News Archive

From at-home science activities to a virtual journey under the deep blue sea, Dalhousie groups like SuperNOVA and Ocean School are helping parents and kids stay engaged in learning during COVID-19 school closures.

A collaboration between actor/filmmaker Ellen Page and Dal faculty member Ingrid Waldron, "There's Something in the Water" — a sobering but inspiring look at resistance to environmental racism in Nova Scotia — is now available to stream on Netflix following a successful film festival run in the fall.

Earlier this month, Interdisciplinary PhD student Mehrnaz Ashrafi became the first ever Dalhousie PhD student to defend their thesis remotely after her defence was moved online due to COVID-19. Learn what advice she has for other students who will be doing the same in the coming weeks.

A look back at a past pandemic, and a look forward at what's ahead from Dal News as we take a short break to focus our time and energies on Dal's COVID-19 response.

Medical Neuroscience PhD student Tareq Yousef was the big winner of Dalhousie’s eighth annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held on Wednesday evening, taking home both the judges and audience prizes.

Fifth-year women's volleyball player Courtney Baker has been named the U SPORTS player of the year and a first team All-Canadian. Victoria Haworth has been named a second team All-Canadian.

PhD student Sopie Watts is spending a semester in Auckland, New Zealand developing and testing gene-editing tools to help improve and transform apple crops.

Lorena Heubach and Matthew Coolen have been named this week's Subway AUS Athletes of the Week

Student Ashley MacDonald studies why Canadians are throwing away so much food — and how food waste prevention and management strategies can be improved to address the problem.

It was a weekend of bitter-sweet finality for the Tigers basketball and track teams.