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Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Award‑winning student essay asks what fractures community — and why showing up can help build it

Mia Mackenzie, a Master of Social Work student, earned top honours in Dal’s Glovin Award for an essay urging people to resist division by showing up and staying accountable to community.  Read more.

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Farrah Smith
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Psychology student and varsity basketball player Melina Collins is this year's recipient of the Dr. Anne Marie Ryan Community Growth Award, recognized for her work bringing athletes and young learners together through a literacy mentorship program.
Matt Reeder
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
As exams and deadlines converge, the Killam and other campus libraries become places of problem‑solving, empathy, and practical help, highlighting how support services carry students through critical academic moments.
Kenneth Conrad, Graeme Gunn, Kate Rogers, Tanis Trainor
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This year’s Dal Board of Governors winners show how purposeful action creates lasting change. Get to know more now about how they are doing so.

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Ryan McNutt
Friday, October 15, 2021
Nearly 25,000 asymptomatic rapid tests have been administered or distributed on campus since the start of September — with Dal students, faculty and staff showing up in big numbers to do their part to help keep one another safe.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Friday, October 15, 2021
Holly Dickinson's decision to dive back into academia at Dal to pursue her passion for women's history had a lot to do with her desire to understand the present.
Becca Rawcliffe
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Santosh Medisetty and Vishnu Kandimalla are putting the skills they've learned in Dal's Master of Computer Science program to work in helping solve problems in ocean technology.
Lil Crump
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
As Amelia Fletcher graduates this fall with her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy degree, she does so already on track to becoming a leader in the profession.
Crystal Bona
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Students graduating this fall from º£½ÇÉçÇøapp were invited to a special in-person parchment pick-up last week hosted by the Registrar's Office.