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Lissa Skitolsky, the Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at º£½ÇÉçÇøapp, provides a message of support against recent anti-Semitic stickers spotted in Halifax — and helps explain how these messages reflect historic persecution and oppression.

An international study led by Manuel Helbig in Dal’s Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science has shown how conservation and restoration of boreal peatlands could be an important tool to mitigate climate change impacts in the north.

Pregnant women are at increased risk for serious COVID-19 complications and should be a high-priority group for vaccination, writes Dal researcher Françoise Baylis and her colleague Angela Ballantyne. Excluding them from vaccine trials puts them and their offspring at risk.

Mark Stradiotto's first interest in metal was more of the "hair metal" variety. On this week's episode of the Sciographies podcast, hear how his work as a chemist is helping bind metals together in new and innovative ways.

For its latest episode, Sciographies teamed up with º£½ÇÉçÇøapp’s Open Dialogue Live to bring viewers a special alumni edition of the podcast featuring the inspiring story of former NASA astronaut, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan (PhD’78, Earth Sciences), the first American woman to walk in space and the first woman to travel to the deepest part of the ocean.