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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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Friday, April 21, 2017
ÿÈÕ´óÈü has been named one of the greenest employers in the country for the second-straight year — a testament to the broad environmental sustainability work taking place across the university.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Toward 200: From a fresh take on Frankenstein to a scholar-citizen initiative highlighting public policy and social development, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is planning for a busy 2018.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Meet the nine outstanding local, national and international leaders being presented with honorary doctorates at ÿÈÕ´óÈü's Spring Convocation ceremonies this May/June.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Members of the Dal community gathered this week to bid a fond farewell to departing Vice-President Research Martha Crago, who is leaving the university to return to her alma mater, McGill, as vice-principal of research and innovation.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Dal Vice-President Research Martha Crago was a member of the nine-person panel of distinguished research leaders and innovators that earlier this week released its review of fundamental science and scholarly work in Canada.