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Impact Rankings 2024: Dalhousie ranks 65th globally for tackling some of the world's biggest issues
Dalhousie scaled new heights against nearly 2,000 other universities in this year's rankings, placing in the top 20 globally for its work in support of life below water, top 30 globally for zero hunger, and top 50 for life on land. Read more.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Half of Dalhousie Medical School’s graduates this year will begin their residency training in family medicine, marking a significant increase since 2018 when only 25 per cent of the class chose that career path.
Leading the way: Dal’s 2024 university wide teaching award winners exemplify excellence in higher ed
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Ten teachers are celebrated with awards this year in a range of categories from academic innovation and graduate supervision to undergraduate student teaching and Dal’s top award, the Alumni Association Faculty Award of Excellence for Teaching.
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Six events and more than 4,500 kilometres later, the promise of Dalhousie's campaign for transformational change is starting to be fulfilled.
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Friday, November 3, 2023
A former federal MP and current head of WWF-Canada, an award-winning former mayor, and one of Canada's leading energy policy experts came together during Dal's annual panel series to probe the question: Can democracies meet the challenge of climate change? Here's what they had to say.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
World-leading scientific journal Nature placed Dal at 159, making it one of just five Canadian post-secondary institutions included in the ranking.
Monday, October 30, 2023
Dal’s Black and African Diaspora Studies major — the first of its kind at a Canadian university — will touch on everything from experiences of oppression and racial injustice to narratives of resilience and empowerment.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Award-winning filmmaker and writer Dr. Sylvia D. Hamilton cast a critical eye on past portrayals of African descended people in Nova Scotia and called out segregation in schools in her talk on ancestry at the Universities Studying Slavery conference last week.
Friday, October 27, 2023
Released annually by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, the rankings include more than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 104 countries and regions.