January 2015

Travel coverage, provided by SSQ, is applicable to Dalhousie employees (who are enrolled in the health benefit) and their dependents.

Drop in for a workout this week at Dalplex and let us appreciate you with prizes, contests, snacks and more!

The Not Myself Today campaign returns to campus, with the goal of reducing stigma and supporting mental health at work. This Wednesday, wear your mood button or share stickers, posters and other information.

Last week to submit proposals for the 2015 Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning. Deadline is February 1, 2015.

Dalhousie University has signed an agreement with UPS Courier which provides the university community significant savings for courier services. Please join the training session and see for yourself the savings for your department.

This session for employeers will cover a range of evidence — psychological, physiological and sociological — that demonstrates how being in and around nature is beneficial to our mental and physical health.

In partnership with the other Novanet libraries, the Dalhousie Libraries has launched a new Novanet catalogue. The New Novanet, available on the Libraries’ website, allows searching for books, articles, conference proceedings, theses, and much more, through a single streamlined interface.

Positions with the Division of Geriatric Medicine; Department of Family Medicine; Department of Pathology, and Microbiology & Immunology.

Dalhousie International Development Studies prof Robert Huish, whose students took up the cause of North Korean defector Shin Dong-hyuk in his class, writes in the Globe and Mail about the controversy over the accuracy of Shin's testimony.

FACULTY/STAFF: Please inform your students that they can learn to study smarter; they can get help with reading more critically, being more engaged in class, managing their time and much more. The Dalhousie Study Skills Program (Halifax Campuses) has workshops aimed at helping students to become more effective learners.