News Archive

This weekend marked the U Sports championships for the men's basketball Tigers and the Tigers track and fields teams. Runner Mike Van Der Poel took home a bronze medal, as did the men's basketball team — its highest ever national finish.

No matter the sport, a Tigers game is an experience that unites students, alumni, staff and faculty. We were courtside for the Tigers' thrilling Final 8 quarter-final victory last Thursday night to talk to Tigers fans about their experience.

Provost Carolyn Watters led multiple information and discussion sessions over the past week and a half on the Budget Advisory’s Committee’s (BAC) draft plan for the 2017-18 operating budget.

In its draft budget plan released last month, Dalhousie’s Budget Advisory Committee recommended $2.6 million in additional spending in four key areas for next year, based on feedback and input from the university community. We take a look at those four areas in more detail.

Leaders from four Atlantic Canadian universities, including Dal President Florizone, were in Ottawa this week to host a reception for the Atlantic Caucus of MPs and Senators. Their message: that a stronger Atlantic Canada depends on strong collaborations with — and between — the region's research-intensive universities.

The field is set for the men's basketball final 8

Following a third-straight AUS championship title last weekend, the Dalhousie Tigers men's basketball team have home court advantage as they try and win Dal's first ever national basketball championship. Dal takes on Alberta in Thursday night's quarter-final.

Planning experts from across North America converged on Dal's Sexton Campus last week to share ideas on an issue near and dear to Haligonians and city dwellers all over: building a better transit system.

Celeste Williams has seen first-hand the impact of improved dental care in her North Preston community — and wants to be part of continuing to improve oral care in Nova Scotia.

Ten Dal graduate students competed in the university's Three Minute Thesis finals last Thursday, sharing bite-sized research on everything from how the immune system can be used to fight cancer to understanding bumblebee populations.