May 2017

Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business is partnering with University of Toronto and other leading national research-intensive universities to expand the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) with the announcement of CDL-Atlantic.

Game-changing research by Dr. Keith Brunt at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB) and Dr. Jeremy Simpson with the University of Guelph will revolutionize how doctors and other health professionals monitor heart patient symptoms related to breathing.

As physicians across Canada familiarize themselves with new national guidelines for prescribing opioids—published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal this week—Dalhousie Medical School is preparing to launch new opioid-prescribing education programs.

Young Nova Scotians of African descent have more opportunities than ever to learn about potential careers in health care, thanks to new camps Dalhousie University is offering through its Promoting Leadership in health for African Nova Scotians (PLANS) initiative.

The Dalhousie Arts Centre will become home to the first concert hall of its kind in Halifax, thanks to a generous $5-million donation from businessman and Holocaust survivor Morris Strug.

Dalhousie University is honoured to join the Canada Council for the Arts in celebrating Dr. Ford Doolittle, professor emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, for his pioneering achievements in evolutionary biology.