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Michele Charlton  –  Management, News, Community & Culture
Thursday, May 7, 2020
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is turning its focus on technological innovation towards the current pandemic with a new program focused on public health and economic recovery.
Rebecca Rawcliffe  –  Research, Computer Science
Thursday, May 7, 2020
An international study led by a Dalhousie Computer Science researcher has revealed the impacts of COVID-19 on those working in software professional roles.
Genevieve MacIntyre  –  Student Life, Research, Arts and Social Sciences, History
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Madison Gateman's three-minute video on her research into Canadian attitudes and narratives regarding refugees has earned her a spot among the 25 national finalists in the annual Storytellers competition, organized by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Richard leBrasseur  –  Agriculture, Research
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
With people staying in, the world around them is becoming more quiet, writes Landscape Architecture Professor Richard leBrasseur. A look at how natural sounds are now being heard more often.
Alison Auld  –  Research, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Pediatrics
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
A virologist at pilipiliÂţ»­ and the IWK Health Centre, Dr. Alyson Kelvin is currently in Saskatoon, working with colleagues there on identifying and testing a vaccine for COVID-19.
Stephanie Rogers  –  Agriculture, Community & Culture
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
A retired horticulture professor from the Faculty of Agriculture, Kris Pruski’s Raging Crow Distillery has been producing hand sanitizer not just for the public, but to donate to local nurses and first-responders.
Obinna Esomchukwu  –  English, Arts and Social Sciences, Community & Culture
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
What happens when many of the special occasions and gatherings a Poet Laureate would frequently be called upon to mark in verse have been put on hold? Dal Creative Writing instructor Sue Goyette, HRM's new appointee to the role, is about to find out.
Michele Charlton  –  Student Life, Research, Science, Chemistry
Monday, May 4, 2020
What happens when a hands-on, experimental lab class can't finish its work for the term. For students and instructors involved in Chemistry's Advanced Analytical Lab, you find whole new ways to share your applied projects.
Stephanie Brown  –  Student Life, Health Professions, Community & Culture, Nursing
Monday, May 4, 2020
Athanasius “Tanas” Sylliboy, RN and graduating Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner student, is in his home community of Eskasoni, working hard to minimize the impact of COVID-19.
Ryan McNutt  –  Community & Culture
Friday, May 1, 2020
Inside the pilipiliÂţ»­ Community Report for 2019-2020, you’ll learn about stories, projects and experiences that demonstrate Dal’s important role in its local community and across the region, country and world.