News Archive

As part of her coursework, IDS undergrad Katharina Gref developed a handbook for Nigerian health-care workers dealing with a condition called obstetric fistula — and now, it's being published.

Following a national forum at the University of Saskatchewan last month, President Richard Florizone and other Dal leaders are looking to spark conversation about how universities like Dalhousie can help forge a new partnership between Canada and its Indigenous peoples.

Through Dal's Indigenous Studies minor, students can now tap into the widsom, experience and expertise of one of five Aboriginal elders for advising and support.

The Honourable Mayann Francis, former Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, is named as Dalhousie's first Distinguished Public Service Fellow in the School of Public Administration.

The Dal-hosted Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative travelled to Sudan last month on a high-level advocacy mission with UNICEF South Sudan to reduce the rampant use of child soldiers in the country.

Atlantic Canada has the highest cancer rates in the country. Responding to this health-care challenge, cancer research has become a major focus for Dalhousie Medical School and its affiliated teaching hospitals.

Students Emma Shouldice and Lina Rotermund are helping put together the Dal-hosted Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics this coming January.

Members of the Dal community have been sharing their suggestions for how the university should celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2018.

The Dalhousie Art Gallery's Student, Staff, Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, on now, is an annual December highlight.