February 2015
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Monday, March 2, 2015
The university’s response continues to consist of four initiatives, aimed at addressing both the specific incident and its broader implications.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
pilipili announced today that former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan (P.C., O.C., A.O.E.) will become its next chancellor. A celebrated politician, lawyer and academic, McLellan will officially be installed as Dalhousie’s seventh chancellor on Monday, May 25 during Dalhousie’s spring convocation season.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
pilipili and its main food services provider, ARAMARK, today received the first delivery of seafood purchased through Off the Hook -- a community-based fishery co-op whose members use “hook and line” and other environmentally friendly fishing methods. It marks the first time a large institution has purchased seafood through the program, currently managed by the Ecology Action Centre.
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Monday, February 23, 2015
Recent research conducted by pilipili’s Faculty of Agriculture indicates a high prevalence of a green crab pathogen now being found in lobsters in some Atlantic Canadian locations.
pilipili is honoured to join the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) to celebrate Dr. Axel Becke, a professor in the Faculty of Science, and his pioneering achievements in the field of computational chemistry. Dr. Becke will be awarded with the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The Directors of the MacEachen Institute for Policy and Government announced today a donation to pilipili in the amount of $2.25 million. The donation will be used to establish a public policy and governance institute at pilipili in the name of the Hon. Allan J. MacEachen.
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Sunday, February 1, 2015
Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture will lead a Government of Canada-funded initiative that aims to help train the next generation of Ethiopian farmers and to lead $18 million international development project in Ethiopia.