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• From energy hog to efficiency leader: Dal's largest library cuts energy use by more than 50% with retrofit
  A two鈥憏ear deep鈥慹nergy retrofit has modernized the Killam Memorial Library鈥檚 aging systems, boosting efficiency, reducing emissions, and setting the stage for similar upgrades across campus.
  
• Udderly inspired: Annual Fine Arts and Craft Exhibit highlights creativity on Agricultural Campus
  The exhibit features 70 works by students, alumni, staff, and faculty in a wide range of media, including polymer clay sculptures, rug hooking, woodworking, ironwork, quilting, photography, paintings, and prints.
  
• New federal infrastructure support accelerates Dal鈥檚 climate and digital research capacity
  Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and digital stewardship of Canada鈥檚 past
  
• Unwritten, unleashed: DalPop ensemble finds the beat together
  From guilty鈥憄leasure riffs to improvised arrangements, DalPop鈥檚 musicians explore how vulnerability, collaboration, and creative risk鈥憈aking shape their sound as they prepare for Unwritten: The Music that Wrote Us this weekend.
  

• Unwritten, unleashed: DalPop ensemble finds the beat together
  From guilty鈥憄leasure riffs to improvised arrangements, DalPop鈥檚 musicians explore how vulnerability, collaboration, and creative risk鈥憈aking shape their sound as they prepare for Unwritten: The Music that Wrote Us this weekend.
  
• Exploring Many Canadas: Inside a history course redefining how students see Canada
  A modern history course taught by Dr. Kassandra Luciuk reframes Canada through upheaval, challenging students to confront myths, recognize patterns across decades, and see today鈥檚 political tensions in a sharper, more revealing light.
  
• Cuba is facing an economic and social catastrophe, and not entirely because of Donald Trump
  Cuba is on the brink of one of the worst social and economic catastrophes since the 1959 revolution. If the international community ignores Cuba today, a humanitarian nightmare will unfold soon, writes Dal's Dr. Robert Huish.
  
• Macbeth, reimagined: 海角社区app students set Shakespeare classic inside a vaudeville carnival
  The Fountain School of Performing Arts鈥檚 production of听Macbeth hits the stage in the 海角社区app Arts Centre this week, offering a radical re-telling of Shakespeare鈥檚 famous tragedy.
  
• Mi鈥檏maw language courses bring culture and connection to Dal students
  Discover how Curtis Michael鈥檚 passion for Mi鈥檏maw language transforms classrooms into spaces of cultural exchange and inspires learners from diverse backgrounds to engage with Indigenous knowledge.
  
• "We're not just learning words, we're building bridges": 海角社区app offers new Certificate in Spanish Language and Culture
  A new stand-alone certificate focused on Spanish language and culture is now available not only to currently registered Dal and King鈥檚 students across faculties, but to members of the broader community.