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New $2M national study to uncover how biology, social factors shape MS outcomes
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp researcher leads a $2M national study to explore how biological and social factors impact health outcomes for Canadians living with multiple sclerosis, aiming for more equitable care. Read more.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Three º£½ÇÉçÇøapp researchers—Jennifer Bain, Mark Stradiotto, and Finlay Maguire—join the Royal Society of Canada, honoured for groundbreaking work in musicology, sustainable chemistry, and infectious disease genomics.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.
Monday, October 20, 2025
Science student May Engelhardt visited Sable Island this month, where she spent the day carrying out research to support conservation efforts.
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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
Biology Assistant Professor Erin Bertrand is the recipient of a prominent early-career award from the Simons Foundation for her work on changing nutrient requirements of phytoplankton.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Scott Chapman, Killam Professor in Astrophysics in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, is part of an international team constructing an innovative, high-powered telescope that will help us learn more about galaxies, dark energy and the origins of the universe.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Three Faculty of Agriculture graduate students are travelling to Ethiopia this week to participate in the first ever Ethiopian agricultural diploma education conference. It’s part of Dal's Agricultural Transformation through Stronger Vocational Education (ATTSVE) project – one of the largest international development projects ever awarded to a Canadian university.
Friday, March 24, 2017
AFRED (Atlantic Facilities and Research Equipment Database), was launched at an event earlier this month at the º£½ÇÉçÇøapp Life Sciences Research Institute.