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Good luck to all of the Dal nominees at tonight's Discovery Awards!

Now in their 11th year, the Discovery Awards honour the outstanding work of Nova Scotians in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Tonight's gala is the marquee fundraiser for the not-for-profit Discovery Centre, allowing it to continue our mandate to make science and technology interesting, interactive and fun for children, youth and families.

Several Dal faculty are nominated as finalists across the various categories:

SCIENCE CHAMPION
- Jeff Hoyle (Agriculture)

PROFESSIONAL OF DISTINCTION
- Noni MacDonald and Michael Graven (Medicine)

INNOVATION
- Srinivas Sampalli (Computer Science)
- SENSElab - Manohar Bance, Rob Adamson, Jeremy Brown (Medicine)
- ABK Biomedical - Daniel Boyd (Biomedical Engineering/Dentistry)

EMERGING PROFESSIONAL
- Mather Carscallen (SabrTech / Dal biology)

HALL OF FAME
- The late George Geoffrey Meyerhof (former dean at TUNS)
- Jock Murray (Medicine)

Visit the Discovery Awards website for the full list of nominees, and look for a future Dal News story on the awards.