Dreaming in green


Dal students Jordan Ekers and Casey Binkley organize the first Atlantic Eco Expo this weekend at Exhibition Park.
— from the print edition
LINK: Atlantic Eco Expo
 
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 MUSIC

Alana Yorke

Marine ecology student Alana Yorke graces the cover of the new Dalhousie magazine.

READ STORY: Degrees of inspiration.

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 KUDOS
Susan Sobey
A sprint to the finish
Master's student Susan Sobey and 78 other varsity athletes at Dalhousie make the grade as Academic All Canadians.
 
 
 READING

Randall Maggs will read from Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems. The book is described as a "gripping hockey saga that wraps the game's story in the intense, moody and contradictory character of Terry Sawchuk, one of the greatest goalies of all time." Tuesday, Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. in the DUASC Reading Room, fifth floor, Killam Library.


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 NEWS LINE-UP
Community Contributions  |  November 20, 2009

Take it from the Tiger

The Dal Tiger offers tips for sustainable living in a series of fun videos.

News & Developments  |  November 20, 2009

'Grad pad' opens

Grad students check out a new study and social space on the fourth floor of the Killam Library.

Photo essay  |  November 19, 2009

On the road to the games

Mike Ross, the equipment manager for the men's hockey team, carried the Olympic torch along Cole Harbour Road.

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Avoiding panic in pandemics

“In fact, vaccinations are one of the safest medical interventions that we have,” says Noni MacDonald, a co-investigator of the study published in The Lancet.
— from the print edition

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Easing needle anxiety

Numbing cream, distraction are some of the ways to ease fear of needles.
— from the print edition

Community Contributions  |  November 18, 2009

Let's Talk Science

“There's no better way to sharpen your ideas and learn to communicate effectively than by explaining them to a grade six class," says Julian Ware, a Let's Talk Science volunteer.

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Donald Weaver awarded Prix Galien

The Galien Research Award is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of pharmaceutical research.

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Adding detail to the plan

As the campus plan shifts into phase three, feedback on the plan and its proposals is critical as the project moves toward implementation.
— from the print edition

Kudos  |  November 18, 2009

In the swim

Swimmer Evan Schmid is among 79 varsity athletes at Dalhousie who've made the cut as an Academic All Canadian.
— from the print edition

Kudos  |  November 18, 2009

A sprint to the finish

Master's student Susan Sobey and 78 other varsity athletes at Dalhousie make the grade as Academic All Canadians.
— from the print edition

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Dal's Academic All-Canadians 2009

Dal’s student athletes hit the books as hard as they hit the playing field. Congratulations to all those who have been recognized as Academic All-Canadians.
— from the print edition

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Q and A with Tom Marrie

Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine announced recently that its undergraduate medical education program had been placed on probation by its American accrediting body, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Having just completed the appeals process, new dean Tom Marrie sat down with Dalnews to explain how the medical school is responding to the challenge.
— from the print edition

News & Developments  |  November 18, 2009

Flu season update

So far, absentee levels at Dal due to illness are not up significantly over the same time last year.

Community Contributions  |  November 18, 2009

Come in out of the cold

Social work professor mobilizes volunteers to staff an emergency shelter for the homeless.