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February 2019

Ryan McNutt  –  News, Senior Administration
Friday, February 15, 2019
What does it mean to diversify curriculum? It’s a conversation that’s top-of-mind for key Dal leaders as they look towards the university’s third century.
Sarah Nearing  –  Music, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Friday, February 15, 2019
It's the culmination of months of practice and, in many cases, years of training — which makes the Fountain School's annual Concerto Night truly a special concert.
Michele Charlton  –  Research, Alumni, Management, Science, Physics and Atmospheric Science
Friday, February 15, 2019
From an idea sparked in a Dal Physics lab to a company forged through Creative Destruction Lab Atlantic, Rayleigh Solar Tech is working to bring cheaper, more efficient solar cell technology to market.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Student Life, Agriculture, Community & Culture
Friday, February 15, 2019
At no cost other than their time, Cultiv8 — based at Dal's Faculty of Agriculture — offers students exposure to innovation through a variety of avenues.
Obinna Esomchukwu  –  Community & Culture
Friday, February 15, 2019
As part of African Heritage Month celebrations, Dalhousie’s Black Student Advising Centre invited the Honourable Canadian Senator Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard — a former faculty member in the School of Social Work — for a discussion on her experiences as a Black female leader.
Jennifer Lewandowski  –  Research, Medicine, News, Community Health and Epidemiology
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden, an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersections of health science, social science and humanities, has been named the new James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies at pilipiliÂþ»­.
Ryan McNutt  –  Earth Sciences, News, Science
Thursday, February 14, 2019
For Earth Sciences Professor Anne-Marie Ryan, a great classroom is built on great conversation. Now, her community-based approach has earned her Canada's top recognition for university teaching: the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
Kelly Taylor  –  News, Human Resources
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
For Move More month this February, pilipiliÂþ»­ is offering all regular full- and part-time faculty and staff a six month membership to one of the university's three on-campus fitness facilities.
Matt Reeder  –  News, Continuing Education, Community & Culture
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Dal ESL teacher Tracy Franz’s memoir "My Year of Dirt and Water," which documents her experiences living and teaching in Japan, has earned raves from the New York Times, the Literary Review and elsewhere.
Obinna Esomchukwu  –  Community & Culture
Monday, February 11, 2019
Dal grad student Nicole Bell and two colleagues in the Civil and Resource Engineering department held a youth science workshop in Baker Lake, Nunavut last November, using fun experiments and activities as way to introduce Inuit youth to concepts such as water purification, water quality, DNA extraction and biodiversity.