The Report from the Committee on Aboriginal and Black/African Canadian Student Access and Retention, commissioned by the Provost’s Office, looks to boost the pool of Aboriginal and Black/African-Canadian students within the Dal community.

Support from the Johnson Scholarship Foundation will allow ÿÈÕ´óÈü to expand the reach and impact of two programs designed to support diversity in health care: Promoting Leadership in Health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) and the Aboriginal Health Sciences Initiative (AHSI).

Biomedical Engineering student Hugo Vihvelin used his internship with local startup (and Dal spinoff) company Daxsonics Ultrasound to develop new health-care applications for his high-efficiency electronics research.

Jennifer Llewellyn, an internationally recognized expert in restorative justice approaches, was presented with the Correctional Service of Canada's Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award last week.

Dal researchers in Science and Medicine took home awards for Innovation, Professional of Distinction and Emerging Professional at last Thursday’s Discovery Awards, hosted by Halifax’s Discovery Centre. Chemistry’s Axel Becke was also inducted into the Science Hall of Fame.