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When researchers deployed 15,000 underwater video cameras on coral reefs around the world, they expected to see sharks in most if not all of the footage they would gather over a three-year span. What the research team, led by Dal biologist Aaron MacNeil, found was grim corroboration of how overfishing has dramatically depleted reef shark populations globally.

The effects of economic stress on children are big, writes Dal economist Shelley Phipps and PhD grad Nancy Kong. Parents' anxiety about their financial situation is equivalent to the effect of a divorce, and is likely at play amid COVID-19.

The Ocean Tracking Network has been awarded a grant of $13.4 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Major Science Initiatives Fund, providing important resources to support the technology needed to monitor how the global ocean is changing — including tracking the movements and survival of more than 245 important species.

When hands-on, diagnostic learning — an essential component of education across health disciplines — was threatened during the onset of COVID-19, Dal’s Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research (C3LR) stepped up to ensure this vital learning and research moved forward for students.

On July 6, the Faculty of Medicine safely welcomed back 81 research units to campus to continue their important work — something that’s only been possible with a tremendous degree of professionalism, collaboration and patience.

For Commerce co-op students like Shakshita Sookrauj, the COVID-19 pandemic offered the chance to help the Province of Nova Scotia support small businesses by helping facilitate a specialized grant program.

PhD in Health student Crystal Watson is advancing important new knowledge on the importance of play in the lives of African Nova Scotian girls.

With most Dal students conducting their studies online this fall, the Together@Dal program will help build a sense of community among first-year students and introduce them to the ins and outs of the university experience.

Meet the 10 stellar scholars selected for this year’s Dalhousie University President’s Research Excellence Awards, which recognize research achievements of faculty members at all stages of their careers.

With COVID-19 requiring Pride celebrations to take place remotely, Dalhousie hosted a virtual ceremony this week to raise the Pride flag and celebrate diversity and intersectionality within the university community.