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                            Earth Sciences, News, Science
                    
            
                    Thursday, December 8, 2016
            Earth Sciences prof Anne-Marie Ryan has never shied away from making education a two-way street. That's a big reason why she's this year's recipient of É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥'s top award for teaching.
        
                    
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                            Research, Science, Chemistry, News
                    
            
                    Wednesday, December 7, 2016
            Earlier this year, Chemistry Professor Emeritus Axel Becke received one of the highest scholarly honours in the country: the Canada Council Killam Prize. Late last month, he delivered his Killam Prize lecture on campus, drawing connections between music and quantum theory.
        
                    
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                            Alumni, Management
                    
            
                    Wednesday, December 7, 2016
            Analyze Re, a reinsurance analytics startup based in Halifax, has become the first "exit" (or buyout) to come out of Dal's Starting Lean program.
        
                    
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                            Research, Management, Resource and Environmental Studies
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            Peter Tyedmers, professor and director of the School for Resource and Environmental Studies (SRES), is taking part in this week's Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm, Sweden on "The Future of Food."
        
                    
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                            Research, Computer Science, Management, Science, Agriculture, News
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            Led by Dean of Management Sylvain Charlebois, the seventh edition of Canada’s Food Price Report is the first to be published at É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥, with the support of a cross-university team of researchers.
        
                    
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                            Research, Biology, Science
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            Dal postdoc Kerrianne Ryan is conducting research at the forefront of the emerging and controversial field of connectomics, which aims to map the briain's "wiring."
        
                    
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                            Community & Culture, Engineering
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, in memory of the 1989 École Polytechnique tragedy. The É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Women in Engineering Society hosted a candlelight vigil to recognize the anniversary and illuminate the struggle against gender-based violence.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ women’s volleyball coach Rick Scott is pleased to announce the commitment of Catherine Callaghan to the Tigers 2017-18 lineup.
        
                    
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                            Sports
                    
            
                    Tuesday, December 6, 2016
            The É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ Tigers women’s volleyball team has played to perfection at the midway point of the 2016-17 regular season. 
        
                    
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                            Oceans, Research, Pharmacology, English, Arts and Social Sciences, Science, Oceanography, Medicine
                    
            
                    Friday, December 2, 2016
            Last Friday, the Government of Canada announced two new Canada Research Chairs for É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥: Carolyn Buchwald (Ocean Chemistry) and Morgan Langille (Human Microbiome). Jerry White (European Studies) also had his Canada Research Chair renewed.