Research
Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal鈥慴uilt camera provides new perspective on the universe
A new telescope located 5,600 meters above sea level in the Chilean Andes will give聽scientists聽new insights into how聽galaxies formed聽beginning in the聽early universe and how stars are born in our own galaxy. Read more.
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Thursday, April 2, 2026
In this special alumni episode of Sciographies, we sit down with Tina Simpkin (BSc鈥�94, DMet鈥�95), a familiar voice to many Nova Scotians as a meteorologist with CBC.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Connected barns and automated livestock systems are boosting efficiency but also opening the door to cyber threats, writes Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, a 海角社区app researcher working to secure Canada鈥檚 digital farms
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
海角社区app is helping to prepare Canada鈥檚 defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.
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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鈥檚 part of Dal's Agricultural Transformation through Stronger Vocational Education (ATTSVE) project 鈥� 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 海角社区app Life Sciences Research Institute.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Representatives of Iceland's Reykjav铆k University 鈥� and members of the country's team in MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program), alongside Nova Scotia 鈥斅燾ame to 海角社区app earlier this month to learn about research and innovation in Halifax.
Friday, March 17, 2017
An assortment of books and other publications touching on everything from Indigenous studies to U.S. foreign policy were on display this week as part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences' annual celebration of faculty research.
Friday, March 3, 2017
You have three minutes to present on a topic you鈥檝e dedicated your academic career to. Can you do it? Nearly 100 Dal graduate students took the plunge to find out in this year's Three Minute Thesis competition.