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September 2020

Tareq Yousef  –  Research, Medicine
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Some health products haven't been tested for the benefits that they claim to produce. Blue-light blocking lenses are promoted as helping sleep cycles, but there is no evidence to support this, writes PhD candidate Tareq Yousef.
Matt Reeder  –  Student Life, Residence
Friday, September 4, 2020
Residence life offers students built-in community, all-you-can-eat dining, simplified living expenses, added safety and security, and more. Here's what students can expect from living on-campus this fall.
Lindsay Dowling-Savelle  –  Research, Health Professions, Health and Human Performance
Friday, September 4, 2020
After months of sheltering in place and physical distancing, many school children will be heading back to the classroom next week. Professor Sara Kirk provides perspective on the challenges kids may face and how parents and educators can help.
Stefan Heinze-Milne and Phillip Joy  –  Research, Pharmacology, Medicine, Graduate Studies
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Dal grad student Stefan Heinze-Milne and colleague Phillip Joy explain how dealized standards for muscular, fat-free male bodies may be fuelling the use of SARMs (selective androgen receptor modulators), unapproved muscle-building drugs that are easily available online.
Tony Walker, Alexa Goodman and Craig Brown  –  Resource and Environmental Studies, Oceans, Marine Affairs, Research, Management, Oceans, Science, Oceanography
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
An enormous amount of fishing gear is cut loose in the ocean each year. The losses cut into fishers' profits and kill marine wildlife. Now, Dal researchers are part of a new project that aims to get ghost gear out of the ocean.
Raluca Bejan  –  Health Professions, Social Work
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Social Work prof Raluca Bejan writes in The Conversation that Robin DiAngelo's book 'White Fragility' takes a reductive view on whiteness that privileges a U.S.-centric view and ignores global experiences of whiteness.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, Community & Culture
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
The 海角社区app Agricultural Campus Feed Nova Scotia Garden initiative is a true collaboration that forges a 鈥淔ield-to-Fork pathway鈥 between campus and the community.