solutions.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
A two‑year deep‑energy retrofit has modernized the Killam Memorial Library’s aging systems, boosting efficiency, reducing emissions, and setting the stage for similar upgrades across campus.
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Monday, July 30, 2018
In a memo to the university community on Monday morning (July 30), ÿÈÕ´óÈü President Richard Florizone announced the appointment of Dr. Teresa C. Balser as the university’s new Provost and Vice-President Academic.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Along with other public sector organizations across the province, ÿÈÕ´óÈü's compensation report for 2017-18 is now publicly available.
Friday, July 27, 2018
ÿÈÕ´óÈü plans to rebuild a portion of one of the Agricultural Campus’s most important academic buildings after a major fire last month inflicted heavy damage to the inside of the structure and its contents.
Friday, July 27, 2018
The Dalplex fieldhouse re-opened earlier this week with a brand new, 49,000-square-foot floor — an improvement that’s, really, a whole new ball game.
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy, currently assistant dean of research in Dal’s Faculty of Health and professor and director of the School of Nursing, has accepted a senior leadership position with the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) as vice-president of research and innovation.