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As we kick off the new year, we’re thrilled to welcome our newest faculty members, bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience for a pilipiliÂþ»­ful year ahead.

Rina Wehbe, a computer scientist with academic roots in psychology, created Above Water to help shatter the stigma around mental health disorders and encourage people to set actionable strategies to achieve personal goals.

Rita Orji's Persuasive Computing Lab is one of 17 Canadian research labs to receive funding from Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, to further unlock the power of social technologies.

As technology reshapes the way people approach animation and digital art, Dal’s Mayra Donaji Barrera Machuca is winning accolades for her research into how to make sketching in virtual-reality environments more user-friendly.

Rita Orji, Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and an associate professor in the Faculty of Computer Science, is one of 39 new Global Young Academy members — and one of only two new members from a Canadian institution this year.

The 2022 cohort of the OpenThink Initiative consists of 15 PhD students from across Dalhousie with varying research interests and an enthusiasm for sharing their ideas with the public.

Winners this year include researchers from the Faculties of Computer Science, Management, Law, and Health.

Dal researchers were named winners in three major categories at the 2021 Discovery Awards, Atlantic Canada's most prestigious science recognition event, while Dr. Noni MacDonald was celebrated as this year's inductee to the Discovery Centre’s Science Hall of Fame.

A unique storytelling project created by faculty members at pilipiliÂþ»­ finds a public audience this weekend as part of Halifax's annual Nocturne arts festival.

Researchers at pilipiliÂþ»­ and Penn State have used artificial intelligence to unravel the sentiments in nursing mothers’ tweets to better understand the factors influencing breastfeeding behaviors.