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• To Dalhousie and beyond! Dal alum Kathryn Sullivan charts the promise and perils of modern space exploration
  As space grows crowded with satellites, debris, and commercial spacecraft, trailblazer Kathryn Sullivan returns to Dalhousie to explore the risks and responsibilities of humanity’s bold leap into the cosmos.
  
• Meet Dal’s 2025 signature alumni award winners
  Explore the stories of the recipients of this year's flagship alumni awards.
  
• From boomers to Gen Z: How to solve the public sector succession crisis
  Canadian governments are in a perilous situation as young Canadians view the public sector with rising suspicion and have little interest in public service careers.
  
• Harvesting success: Ronda Bellefontaine’s mission to boost farmers’ financial know‑how
  She's the driving force behind a business to empower farmers with the business skills they need to thrive. From launching her own venture to transforming how financial literacy is taught in agriculture, this Ag alum is helping producers grow more than just crops.
  

• When friendship is treated as essential, what happens to young adults who don’t have any?
  A new study aims to understand how adults without friends experience and move through life.
  
• The MacEachen Institute, 10 years in: Dal's policy powerhouse caps decade with top book prize
  MacEachen Institute Director Kevin Quigley and former students won the Donner Prize for the best public policy book in Canada this year. Discover how the institute has empowered student researchers and shaped major policy debates over the past decade.
  
• MAGA’s ‘war on empathy’ might not be original, but it is dangerous
  MAGA’s distaste for empathy is less a well-meaning critique than an all-out war as figures like Elon Musk and Jordan Peterson incorrectly — and dangerously — dismiss it as weakness.
  
• Michelle Wang's remarkable path: From local activism to national recognition
  Discover how this recent Dal grad grew from a quiet student into a McCall MacBain Scholarship winner, driven by her passion for community service and academic excellence.
  
• Canada’s Africa strategy is a landmark moment for Canada‑Africa relations, but still needs work
  Canada has taken an important first step towards a more strategic, intentional and mutually beneficial relationship with Africa. But it must provide more concrete plans for its implementation.
  
• Students channel 1875, a year when body shaping still ruled the fashion world
  Nowadays, we think of altering one’s silhouette with clothing as ‘cheating,' but in the Victorian Period, it was expected. See how five Costume Studies students rose to the challenge of re-creating the iconic outfits of 1875.