News Archive

International proposals to ban the trade of polar bear parts undercut Inuit rights, knowledge and decision-making, writes Marine Affairs Program Adjunct Professor Jamie Snook.

Researchers at Dal have discovered that balsam fir needles can kill blacklegged ticks during the winter, preventing them from surviving until spring — offering hope that this natural resource could be used to battle the disease-carrying bugs whose population has surged in recent years.

ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s annual ranking places Dal in the top 301-400 globally and 13-17 nationally.

Five Dalhousie faculty members were among more than 60 Nova Scotians awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal last week in recognition of significant service to the province, particularly during the pandemic.

Dr. Saud Alshanafey trained in general and paediatric surgery at Dal, a comprehensive learning experience he says proved invaluable when he began developing a fetal diagnostic and therapy program for the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

This week, Tigers women’s soccer head coach Cindy Tye leads Canada’s U20 women’s national team to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Costa Rica. The international tournament kicks off tonight with the Canucks facing Korea Republic.

Students from Colombia's Universidad del Atlántico visited Halifax in July for a Language Educators' program hosted by Dalhousie, creating memories of new friendships, new cultural experiences and new learning challenges — big and small.

In a recent video service, members of the Dal community paid tribute to those individuals who have donated their bodies to science through the program, enabling world-class learning for the next generation of health and medical students.

Instead of complacent acceptance of misinformed beliefs, we need institutional moves to cultivate trust between experts and the public.

Fifty-three incoming, current and former Tigers will be traveling to Niagara, Ontario this month for the 2022 edition of the Canada Summer Games.